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Honduras, Nicaragua and Caribbean countries defend Venezuelan elections

“The United States has repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean, but not in favor of the people, rather for the interests of the dominant classes in their own country,”

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The 11th Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of ALBA-TCP (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty) was held Monday, August 26 in Caracas, Venezuela to discuss the situation in Venezuela.


Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic gave a spirited defense of Venezuela, its Bolivarian Revolution and its democracy at the Summit: "The will of the majority must be respected" in Venezuela: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (theleftchapter.com)


The ambassador of Honduras, President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, speaking on behalf of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia, all reiterated their complete satisfaction with the processes surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s re-election as the constitutional President of Venezuela.


Scarleth Romero, ambassador of Honduras to Venezuela, congratulated the constitutionally elected President, Nicolás Maduro, “to whom we wish the greatest success in continuing to build and lead the ongoing processes of change in favor of each and every Venezuelan”.


She continued: “I am grateful for the special invitation today to the great homeland of Bolívar and Morazán. Today, I am granted the opportunity to be here as the ambassador and representative of the people and government of Honduras in front of the people and government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and on this occasion at this extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government of ALBA. We reaffirm our commitment to always strengthen the bonds of brotherhood and solidarity with the worthy and heroic brotherly peoples,"


“We will not be tired of repeating and infinitely thanking the support of the brotherly member countries of ALBA, who, in the darkest moments when imperialist forces united to overthrow and shatter our Constitution in Honduras, brave men like our dear and always remembered friend and comrade Hugo Chávez Frías defended democracy at all costs, demanded an end to the plundering and killings, and firmly promoted the restoration of the rule of law in our country."


She added: “Now we are here again as observers and guests of ALBA, an association of countries we care about. We can only make it clear that from the Republic of Honduras, we advocate for and will always defend the self-determination of peoples, which is necessary to advance in the construction of democracies.”


The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega affirmed that Nicolás Maduro is the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and called for respect for the results of the July 28 elections.


During his speech at the 11th Extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), held via videoconference, Ortega stated that fascism is trying to reemerge in Latin America, and the people of the region must shield themselves against the attacks currently being directed at Venezuela.


He also condemned the stance of Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, for casting doubt on Maduro’s reelection.


Additionally, he emphasized that the Alliance represents the unity of countries striving to build a great homeland in Latin America. “ALBA does not allow itself to be swayed by the imposition of the interests of other nations,” he added.


The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, speaking on behalf of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia, reiterated their complete satisfaction with all the processes surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s re-election as the constitutional President of Venezuela.


The Caribbean leader recalled that these six island nations, two days after Maduro’s re-election on July 28, issued a joint statement congratulating him on his electoral victory.


He pointed out that in Venezuela, legal institutions such as the National Electoral Council (CNE in Spanish) and the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ in Spanish) determined the validity of President Maduro’s victory, which was also supported by international observers, including those from the Caribbean and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.


“All of this would normally satisfy any objective and rational group of people or States, and international law would support what has been done in Venezuela through legal and constitutional authorities. However, not everyone is rational and unbiased, and the fact is that, throughout the history of this hemisphere, the United States has consistently behaved in ways that are inconsistent with its declared principles, the very principles upon which their own republic is founded,” the Prime Minister emphasized.


Gonsalves asserted that in the case of Venezuela, there is a faction in the United States that is interested in seizing its resources, such as oil, and “this has happened not only in Venezuela but throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.”


He emphasized that the United States “has no moral authority to teach us anything about elections or to speak about how leaders should be chosen by the people.”


“The United States has repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean, but not in favor of the people, rather for the interests of the dominant classes in their own country,” he stated, mentioning specific examples of their interference in the internal affairs of Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Honduras, and Bolivia.

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