Recognizes and praises Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, condemns actions by Nicolás Maduro’s government that the resolution says undermined democracy and led to arrests and disappearances after the July 2024 election, and urges the Maduro regime to release political prisoners and wrongfully detained foreign nationals. It also calls on the U.S. executive branch to support a peaceful, democratic transition to address Venezuela’s political, humanitarian, and economic crises.

The measure is a nonbinding Senate resolution expressing the chamber’s views and encouragement rather than creating new law or funding; it focuses on public censure, diplomatic signaling, and support for opposition-led democratic change in Venezuela.