I think it is absolutely essential that we be very clear that Maduro was not elected as president of Venezuela.
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Cardin emphasizes the illegitimacy of Maduro's presidency in Venezuela.
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We think the United States has to work with our partners in South America to make it clear that that was not an election where Maduro won.
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I appreciate that, and I support everything you just said, but it still begs the question that without much complaint Azerbaijan is now occupying part of Armenia--strategic part of Armenia--and there has been no real protest about their controlling the highlands next to Nagorno-Karabakh that puts Armenia at tremendous risk of the corridor that could divide the country or lose its southern edge, and I have not seen much of a fuss made by the international community.
I thank Chairman Cardin and Ranking Member Risch for inviting me to testify at today's hearing.





