Ottawa Picket Denounces U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela as a Crime Against Humanity

On August 21, 2019, ALBA Social Movements Canada, Ottawa Chapter held an information picket in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. It  denounced the latest actions of the Trump administration to increase illegal sanctions and impose a full blockade to punish the Venezuelan people and pursue attempts to remove the constitutionally elected Government of President Nicolás Maduro.

Leaflets were handed out, entitled, "U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela Are a Crime Against Humanity." The leaflet pointed out that U.S. sanctions against Venezuela prevent the country from purchasing urgently needed medicines, food and spare parts to maintain the infrastructure of Venezuela. It also explained, "These sanctions and the blockade are a violation of the Charter of the UN, of 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."

Many people passing by took the leaflet and stopped to congratulate the picketers for taking this action to denounce the criminal U.S. actions and for standing in support of the right of the Venezuelan people to choose their own government and social system without any foreign interference.

This article was published in

Volume 49 Number 25 - August 31, 2019

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Ottawa Picket Denounces U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela as a Crime Against Humanity

    

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