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<h1 class="reader-title">Venezuela’s Top Court Rejects US VP
Pence’s Threat of Sanctions</h1>
May 8, 2019</div>
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<p>On Wednesday, Maikel Moreno, the President of <a
href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Top-Court-Orders-Prosecution-of-7-Lawmakers-over-Participation-in-Coup-20190507-0019.html"
target="_blank">Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice
(TSJ)</a> denounced threats of sanctions by United
States Vice President Mike Pence.</p>
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<p>Pence threatened to sanction all magistrates of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.</p>
<p>Moreno read a statement by the TSJ rejecting the
interventionist threats made by the U.S. vice president.</p>
<p>"The judges and magistrates of the TSJ categorically
and forcefully reject the threat made by Mr. Pence, who,
in a disrespectful and interfering manner seeks to
subjugate the highest Venezuelan judicial authorities
through threats that violate the principles of
independence of self-determination and sovereignty," he
said.</p>
<p>"This unlawful, despicable and intolerable action
violates the norms and principles of international law
that govern the relations between civilized nations.
This is a case of a new unilateral threat laid upon the
Venezuelan Judicial Power, specifically on the TSJ
composed of 32 magistrates.”</p>
<p><strong>"We denounce the fact that the United States is
trying to get the Venezuelan judicial power to step
away from democracy and promote a coup d'état."</strong>
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<p>He also denounced this threat of sanction on a
democratic institution and favoring the coup. The
president reiterated that the TSJ will not be
blackmailed or subordinate itself to a foreign
government “that seeks to circumvent the sovereignty of
our country.”</p>
<p>The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez wrote
on Twitter, “The countries that decide to choose the
path of violence will be condemned by the people of the
world, who will defend their sovereignty.”</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Mike Pence threatened to sanction the
magistrates of the TSJ if they do not oppose the
legitimate President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro.</p>
<p>"If the Supreme Court of Venezuela does not return to
its constitutional mandate to defend the rule of law,
the U.S. will hold its 25 magistrates accountable for
their actions," he said.</p>
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