Havana, April 27, 2017.
We have once again witnessed another
infamous and immoral decision by the
discredited OAS, against the Bolivarian
Revolution; a repetition of the shameful
pages written
against
the Cuban
Revolution in
the 1960s.
The calling
of a Meeting
of Ministers
of Foreign
Affairs, to
continue
harassing the
Venezuelan
government,
constitutes
another action
consistent
with the OAS’
traditional
role as an
instrument
of imperialist
domination
in the
hemisphere; in order to undermine the
sovereignty, independence and dignity
of Our America.
The OAS has always remained with its
back to the peoples of America, over an
almost 70 year history of subordination
to oligarchic and imperialist interests.
It has been absent when our region
has been the victim of political,
economic and military intervention and
aggression, or serious democracy and
human rights violations.
It is now time to recognize that the OAS
is incompatible with the most pressing
needs of the peoples of Latin America
and the Caribbean. It is incapable of
representing their values and interests. It
imposed a doctrine of false democracy,
responsible for the deaths of hundreds
of thousands of Latin Americans and
Caribbeans and the impoverishment
and exclusion of millions. The OAS
chooses to attack and impose, rather
than reconcile or dialogue; and
disregards the right of states to equality
and self-determination. It conspires
and subverts genuine and legitimately
constituted governments with proven
popular support, and deserves the most
profound repudiation.
Venezuela has taken the dignified
decision to withdraw from the OAS,
which we firmly support, having
courageously faced the harassment,
interference and ignominy which have
been the aim of this institution and its
frenzied Secretary General. In order to
defend the collective interests of the
region, both Chávez in his time, and
now President Maduro, stood up to
its treachery with dignity and courage.
But the OAS never set out to accept
a popular government, much less help
Venezuela, as some assert. On the
contrary, it has increasingly attempted
to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution.
The aggressions and contemptible
conduct of the OAS toward Venezuela
confirm that
wherever there is
a government that
is not fitting with
the interests of
imperialist power
circles and their allies,
it will be attacked.
The new more
subtle and concealed
methods of attrition,
to disturb the peace
and internal order,
without renouncing
violence, do not
hide the old strategy
of trying to prove
the unfeasibility
of progressivism,
the left and their
struggles for the
economic and social
development of our
region.
Cuba reaffirms its unwavering
commitment to accompany Venezuela
and the dignified, courageous and
constructive position of President
Nicolas Maduro in leading the
Bolivarian Revolution. We express our
support and solidarity to the people and
government of Venezuela, in this new
chapter of resistance and dignity, certain
of just how much more struggle remains
in order to achieve unity and maintain
the fundaments of the Proclamation of
Latin America and the Caribbean as a
Zone of Peace, signed in 2014.
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