here to discuss just that in caracas venezuela we have tomorrow adrian a member of the venezuelan national assembly and the country's first transgender person to be elected to office in denver colorado leslie harris she's a colorado state representative and is the first african-american candidate elected to the state legislature in the united kingdom simul pond he's a former member of parliament in the hall he's also the first openly gay politician to be elected. and in nairobi kenya b.c. i believe me he is a t.v. personality actor activist and executive director of the b.c. of the me founding. that's an organization that fights for the rights of algae between people in one theory i welcome to the stream all of you so good to have you here our community is really resonating with this topic on the topic is resonating with our community this is brian simms i want to start with a tweet here and he says on a positive note great way to start off the show there are more openly. people running for office than it any other time in u.s. history i think we are uniquely qualified to battle the awfulness that

here to discuss just that in caracas venezuela we have tomorrow adrian a member of the venezuelan national assembly and the country's first transgender person to be elected to office in denver colorado leslie harris she's a colorado state representative and is the first african-american candidate elected to the state legislature in the united kingdom simul pond he's a former member of parliament in the hall he's also the first openly gay politician to be elected in asia and in nairobi kenya b.c. i believe me he's a t.v. personality actor activist and executive director of the b.c. of the me foundation. that's an organization that fights for the rights of algae between people in one theory i welcome to the stream all of you so good to have you here our community is really resonating with this topic or the topic is resonating with our community this is brian simms i want to start with a tweet here and he says on a positive note great way to start off the show there are more openly. people running for office than it any other time in u.s. history i think we are uniquely qualified to battle the awfulne

here to discuss just that in caracas venezuela we have tomorrow adrian a member of the venezuelan national assembly and the country's first transgender person to be elected to office in denver colorado leslie harris she's a colorado state representative and is the first african-american candidate elected to the state legislature in the united kingdom simul pond he's a former member of parliament in the hall he's also the first openly gay politician to be elected in asia and in nairobi kenya b.c. i believe me he is a t.v. personality actor activist and executive director of the b.c. of the me foundation. that's an organization that fights for the rights of algae between people in one theory i welcome to the stream all of you so good to have you here our community is really resonating with this topic or the topic is resonating with our community this is brian simms i want to start with a tweet here and he says on a positive note great way to start off the show there are more openly. people running for office than it any other time in u.s. history i think we are uniquely qualified to battle the awfuln

venezuelan people. we have the oes general assembly happening next week where we plan to work across the region and the world for the release of political prisoners to address the crisis, and respect the national assembly. this project has the full attention of the leadership here in the united states. working across interagency to build a coalition of partners who want to work and restore democracy to venezuela. thank you. >> thank you, landon. thank you, michael, thank you all for being here. julio borges is a lawyer and politician. he founded venezuela's largest opposition party and served as national coordinator since the beginning of 2000. mr. borges is currently serving his third term in congress, in miranda, part of the capital of caracas and venezuela's national assembly. and also the president of 2017 to 2018. borges has become one of the major opposition leaders in venezuela and a broad advocating for the restoration of democracy and in calling out the human rights violations that are systematically taking place in venezuela. mr. borges started law. in one of the best universities, not saying that because i also wept to that same school. andreas vega catholic university. and oxford u