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<h1 itemprop="name headline">Fidel Castro and Evo Morales
Condemn US Sanctions on Venezuela</h1>
<h1 itemprop="name headline"><small><small><small><small>Published
10 March 2015</small></small></small></small></h1>
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Cuba says President Barack Obama's executive order on Venezuela
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<p>More Latin American countries rallied behind Venezuela Tuesday
to condemn new U.S. sanctions against the South American nation.
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<p>The Cuban government has slammed the U.S. sanctions as
“arbitrary and aggressive.” </p>
<p>“How is Venezuela a threat to the United States? Thousands of
kilometers away, without strategic weapons and without the
resources … to conspire against the U.S. constitutional order;
the (White House) declaration has little credibility,” read a
statement published in newspaper Granma. </p>
<p>Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has also praised Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro's “brilliant and valiant” response to
what he described as “brutal” U.S. plans against Venezuela. The
comments were made in a short letter to Maduro on Monday night.
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<p>Earlier in the day, Bolivia's President Evo Morales said the
regional blocs CELAC and UNASUR should immediately hold an
“emergency meeting,” arguing the U.S. sanctions pose a threat to
“all of Latin America and the Caribbean.” </p>
<p>"We condemn, we repudiate, in the 21st Century we won’t accept
this kind of intervention by the United States,” Morales said.
“All of our solidarity and our support goes to President Maduro,
and the revolutionary Bolivarian government and people of
Venezuela.” </p>
<p>UNASUR's head and other regional leaders including Ecuador's
President Rafael Correa have <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/UNASUR-Supports-Venezuela-Against-Any-External-Interference-20150310-0006.html">already
slammed</a> the White House's decision to impose more
sanctions on Venezuela. </p>
<p>On Monday, President Barack Obama declared Venezuela an “<a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Obama-Declares-Venezuela-a-Threat-to-National-Security-20150309-0011.html">unusual
and extraordinary threat</a>” to the United States. </p>
<p>Obama also issued sanctions on several high ranking Venezuelan
government officials. The measures were issued under an
executive order. In the past, the Obama administration has
condemned Maduro for using executive orders to pass legislation.
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<p>“We believe the separation of powers and the presence of
independent branches of government are essential elements of
democracy," a White House spokesperson said in 2013, after
Maduro used an executive order to pass legislation aimed at
stabilizing consumer prices. </p>
<p>Read more about Obama's executive order on Venezuela <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Preparing-for-Military-Aggression-on-Venezuela-20150309-0034.html">here</a>.
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