The Venezuelan government reiterated its opposition to the United States challenging the South American nation’s commitment to the fight against terrorism.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that responsibility in this sensitive matter was demonstrated year after year “through the fulfillment of all national and multilateral obligations”.
The cynicism of those who have harbored professed terrorists like Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch and are now trying to qualify other countries’ commitment to the fight against terrorism was called “astounding” in the note.
He explained that during the two centuries of the Monroe Doctrine there were numerous examples of terrorist practices against our region that were “protected and encouraged” from Washington.
The text denounced that the use of coercion as a foreign policy, regardless of the impact of its actions on human life, is in itself a genuine form of terrorism.
He said that today a third of the planet suffers from US economic, political and financial terrorism, which “has become an obstacle to development and world stability.”
The State Department pointed out that the Washington-sponsored “infamous war on terrorism” has proven to be a painful fraud that has cost humanity nearly 4.5 million lives and around $8 billion in losses.
He pointed out that this global campaign, sponsored by US governments, exacerbated global insecurity and fueled the proliferation of extremist groups whose flag is hate.
By using such a sensitive issue as terrorism to make unfounded allegations of a political nature, the US government is showing its indolence towards the millions of victims of this scourge, he stressed.
Venezuela reiterated calls for the United States to respect international law and return to the practice of diplomacy to enhance stability and world peace.