The governments of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay have jointly rejected this Sunday, through a statement, the US military intervention in Venezuela last Saturday, after which the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro was arrested and transferred to a federal prison, along with his wife, Cilia Flores. According to the signatory countries of the letter, this unilateral military action “contravenes fundamental principles of international law, in particular the use and threat of force, respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.”
These six countries also expressed their “concern about any attempt at government control, administration or external appropriation of natural or strategic resources,” as US President Donald Trump stated the day before.
“We reaffirm the character of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace, built on mutual respect, the peaceful resolution of controversies and non-intervention, and we call for regional unity, beyond political differences, in the face of any action that puts regional stability at risk,” the letter continues.
For his part, Pedro Sánchez has shared the joint statement through his social networks, where he has expressed his “concern regarding the events that occurred in Venezuela.”
Source: www.eldiario.es
