Human rights conditions in Venezuela continued to worsen under the illegitimate regime of Nicolas Maduro, according to the 2019 State Department Human Rights Report.
根据美国国务院2019年人权报告，在尼古拉斯·马杜的非法政权统治下，委内瑞拉的人权状况继续恶化。
During the last two years, Maduro has moved decisively to consolidate his power.
在过去的两年里，马杜罗果断地巩固了自己的权力。
His term ended on January 10, 2019,
马杜罗的任期于2019年1月10日结束，
but Maduro tried to stay in power by claiming victory in the 2018 presidential election, which was widely condemned as neither free nor fair.
但他试图通过在2018年总统选举中获胜来继续执政，这次选举被广泛谴责既不自由也不公平。
On January 23, 2019, Juan Guaido, as president of the National Assembly, assumed the role of interim president as provided for under the constitution.
2019年1月23日，胡安·瓜伊多作为国民大会主席，担任宪法规定的临时总统。
But Maduro, with the backing of hundreds of Cuban security force members, refused to cede control to Guaido.
但在数百名古巴安全部队成员的支持下，马杜罗拒绝交出控制权。
Maduro’s power grab has resulted in significant human rights abuses committed “every day against Venezuelans,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥表示，马杜罗对权力的攫取导致了“每天针对委内瑞拉人”的严重侵犯人权行为。
They include “extra extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, torture, and arbitrary detentions.”
其中包括“法外处决、强迫失踪、酷刑和任意拘留”。
For more than 800 days, the former Maduro regime has held six CITGO employees –
800多天来，前马杜罗政权未经正当程序扣押了6名CITGO雇员，
five of whom are U.S.citizens and one of whom is a U.S.legal permanent resident - without due process.
其中5人是美国公民，1人是美国合法永久居民。
Eighteen hearings have been cancelled, suggesting that these six men are actually political prisoners.
18场听证会已被取消，这表明这6人实际上是政治犯。
Maduro’s regime has been particularly harsh in its treatment of Guaido supporters.
马杜罗政权对待瓜伊多支持者的态度尤为严厉。
A case in point is that of opposition leader Elwin Mendoza.
反对派领导人埃尔温·门多萨就是一个很好的例子。
In February 2019, he was brought before a military tribunal
2019年2月，他被带到军事法庭，
simply because he called for desperately needed humanitarian aid deliveries to Venezuela.
仅仅是因为他要求向委内瑞拉运送急需的人道主义援助物资。
“Maduro’s thugs,” said Secretary Pompeo, “locked up (Mendoza).
“马杜罗的暴徒，”国务卿蓬佩奥说，“把(门多萨)关了起来。”
Neither his family nor a doctor could visit.
他的家人和医生都不能来看他。
And one month later he had died at the age of 34.”
一个月后，他去世了，享年34岁。”
Others caught in Maduro’s crackdown include Guaido’s chief of staff, Roberto Marrero.
其他在马杜罗镇压行动中被捕的人包括委内瑞拉总统马杜罗的幕僚长马雷罗。
He was arrested in March 2019 in his home and charged falsely with conspiracy, treason, and weapons smuggling.
他于2019年3月在家中被捕，并被诬告犯有阴谋罪、叛国罪和走私武器罪。
If convicted on these trumped up charges, Marrero faces up to 30 years in prison.
如果罪名成立，马雷罗将面临最高30年的监禁。
The 2019 Human Rights Report honors those who’ve paid the ultimate sacrifice for fighting for human freedom and dignity.
2019年的人权报告表彰那些为人类自由和尊严而付出最终牺牲的人。
“It’s a service to those punished for their beliefs and to those who continue the fight,” said Secretary Pompeo:
国务卿蓬佩奥说:“这是对那些因信仰而受到惩罚的人，对那些继续战斗的人的一种服务。”
The human rights report, he added, “is a sign of America’s continued belief in the peoples of the world to respect and uphold fundamental rights for every one of their citizens.”
