Benjamin L. Cardin: “Brazil is certainly a very important strategic partner for the United States.”

Freedom House is pleased to support the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, led by Chairman Cardin.

I support that, but whether we will ever get to that point, my concern is it is going to be years down the road, and we are going to have another Moldova and another Georgia.

I think it is absolutely essential that we be very clear that Maduro was not elected as president of Venezuela.

Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.