I mean, it was known to the US for many, many years. The engagement of Chavez and then Maduro with Enarcos and with the kleptocracy, the presence of Hezbollah in Venezuela, the way in which Venezuela was instrumental, for example, giving the thousands of passports in its embassy in Iraq to members of Hamas, Hezbollah and other organizations. Of course, the internal crackdown of the civic space, 20,000 people that were imprisoned over the past 10 years, tens of thousands of people killed, according to many of reports at the UN and the icc. (25:25–25:37)
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Asserts that Venezuela issued thousands of passports to members of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other organizations.
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