Sec. 4. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD VENEZUELA

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## SEC. 4 UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD VENEZUELA It is the policy of the United States— ####

(1)to support the people of Venezuela in their aspiration to live under conditions of peace and representative democracy as defined by the Inter-American Democratic Charter of the Organization of American States; ####

(2)to work in concert with the other member states within the Organization of American States, as well as the countries of the European Union, to ensure the peaceful resolution of the current situation in Venezuela and the immediate cessation of violence against antigovernment protestors; ####

(3)to hold accountable government and security officials in Venezuela responsible for or complicit in the use of force in relation to antigovernment protests and similar future acts of violence; and ####

(4)to continue to support the development of democratic political processes and independent civil society in Venezuela.