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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Raul J. Aguila, City Attorney 
DATE:September  13, 2017
 



SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, COMMENDING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY'S SANCTIONING OF VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO; CONDEMNING THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT ELECTION TO INSTITUTE A NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY; DENOUNCING THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO COOPERATE WITH INTERNATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS; DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN VENEZUELA; URGING THE MADURO REGIME TO RECOGNIZE THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; SUPPORTING A DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN VENEZUELA; URGING THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO GRANT TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO VENEZUELAN NATIONALS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES; AND APPROVING AND DIRECTING TRANSMITTAL OF THE ATTACHED CORRESPONDENCE TO PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.

RECOMMENDATION

Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, the attached Resolution is submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission at the September 13, 2017 Commission meeting.

 

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Sponsor
Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez

ATTACHMENTS:
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Reso Commending the U.S. Dept of Treasury's Sanctioning of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro