Venezuelan organization and social movements reject possible military intervention prompted by Almagro - MPPRE

Venezuelan organization and social movements reject possible military intervention prompted by Almagro

A total of 19 organizations, social movements and human rights activists repudiated the statements made last September 14 by the General Secretary of the OAS, Luis Almagro, who did not hesitate on the possibility of a military intervention in Venezuela with the aim of overthrowing the constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro Moros.

Among the movements which signed this declaration are the Organización Sures; Socialist Studies Center Jorge Rodríguez; Collective Network The Feminist Spider; National Movement of Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Venezuela Cuba; Alba Movements; United Residential Workers for Venezuela; Pioneers camps.

In this sense, the aforementioned organizations request the OAS to declare itself against the statements issued by Almagro and therefore proceed to dismiss them.

Here is the full statement:

Statement in rejection of the declarations of the General Secretary of the Organization of American States in favor of a military intervention against Venezuela.

The undersigned organizations, social movements and human rights activists strongly reject the statements issued on September 14 by the General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, in which he suggests a military intervention to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. These statements were issued from the city of Cúcuta, Colombia, and he clearly expressed that: “I believe we should not rule out any option regarding to a military intervention to overthrow the regime of Nicolás Maduro”.

These statements are aligned with the plans announced by the United States Government for intervention in our country, aimed to change the government in Venezuela and to remove the constitutional and democratic government of President Nicolás Maduro. In this context, we consider that these statements are far from the work that should have a General Secretary of an organization that has among its functions the achievement of peace and solidarity among the countries of the region. His statements also violate the fundamental principles contained in the OAS Charter.

The pronouncement made by the General Secretary, legitimizes a possible intervention of foreign forces in the country, disregarding all the harmful consequences that from every point of view entails on the civilian population, such as the death of children and adolescents, the destruction of the infrastructure of the country and essential services, terrorism, among other violations of human rights.

Such statements were rejected forcefully by the countries of the region that are members of the OAS as well as by other countries of the entire world, who called for peace and nonintervention; as they also publicly requested the dismissal of General Secretary Almagro.

In light of the foregoing, the undersigned human rights and social organizations and movements request:

1. That the General Assembly of the OAS convene an extraordinary session and issue a statement in rejection of the pronouncement made by its General Secretary.

2. That the General Assembly proceed with the dismissal of the General Secretary whenever his actions have violated the fundamental principles of the OAS Charter.

3. We urge the Organization of American States to foster spaces for dialogue and exercise strategies framed in the search for peace and solidarity among the countries that comprise it.

Sign:

Sures Afro-Venezuelan social movement “Juan Ramón Lugo”

Socialist Studies Center “Jorge Rodríguez”

Collective Network The Feminist Spider

Movement of settlers

South Bridge

National Movement of Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Venezuela Cuba

Alba Movimientos 9. Fundación Entreayudarnos

Add two to the movement

Genre with Class

Blind Red

United Residential Workers for Venezuela

Urban Land Committees

Movement of Occupants 16. Movement of Tenants

Kings of Heart Foundation

Pioneer camps

Venezuelan Foundation for the Right to Housing

Fundalatin

Bolivarian Force of Wome

Clara Zetkin Women’s Movement

Bicentennial Front of Women 200

Collective Diversity UBV

Foundation against the Peasant Assassination

International Committee of Solidarity COSI

Tricontinental of International Relations TRISOL

Breaking the Rule

Front of Conscious Women Red Lotus

Marahuaka Socio-environmental Collective

Collective National Coordinator with Chávez (CONCHAVEZ)

Ecosocialist Collective Katafos

Vrinda House Cultural Space

National Ecosocialist Front

Guardians of Tenants and Small Owners

Association of Housing and Collective Habitat El Rosal

International Association Oriateces de Venezuela AOV

AOV Cultural Academy

AOV Radio

Psychologists for Socialism

Conscious Left Youth

Esther Quiaro Journalist and human rights activist

Esther Rojas, popular educator

Leonel Galindo, lawyer

Harin Rodriguez, journalist