The Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations Organization (UN), Samuel Moncada, in a letter addressed to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and released on Wednesday, condemned the decision by the US and ten other Latin American countries to use the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) as an instrument to launch the naval blockade with which the President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, threatened Venezuela on August 1.
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has shown to be a lover and guarantor of peace, for this reason we call on the Security Council to reaffirm its authority in the case of the illegal manipulation of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance as a pretext to use the force against Venezuela, when our country is not even part of that agreement”, said the document.
In his denounce, Moncada highlighted the decision of September 11 by 11 countries in the Americas – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, the United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic – to convene a meeting on the TIAR on the grounds that the current situation in Venezuela has “destabilizing consequences” and “represents a threat to peace and security in the hemisphere”.
“The real objective of the United States and other countries in threatening to resort to the use of force is to overthrow the legitimate and constitutional government of President Nicolás Maduro”, said the official in the letter.
Therefore, Moncada remarked, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela makes “a call to the Security Council to reaffirm its authority in the case of the illegal manipulation of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance as a pretext to use force against Venezuela, when our country It is not even part of that agreement”, recalled Moncada.
The TIAR, also known as the Treaty of Rio, was established in 1947 and, among other aspects, contemplates that “an armed attack by any State against an American country will be considered an attack against all American countries”.
Caracas withdrew from the pact considering that it has served to justify military interventions. The opposition deputy and self-proclaimed interim president of the Bolivarian Republic, Juan Guaidó called for the reinstatement of Venezuela to the TIAR, but the Venezuelan Supreme Court rejected that demand.
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