Venezuela has been rattled by unprecedented protests by students and the opposition against Maduro's government and marred by violence that peaked Wednesday, when three people were killed and dozens injured.
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- Venezuela accuses US of promoting destabilization
Venezuela accused the United States on Sunday of backing anti-government protesters who have marched against the leftist leader for two weeks and show no signs of backing down.
Protests against the government showed no sign of abating, as the fugitive opposition leader whom President Nicolas Maduro blames for sowing unrest broke his silence to urge another demonstration.
The oil-rich country's deep-rooted problems of rising prices and basic goods shortages have sparked a wave of street rallies spearheaded by students who fear a future without jobs.
The demonstrations have developed into the biggest challenge to the country's socialist rulers since the death of its longtime leader Hugo Chavez from cancer last year.
Accusing Washington of meddling to help sow the unrest, Maduro said he has ordered the expulsion of three US consular officials, whom he did not name.
"Go and do your (coup) plotting in Washington!" the president roared in a televised address, charging that the US diplomats had met with students involved in anti-government protests.
A foreign ministry statement said Maduro's government "flatly rejects remarks by US Secretary of State John Kerry, insofar as they represent yet another maneuver by the government in Washington to promote and legitimatize attempts to destabilize the Venezuelan democracy unleashed by violent groups in recent days."
During a failed two-day coup against Maduro's predecessor in 2002, the United States voiced support for a non-elected interim leader and not the elected president at the time, staunch US critic Chavez.
That move has deeply undermined Washington's credibility in Latin America to this day.
Kerry had voiced alarm Saturday at the "senseless violence" that has broken out during protests in Venezuela and heavily criticized the detention of anti-government demonstrators.
With supporters and opponents of Maduro's leftist government staging rival rallies in Caracas, following protests over soaring inflation and basic goods shortages, Kerry said he was deeply concerned, particularly at an arrest warrant being issued for opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.
Voice of Russia, AFP
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Gobierno de Venezuela denunció amenazas de Estados Unidos ...
ReplyDeleteEl dignatario venezolano Nicolás Maduro, anunció que el Despacho de la Presidencia recibió un informe de su embajador ante la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), en Washington (capital estadounidense), Roy Chaderton, en el que señalaba que el Gobierno de Barack Obama le hacía una serie de exigencias.
Denunció que el subsecretario adjunto para América del Sur del Departamento de Estado, Alex Lee, le transmitió vía telefónica un mensaje al Gobierno de Venezuela en el que exigía que el Ejecutivo venezolano se siente a dialogar con la oposición.
Asimismo, en segundo lugar exigieron que liberen a todos los detenidos de los disturbios recientes y en tercer lugar, amenazaron con que “el arresto del señor Leopoldo López, podría causar consecuencias negativas en sus ramificaciones internacionales”, por lo que solicitó que se detuvieran las medidas judiciales contra él dirigente político.
“Hoy el moustruo decidió actuar y sacar su rostro. Esto es distintivo, detrás está el imperio que quiere atacar la patria...Son exigencias inaceptables e insolentes. Mande a responder diplomáticamente y como debe ser”, señaló Maduro ante las exigencias de Estados Unidos.
Al respecto, sentenció que no acepta amenazas de nadie en este mundo. “No habrá fuerza que nos detenga a los bolivarianos. En Venezuela estamos dispuestos a llegar hasta las últimas consecuencias en la defensa de la paz y la democracia”, acotó.
“Usted se equivocó de teléfono oyó secretario adjunto, la próxima vez llama a otro país y no a Venezuela”, dijo el primer mandatario nacional tras la llamada del funcionario político al momento de leer el informe del Departamento de Estado nortamericano.
También indicó que este lunes llamará a los presidentes de América Latina y que se declara en campaña para denunciar las amenazas del Gobierno de Estados Unidos.
Precisó que solicitará al secretario general de la Unión de Naciones del Sur (Unasur) y a una serie de mandatarios latinoamericanos el apoyo para denunciar las agresiones directas realizadas por el gobierno estadounidense contra Venezuela.
Por otro lado, el jefe de Estado venezolano anunció que ordenó al canciller venezolano Elías Jaua a declarar persona no grata a tres funcionarios de la embajada de Estados Unidos en Venezuela tras recibir denuncias de participación en reuniones conspirativas contra el Gobierno venezolano. "Las declaro personas no grata en Venezuela".
Respuesta diplomática
El Gobierno de Venezuela rechazó este domingo las declaraciones del secretario de Estado norteamericano John Kerry, sobre los hechos de violencia que se han registrado en el país suramericano, considerándolas una maniobra para legitimar los intentos de desestabilización.
http://www.telesurtv.net/articulos/2014/02/16/venezuela-rechaza-declaraciones-de-secretario-estadounidense-john-kerry-2982.html
16/2/14
Venezuelan protest leader calls new rally.....Leopoldo Lopez, wanted by police, releases video as Maduro expels three US consular officials.....
ReplyDeleteA Venezuelan opposition leader who has spearheaded days of protests against the government has released a new video, calling for a peaceful demonstration on Tuesday.
Leopoldo Lopez's pledge to surrender after staging one more demonstration came after hundreds of people gathered peacefully in the capital, Caracas, for a fifth day of protests against rising inflation, food shortages and rising crime.
The protesters said on Sunday they would stay in the streets until President Nicolas Maduro disarmed pro-government militias, AFP news agency reported.
For his part, Maduro said he was ordering the expulsion of three US consular officials.
He did not identify the officials but accused them in a televised speech on Sunday night of infiltrating Venezuelan universities under the cover of doing consular work involving student visas.
There was no immediate reaction from the US government, which has denied the accusations that it is plotting with the opposition against him. The US has not had an ambassador in Caracas since 2010...................http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/02/venezuelan-protest-leader-calls-new-rally-2014216224829786332.html
17/2/14
Reports Regarding Expulsion of U.S. Officials in Venezuela. -Press Statement/Jen Psaki...
ReplyDeleteRegarding recent reports involving the expulsion of U.S. officials in Venezuela, the United States has not received any formal notification.
The allegations that the United States is helping to organize protestors in Venezuela is baseless and false. We support human rights and fundamental freedoms – including freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly – in Venezuela as we do in countries around the world. But as we have long said, Venezuela’s political future is for the Venezuelan people to decide. We urge their government to engage all parties in meaningful dialogue.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/02/221720.htm
17/2/14
Venezuela: USA weisen Verwicklung in Unruhen zurück....
ReplyDeleteDie USA haben die Beschuldigungen Venezuelas, der Opposition bei Anti-Regierungs-Protesten in diesem Land Vorschub zu leisten, als „grundlos und erlogen“ bezeichnet.
„Wir unterstützen die Menschenrechte und die Grundfreiheiten, darunter das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung und friedliche Versammlungen –in Venezuela wie auch auf der ganzen Welt“, so die Sprecherin des US-Außenministeriums, Jen Psaki. „Aber wir sagen schon seit langem, dass das Volk Venezuelas über die Zukunft seines Landes selbst entscheiden muss“, ergänzte die Sprecherin.
Laut früheren Medienberichten macht der venezolanische Präsident Nicolas Maduro die USA für die jüngsten Anti-Regierungs-Proteste in Venezuela verantwortlich und will nun drei US-Diplomaten des Landes verweisen.
http://de.ria.ru/politics/20140218/267855418.html
18/2/14