SUBSTITUTE
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Chicago is a city of immigrants and, as such, is home to many people of Venezuelan descent, who support the right of the Venezuelan people to live freely and democratically, as guaranteed by the Venezuelan Constitution; and
WHEREAS, Since February 4, 2014, the people of Venezuela have been peacefully protesting in Caracas and throughout the country against the government and have been met continuously with disproportionate force in an effort to quash political dissent; and
WHEREAS, In keeping with well-established principles of representative democracy enshrined in the Venezuelan Constitution, it is important that the voices of all Venezuelans be heard and taken into account through the country's constitutional institutions, including freedom of speech and free and fair elections; and
WHEREAS, In response to the escalating political crisis in Venezuela, a bipartisan resolution was introduced in the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, condemning the Venezuelan Government's repression of peaceful demonstrations, calling for full accountability for human rights violations, and supporting the right of the Venezuelan people to live freely and democratically; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this twenty-eighth day of May, 2014, do hereby reaffirm our support for the people of Venezuela in their pursuit of the free exercise of representative democracy; and
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Alderman Ariel E. Reboyras, 30 Ward
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to The Consulate of Venezuela in Chicago, as a sign of our support for the people of Venezuela at this critical juncture in their history.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF CHICAGO
COUNCIL CHAMBER
ARIEL E. REBOYRAS
Alderman, 30th Ward 3559 N. Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60641 (773) 794-3095 (773) 794-8576 (Fax) Ward3 0@cityofchicago.org
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