Nicaragua Completes Withdrawal from Organization of American States
On November 21, the Government of Nicaragua completed the two-year official process for leaving the Organization of States (OAS) which Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said continues to be "a ministry of colonies, designed and organized by the United States to cover up and justify its aggressive actions against progressive nations."
Through a message presented by the foreign minister, the Sandinista Executive described that organization as an instrument of intervention against the independence, sovereignty, well-being, peace and security of the peoples of the hemisphere.
Moncada gave examples of several attacks in which the OAS was involved with U.S. support, such as the overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala in 1954 and the Bay of Pigs (Playa Girón) invasion of Cuba in 1961, among many others.
Moncada pointed out that the legislative coups d'état are supported by the OAS, following instructions from Washington. He recalled that the falsehood of OAS electoral reports was the spearhead for the coup in Bolivia, against then President Evo Morales.
When referring to Nicaragua, he reiterated the interventionist actions of the OAS, transgressing the principles of non-intervention in internal affairs with respect to the sovereignty of the States and the right of the people to choose their own destiny, actions demonstrated during the coup attempt in 2018.
He reaffirmed that Nicaragua is not a colony of any power and upholds national dignity and decorum in legitimate defence of its independence, sovereignty and self-determination.
"For this reason, the dignified Government of Nicaragua on November 18, 2021, withdrew from being part of that ministry of colonies and denounced the OAS Charter," he stressed. In this regard, Moncada emphasized that independence, sovereignty and self-determination are inalienable rights of the people, and it is their right to be which it is the duty of Nicaraguans to preserve and defend.
"And we do it with our heads held high, with dignity, with patriotic love, persisting in our unwavering decision, as we are taking today, to make effective the renunciation of the OAS Charter, and its the harmful international effects against Nicaragua," he said.
Finally, the foreign minister stressed, with this message from the Government, this harmful chapter of the OAS is closed, contributing to the progressive disappearance of unipolar hegemonism, and strengthening multipolarity in a just, equitable world, with peace, security, stability, development and progress.
(Prensa Latina)
This article was published in
Volume 53 Number 11 - November 2023
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