Canadian Network on Cuba
The
Canadian Network on
Cuba (CNC) denounces Washington's campaign of destabilization
against
the sovereign and
legitimate government of Venezuela. The efforts to overthrow the
government of President
Nicolás Maduro is a flagrant, blatant and unconscionable
violation of
the right of
self-determination of the people of Venezuela.
Ottawa has not been a disinterested party, an
innocent
bystander.
Canada's shameful hand has
also been revealed. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland
has
thrown the weight of the
Canadian state behind the Trump scheme to re-impose U.S. imperial
dominion. The shameful
and naked alignment of the Canadian state with the criminal
policy of
the U.S. is deeply
disturbing and alarming. By playing a leading role in
orchestrating
subversion, Ottawa has
become an unapologetic extension of the U.S. State Department,
engaged
in open collusion
and collaboration in the violation of fundamental principles of
international law.
A core guiding principle of the CNC and the
Canada-Cuba solidarity
movement is the
affirmation of the inalienable right of all peoples and countries
to
determine their future and
their political, economic and social system without external
interference. This right is
enshrined in the United Nations Charter, the International
Covenant on
Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and
Political
Rights and the Declaration
on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations
and
Co-Operation Among
States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
Washington's frenzied effort to organize a coup
has
nothing to do with
genuine solidarity
with the Venezuelan people or democracy, but all to do with
negating
Venezuela's right to
self-determination. The Trump regime's objective is to turn back
the
wheel of history by
reasserting U.S. control and tutelage over that proud South
American
nation.
Canada's relations with all countries, especially
those
of the Americas, should be based on mutual respect and equality,
not on
outmoded colonialist ideas and practices. It is the right and
only the
right of the people and country of Venezuela -- as for any other
people
and country -- to determine without foreign intervention or the
threat
of foreign intervention what political and economic system they
wish to
live under.
The Canadian Network on Cuba calls on Canadians to
reject the policy of subversion and economic aggression that
Ottawa is
pursuing. Please write to your member of parliament to urge
Canada to
reject any interference in Venezuela and for an end to economic
and
political interference. We call for respect for the Maduro
government,
democratically elected in May 2018. The Canadian people must
stand with
those countries who resolutely defend their sovereignty and
independence rather than submit to imperial diktat and return to
imperial dominion.
On behalf of the
Canadian
Network on Cuba
Isaac Saney, CNC
Co-Chair &
National Spokesperson
This article was published in
Volume 49 Number 3 - February 2, 2019
Article Link:
Canadian Network on Cuba
Website: www.cpcml.ca
Email: editor@cpcml.ca
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