Ottawa and Montreal Events
No! to the Lima Group!
Hands Off Venezuela!
No to Foreign Military or “Diplomatic”
Destabilization Efforts in Venezuela”!
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced that Canada will host the next ministerial meeting of the Lima Group in Gatineau, Québec, on February 20, 2020.
According to the Global Affairs website; “The members of the Lima Group will meet to discuss the ongoing political, economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and express their solidarity with the people of Venezuela.”
This comes a few weeks after January 27 when the Trudeau government brought shame on itself by meeting with the imposter Juan Guaido, who calls himself the interim president of Venezuela. This imposter is more and more despised at home as a corrupt and untrustworthy individual even by those who a year ago supported his phony presidency, to the extent that one of his rivals was elected to replace him as president of the national assembly. Yet in Canada he was received by the Prime Minister in his Parliament Hill office and paraded around as “President Guiado.” It is shameful that the Canadian government under the guise of returning democracy to Venezuela is continuing promote the Lima group and follow the policy of interference and aggressive threats against Venezuela and pushing for regime change on behalf of U.S. interests against the democratically expressed will of the Venezuelan people. It is the height of the hypocrisy for the Canadian government to suggest that the continued imposition of sanctions and other gross forms of interference to cripple Venezuela’s economy is an effort to support democracy in Venezuela. The U.S. has tightened the sanctions with a full blockade since all the illegal attempts at removing the democratically elected Venezuelan government have failed. The Lima group of countries is playing a nefarious role in trying to justify the U.S.-led threats of a coup and further acts of violence in Venezuela. These actions of the Canadian government and the Lima group are not only contrary to norms of diplomacy they are also in grave violation of all international laws like the UN charter the OAS charter and the Vienna convention on the conduct of war. The collective punishment of populations, in this case the Venezuelan people, is a crime against humanity.
Canadians support the democratic rights of all people to decide their own destiny and live in a system of their own choosing and the hostile actions of the Canadian government towards the Venezuelan people are not acceptable. The Canadian government does not speak or act in the name of Canadians. The Lima group is not welcome in Canada and we demand that the government of Canada end all sanctions against Venezuela and promote dialogue and diplomacy instead of economic interference and military threats.
Ottawa
Rally Against the Lima Group Meeting in Ottawa
Thursday, February 20 — 2:00-4:00 pm
Canadian Museum of History
Organized by Alba Movements Canada
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Montreal
Rally Against the Lima Group Meeting in Ottawa
Thursday, February 20 — 5:30-6:30 pm
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Riding Office
1100 Crémazie Blvd East
Organized by the Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec (PMLQ) and other organizations
Canada Out of the Lima Group!
Friday, February 21 — 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
900 de la Gauchetière Street West
Organized by Solidarité Québec-Haïti
Rally outside the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations conference where Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Franços-Philippe Champagne, will be speaking on Canada’s foreign policy.
