Cuba accuses the US of using the Dominican Republic to prepare military action against Venezuela
Cuba accused the US on Thursday to carry out movements of the troops in the Caribbean in the preparation of a future “military adventure disguised as a humanitarian intervention” in Venezuela, and in the international mobilization to prevent an escalation in the pressures against its ally Nicolás Maduro.
Havana said in a statement that between February 6 and 10, flights of military transport aircraft from the United States to bases in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean islands were detected, “Knowing the governments’ knowledge of those nations. “These movements are detailed in the text, published in the main media the island.
“USA. “Manufacture of a humanitarian pretext to initiate a military aggression against Venezuela and an announcement in the territory of that sober nation, through an intimacy, a supposed humanitarian aid, a thousand times less than the damages caused by Washington’s policy of encirclement”, insisteel Cuban Government
The island reiterates its support for the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, who is recognized as the only constitutional ruler in the decision of the leader of the National Assembly of that country, Juan Guaidó, to proclaim as president in charge, supported by the United States. and several Latin American and European nations.
In view of the serious economic crisis that Venezuela is going through, which has caused shortages of medicines and food, the Parliament, with Guaidó at the helm, has been presented in the country in humanitarian crisis, for which the answers have been requested so far. United and Colombia, among others.
Maduro-involved in a crisis of governance was not recognized in several countries after being chosen in a comfortable labeled fraud, refuses to accept this aid so it can take a step to a foreign invasion, especially the United States .
Havana stressed that it is “evident that the US It paves the way for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor by force “and recalled that several of its senior officials have said” with arrogance and impudence that, in relation to Venezuela, ‘all options are on the table, including the military.’ “
The Cuban government mentioned “the sad and painful history of military interventions” of the United States. in Latin America and sentenced that “History will judge severely” the “complicity of those who irresponsibly” accompany these “imperialist” actions.
“The sovereignty and dignity of Latin America and the Caribbean and of the peoples of the South are decided today in Venezuela. It also decides the survival of the rules of International Law and the Charter of the United Nations, “warned the Government of the island.
For the Caribbean country, this will be the opportunity to confirm “whether the legitimacy of a government emanates from the express and sovereign will of its people or from the recognition of foreign powers.”
Finally, Cuba called for the “international mobilization in defense of peace in Venezuela and in the region” and welcomed the Montevideo Mechanism, established by Mexico, Uruguay, the Commonwealth of the Caribbean (Caricom) and Bolivia to channel the dialogue between Maduro and the opposition in search of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
