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U.S. moves to entrap Venezuela
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Oct. 2019 OAS Venezuela sign
A demonstrator holds a sign at a rally in Caracas on April 27, 2019,
following the vote in the Organization of American States to allow a
supporter of U.S. puppet Juan Guaid?? to take Venezuela???s seat at the
OAS. The sign reads in English: ???OAS, hypocrites & criminals.???
By LAZARO MONTEVERDE
Like a chess master who move by move crushes a weaker opponent, the U.S.
is again moving against Venezuela. At the urging of Washington., 12 of
the 19 nations who are part of the Treaty of Rio, known by its Spanish
acronym TIAR [Tratado Internacional de Asistencia Reciproca], voted to
invoke the treaty provisions against Venezuela. This treaty provides the
legal and international justification for military action against
Venezuela, including an invasion. The latest move came on Sept. 11, the
anniversary of the 1973 U.S.-backed military coup in Chile against
Salvador Allende.
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Paraguay, and Venezuela all voted to
invoke the treaty in addition to the United States. Why would Venezuela
vote to authorize military intervention against itself, you may ask?
To understand this seemingly bizarre event, we have to look back at an
earlier U.S. move. In April 2017 Venezuela withdrew from the
Organization of American States (OAS) and the Rio Treaty in protest of
U.S. attempts to use the OAS to intervene in Venezuela. The OAS has a
two-year process before the withdrawal is finalized. Finalized in April
2019, the OAS, at the behest of the U.S., replaced the legitimate
representatives of the Venezuela government with the envoy of U.S.
puppet Juan Guaid??. The U.S. puppet government now represents Venezuela
at the OAS.
Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Panama, and Peru all
abstained???effectively a ???no??? vote. The Bahamas was absent, given the
crisis provoked by Hurricane Dorian. Cuba is also a member of TIAR but
does not participate in the OAS. In the broader meeting of the OAS
following the vote, Bolivia walked out in protest; Mexico (not a member
of TIAR) and Uruguay strongly condemned the vote, arguing that TIAR is
not an appropriate way to deal with an internal political crisis, such
as Venezuela???s.
The pretext for the vote is a series of military exercises that 150,000
Venezuelan troops are carrying out from now until Sept. 28 near the
Colombia border. While all nations conduct such exercises, including the
U.S., the threat of a Gulf of Tonkin type incident is very real. An
article appearing in the Washington Post on Sept. 12, the day after the
OAS vote, warned that the possibility of armed conflict between Colombia
and Venezuela is now a ???real, and terrifying, possibility.??? The Post
goes on to discuss likely scenarios, including a preemptive strike by
Colombia based on allegations (as of this writing unproven) that
Venezuela is training Colombian guerrillas for a strike on Colombia, and
that the guerrillas are now armed and funded by the Maduro government.
What is the U.S. endgame? There are now four possibilities. First, the
U.S. could continue its current campaign of economic war and
destabilization in hopes that Maduro will step down or be forcibly
removed. Second, the U.S. could launch a coup, as it did successfully in
Chile in 1973 or tried to do unsuccessfully in Venezuela on April 30 of
this year.
Third, either through a made-up incident between Colombia and Venezuela
or a pre-emptive attack on Venezuela by Colombia, the U.S. could support
a proxy war carried out by Colombia. Fourth, the US could launch a
unilateral military strike or a full-scale invasion against Venezuela.
The Treaty of Rio vote now makes the third and fourth possibilities more
likely. The Washington Post article is practically an announcement of
U.S. intentions.
The next U.S. move may take place as early as this week at the UN. The
United Nations General Assembly convenes on Sept. 17 and serious policy
debate begins on Sept. 24. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights issued its report on Venezuela on July 4, 2019. This
report, critical of the Maduro government while ignoring the economic,
political, and covert war against Venezuela, provides a public-relations
rationale for intervention.
The governments that make up the TIAR also plan on meeting during the
General Assembly to decide their next steps against Venezuela. These
diplomatic moves against the Maduro government and the people of
Venezuela come at a time when the economic war and covert operations
against Venezuela are crushing the people. The UN estimates that there
are currently 4 million Venezuelan refugees, mostly living in Latin
America and the Caribbean. If current conditions continue, the number
could reach 8 million by the end of 2020. This would be the largest
refugee crisis in the world, surpassing the almost 7 million who have
fled the Syrian war.
All peoples of the Americas must mobilize against this war threat. Say
no to the economic war against the Venezuelan people! Say no to U.S.
covert operations! Say no to war against Venezuela!
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September 17, 2019 in Latin America. Tags: Venezuela
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