Venezuelan Government Responds to Canada's InterferenceForeign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly's statement that Canada rejects the results of Venezuela's November 21 election received a swift reply from her Venezuelan counterpart, Minister of Foreign Affairs Félix Plasencia, who wrote: "The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the interventionist statements of the Canadian government, in relation to the election of November 21, when the Venezuelan people came out freely to exercise their right to vote. "It is regrettable that, in the absence of its own foreign policy and in order to comply with the expectations of the United States, the government of Canada resorts to the disqualification of an electoral process that was widely validated by more than 300 international observers, issuing what would more appropriately be called a political pamphlet than the statement of a sovereign state. "It is ironic that Canada questions the context of the recent election when it was the only country that acted concretely to prevent Venezuelan voters resident in its territory from voting at the Venezuelan Embassy and Consulates during the 2018 presidential election. "Similarly, Canada speaks of the impact on the economy and human rights, while applauding, supporting and promoting illegal coercive measures against the entire Venezuelan people, which constitute crimes against humanity. "Faced with such cynicism, the government of Venezuela demands that Canada immediately end its illegal coercive measures and its political and material support for corrupt individuals who promote the embezzlement of assets belonging to the Venezuelan State. "Unlike Canada, Venezuela is a country free from foreign tutelage, and demonstrates this in each election with the deepening of the model of participatory and protagonist democracy enshrined in the Constitution and backed by the democratic will of the Venezuelan people." (Translated from the original Spanish by TML.)
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