[Peace-discuss] ALBA and Non-Aligned Movement Reject US Aggressions Against Venezuela, Call for Dialogue

[David Johnson]

ALBA and Non-Aligned Movement Reject US Aggressions Against Venezuela, Call
for Dialogue

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Caracas, March 18, 2015 ( <http://venezuelanalysis.com/>
Venezuelanalysis.com) – Two multilateral bodies, the Bolivarian Alliance of
the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), joined
the international
<http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Ongoing-Updates-Responses-to-US-Threa
ts-to-Venezuela-----------20150311-0015.html> chorus condemning President
Obama's executive order targeting Venezuela this week.

The executive  <http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/11261> decree, which
declares Venezuela an "unusual and extraordinary threat" and imposes further
sanctions against top Bolivarian officials, was also firmly rejected on
<http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/11270> Saturday by the twelve South
American nations that make-up UNASUR.

ALBA Leaders Voice "Unconditional Support" for Venezuela

In an emergency summit held in Caracas on Tuesday, heads of state of the 11
nations that make up ALBA expressed their solidarity and "unconditional
support" for Venezuela and called on the U.S. to "immediately cease its
harassment and aggression against the government and people of Venezuela."

The
<http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Final-Declaration-from-the-Extraordin
ary-ALBA-Summit-20150318-0002.html> statement issued by the regional body
went on underscore the need for dialogue based on mutual respect for
sovereignty and self-determination, as outlined in international law. To
this end, the regional leaders proposed the creation of a group of
facilitators drawn from hemispheric institutions such as the CELAC, UNASUR,
and ALBA, who would be tasked with mediating talks between Venezuela and the
US "in order to alleviate tensions and guarantee a friendly solution."

During his intervention at the summit, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega
noted that the Obama administration's latest aggressive move towards
Venezuela has cemented the unity of Latin American nations in an
unprecedented way.

"I would say that we are getting close to practically 80% of the members of
the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States [...] 27 nations who
have clearly declared themselves against this [executive] decree, and we are
demanding that it be repealed."

Raul Castro also expressed Cuba's resolute support for Venezuela.

"It is impossible to buy or seduce Cuba or intimidate Venezuela," declared
the Cuban leader, referring to the normalization of relations with the US
currently being negotiated. "We've come here to close ranks."

ALBA was created in 2004 by Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro as a leftwing
alternative to US-led regional blocs such as the OAS, and includes Antigua
and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Granada, Nicaragua, San
Cristóbal and Nieves, San Vicente and Granadinas, Saint Lucia, and
Venezuela.

NAM Expresses "Categorical Rejection" of US Aggression

The 120 nations that form the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) also pronounced
their "categorical rejection"of President Obama's executive order.

In a communique released on Monday, the countries of the historic bloc
"reiterated their firm support for the sovereignty, territortial integrity,
and political independence of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela."

Citing the UN Charter's committment to peaceful cooperation, the NAM called
for dialogue between the US and Venezuela and urged the former to "cease its
illegal coercive measures."

The NAM was founded in 1961 as an alternative for the countries of the
global south to the U.S. and Soviet power blocs, and comprises two-thirds of
UN member states and 55% of the world's population.

 

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