SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE

Committee on International Relations

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, D.C.  20515

Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere 

Dan Burton, Indiana, Chairman

November 10, 2005

TO:     MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

            You are respectfully requested to attend the following OPEN hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building ,

                        Date:                          Thursday, November 17, 2005

                        Time:                           10:30 a.m.

                        Subject:                     Democracy in Venezuela

                        WITNESSES:              Panel I

The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon     Assistant Secretary     Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

U.S. Department of State

                                                            Panel II

Mr. Joseph McSpedon    Senior Program Manager    Freedom House

Mr. John Walsh    Senior Associate    Washington Office on Latin America

Ms. Ana Julia Jatar    Executive Committee    Súmate                 
  - John Adams