Haley, Pence convey US message on Venezuela: only election worth holding is one that results in regime change
“On
May 20, without fail, presidential elections will take place in
Venezuela and the people will defend their right to decide with
votes, without interventions of any kind. The whole world will
witness a new popular expression which will reaffirm the democratic
character of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”
by
Elliott Gabriel
Part
3 - U.S. pressure continues unabated
While
opposition politician Henri Falcon will take part in the election
duel with Maduro, opposition figures aligned with the U.S.-backed
M.U.D. (Democratic Unity Roundtable), such as Julio Borges and Carlos
Vecchio, have embarked on an international tour, calling on officials
in neighboring states and Western capitals to tighten their
stranglehold on oil-rich Venezuela.
The U.S.
has also redoubled its accusation that in addition to corruption, the
socialist government is involved in narcotics trafficking.
The
accusation was at the core of Pence’s Monday announcement that
Washington would slap sanctions on three Venezuelans and 20 companies
with ties to the Maduro government, adding further force to a siege
primarily impacting the poorest people in a county already facing
massive recession, hyperinflation, scarce food supplies and medicine
shortages.
“I
think the [Trump] administration is willing to do anything, whatever
it takes, to make sure that Venezuelan people get to enjoy democracy
and the liberties that come with it,” U.S. Ambassador to the
OAS Carlos Trujillo told the press.
Venezuela’s
government remains defiant and insists that it won’t bow to the
“colonialism” that Latin America’s anti-colonial
revolutionaries defeated over two hundred years ago. Its Foreign
Ministry stated: “On May 20, without fail, presidential
elections will take place in Venezuela and the people will defend
their right to decide with votes, without interventions of any kind.
The whole world will witness a new popular expression which will
reaffirm the democratic character of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela. No empire can go up against the will of the Venezuelans,
worthy heirs of the Liberator Simón Bolívar in his ongoing effort
to build nations and free, sovereign, independent and deeply
anti-imperialist societies.”
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