Venezuela reiterates commitment against terrorism, rejects right-wing's hate speech - MPPRE

Venezuela reiterates commitment against terrorism, rejects right-wing’s hate speech

Venezuela’s Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs for North America Carlos Ron reiterated on Tuesday the commitment of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to fighting terrorism and urged the international community to work together to face the world right-wing’s extremism and hate speech, of which the South American country has been a victim.

In an interview with Cuban news agency Prensa Latina, the Venezuelan diplomat rejected the multiple terrorist attacks that have been carried out against the country, since the Bolivarian Revolution took office, “by violent right-wing sectors, which have not been able to come to power via democratic and constitutional processes and have tried to imposed their will through violent mechanisms.”

Ron denounced that violent groups of the Venezuelan opposition have received support from the U.S. and Colombian governments for 20 years, and this is evident in the promotion, justification, and financing of organizers, promoters, and perpetrators of terrorist actions in Venezuelan territory.

“The most recent event in May this year, the attempted incursion by mercenaries from Colombia amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is only one of many examples of a policy aimed at forcing a regime change in Venezuela by using terror,” said Ron.

In this regard, Ron pointed out that Venezuela denounced at the UN the violence of the Venezuelan right-wing, its “economic terrorism,” the attempted assassination of President Nicolás Maduro, and other “attacks against the country’s institutions and infrastructure, hate crimes based on political and racial discrimination, and the use of mercenaries to commit terrorist crimes against the population.”

Regarding he recent addition of Venezuela and Cuba to the U.S. list of countries that allegedly do not cooperate fully on counterterrorism, Vice-minister Ron said that the United States “has no moral authority or power” to assess the fight against terrorism in other countries, since they are the ones that have historically provided safe haven to terrorists and supported them.

“For years, the United States has collaborated with violent groups, from both Cuba and Venezuela, that have tried to come to power via unconstitutional processes. The Unites States must prove they won’t continue this practice so that the international community can truly believe in their counterterrorism policy,” Ron stressed.