The Venezuelan National Assembly, chaired by Jorge Rodríguez, held a session on February 11 to condemn USAID funding of the opposition, reject U.S. sanctions against Conviasa, and debate the confessions of mercenary Jordan Goudreau about assassination plans.
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00:00Welcome to TELUS for English. Join us as we go live to Icarecas, Venezuela, where the
00:08National Assembly is holding an ordinary session. Headed by the President of the National Assembly,
00:16Jorge Rodríguez, this extraordinary session will center its debates on the following topics.
00:23Consideration of the report presented by the National Electoral Council on the general
00:28population estimate as of April 30th, 2025, under the Articles 162 and 186 of the Constitution
00:39of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and also Articles 08, 11 and 12 of the Organic
00:47Law of Electoral Processes. That would be the first topic. The second topic of this
00:51debate is precisely the debate on rejection and the repudiation of the recent discoveries
00:58about the financing of sectors of the Venezuelan extreme right by the USAID agency and also
01:05the confessions of mercenary Jordan Godrú about the plans to assassinate Venezuelan
01:12political leaders, precisely the President, by a fascist and narco-paramilitary sector
01:17under the provisions of Article 70 of the internal regulations and debates of this National
01:25Assembly. The third topic would be the presentation of the annual legislative basic program 2025-2026
01:35under the provisions of Article 68 of the internal regulations and debates of the National
01:42Assembly. The number fourth of topics on this special plenary session would be the appointment
01:51and ratification or ratification of the Presidents, Vice-Presidents of the Permanent Commission
01:57for the annual period 2025-2026 under the provisions of Article 27, number 11 of the
02:06internal regulations and debates of the National Assembly. The fifth topic that would be centering
02:15this debate would be the draft agreement in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
02:21foundation of the national system and youth and children's orchestras and choirs of the Bolivarian
02:28Republic of Venezuela under the provisions of Article 111 of the internal regulations and debates
02:38of the National Assembly. At this hour Telesur English is broadcasting the special session,
02:46the plenary session of the National Assembly that, as we mentioned, is headed by the National
02:53Assembly's President, Jorge Rodríguez, who was ratified this year as President of this legislative
02:59body of the country. And the special debates that are going to take place today in this plenary
03:05session would be, in the first place, the consideration of the report presented by the
03:11National Electoral Council on the general population estimate as of April 30, 2025,
03:18under Articles 162 and 186 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and also
03:25Articles 08, 11 and 12 of the Organic Law of Electoral Processes. Lawmakers of the country
03:32will also be debating on the rejection and repudiation of the recent discoveries about the
03:38financing of sectors of the Venezuelan extreme right by USAID agency, the agency of the US,
03:46and the confessions of the mercenary Jordan Gaudreau about the plans to assassinate Venezuelan
03:53political leaders by a fascist and narco-paramilitary sectors under the provisions of
03:59Article 70 of the Internal Regulations. In this special topic, the President of the National
04:08Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, is expressing that Venezuela needs to defend its peace, to defend
04:14its sovereignty. Also, there is going to be a third topic regarding the presentation of the
04:20Annual Legislative Basic Programme 2025-2026 under the provisions of Article 68 of the Internal
04:29Regulations and Debates of the National Assembly. On the fourth point, there will be the appointment
04:41and or ratification of the Presidents by Presidents of the Permanent Commission for the Annual Period
04:462025-2026. Let's mention that the center of this debate would be the rejection of the financing
04:58of the USAID to sectors of the extreme right wing that planned to commit banditries to perform
05:10disturb the peace of the nation, by means of financing the political leaders of the fascist
05:18and also narco-paramilitary sectors under the provisions of Article 70 of the Internal
05:27Regulations and Debates of the National Assembly. Let's highlight that this is going to be at the
05:35center of the discussions, the defense of the national sovereignty, the repudiation of the
05:43actions of the USAID agency to finance disturbing actions in the country, to destabilize the country
05:52and also led to a social outbreak in the country through means of violence and also of hatred and
06:01misinformation campaigns all financed by this USAID agency.