Yesterday US President Donald Trump took the extraordinary and illegal action to recognize the president of Venezuela’s legislature as the “interim president” of the country.
Sign the petition here to tell your elected officials NO US-ENGINEERED COUP In Venezuela!
It is clear that the US government and corporate media believe they have entered the final offensive to replace the elected Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro with one that will be subservient to US interests.
Tell your elected officials that you oppose foreign intervention in Venezuela’s internal affairs. This action is counter to both the United Nations and Organization of American States Charters and thus illegal under international law.
We know that President Trump met
with Venezuelan coup plotters in 2017 and the Venezuelan opposition speaks
openly of its coordination with the United States government. Officials in the
U.S. and internationally have repeatedly called for the Venezuelan military and
business people to take power, denouncing and refusing to recognize legitimate
elections, and even having the audacity to "recognize" a "new president" in
Venezuela who was not elected and who has no legitimate claim to office. Recent
events have included the first ever attempted coup-by-drone, in August 2018; and
the January 22nd coup attempt by 27 National Guard troops led by a sergeant. One
might infer a sense of desperation among the enemies of the Bolivarian
government.
US National Security Advisor John
Bolton called Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua a "Troika of Tyranny", but the real
triple threat faced by Latin America is the alliance of ultra-right
administrations from the United States, Colombia, and Brazil of Donald Trump,
Iván Duque, and Jair Bolsonaro, respectively. These Oligarchs of Overthrow have
Venezuela in their sites, and military intervention is clearly an option on the
table where they are seated.
By James Jordan from the Alliance for Global Justice
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