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<h1 class="reader-title">Venezuela Confirms Exit from 'Colonial'
OAS After US Aggression<br>
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<div class="reader-estimated-time">May 8, 2018<br>
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<p>The Bolivarian government of <strong>Venezuela </strong>reaffirmed
Tuesday its decision to renounce its membership at the <strong>Organization
of American States</strong> (OAS), lamenting the body
has returned to “its original condition as a <strong>colonial</strong>
body, at the service of <strong>Washington</strong>’s
ambition for dominance in our region.”</p>
<p>Through an official statement, Venezuela condemned new
aggressions by the <strong>United States</strong>,
aimed at “disturbing the peace of the Venezuelan people,
repeating the nefarious practice of U.S. interventions
that have caused such harm to Latin America and the
Caribbean ”</p>
<p>The statement issued Tuesday was a response to
declarations made by <strong>U.S. Vice President Mike
Pence</strong> at the Permanent Council of the OAS,
where he asked for the suspension of Venezuela from the
OAS and issued a call for Venezuela to “suspend this
sham election and organize real elections.”</p>
<p>Pence “attempts to cover up the damage his government
has caused to Venezuelan society through unilateral
coercive measures with a false humanitarian concern,
which seeks to bend the People’s will to take the wealth
and natural resources of our country,” the statement
reads.</p>
<p>On Monday, the Venezuelan representative to the OAS, <a
href="https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Samuel-Moncada-Venezuela-Does-Not-Accept-US-Authority-20180507-0018.html">Samuel
Moncada</a>, rejected Pence’s statements and attempted
to show U.S. concern for the people of the region as
hypocritical, citing the tens of thousand of Central
America refugees who have lost their <a
href="https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/United-States-Terminates-Protected-Status-for-Honduran-Immigrants-20180505-0014.html">Temporary
Protected Status</a> (TPS) during the Trump
administration, making them subject to deportation to
countries where they face threats of violence and death.
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<p>Moncada also argued the U.S. aims to “stop the May 20
elections in Venezuela,” through new sanctions and
diplomatic aggression, and accused the U.S. of
committing an international crime. “The only coercive
measures that are accepted and legal are those approved
by the United Nations Security Council,” Moncada
reminded the U.S. government.</p>
<p>The government statement reiterated that presidential
elections in Venezuela will take place in May 20 despite
U.S. aggression and interventionism.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, new U.S. Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo during a speech in Washington that “a dictator in
Venezuela paralyzes its economy and starves its people,”
urging for U.S. action. The Venezuelan government has
said that it fears sectors of the right-wing opposition
will carry out violent attacks on election day with the
foreign assistance.</p>
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