The “Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter,” issued a statement on Jan. 4 condemning “in the most unequivocal and categoric manner” what the United States has done so far against Venezuela, citing its armed attack and “illegal abduction” of the Venezuelan President and his wife. “Such acts constitute a clear breach of international law and each and every principle governing international relations, including those foreseen in the Charter of the United Nations,” they charge.
The 18 members participating in this UN-based group go further, addressing U.S. President Donald Trump’s declared intent in his Jan. 3 press conference to seize Venezuela as its own.
The U.S. President “not only threatened with additional airstrikes against the Venezuelan territory,” their statement read, “but also claimed his resolve to occupy and govern the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and to exploit the nation’s resources and administer the wealth of that sisterly nation, in what can only be described as the confession of a clear plan of annexation that foresees, among others, the complete obliteration of the inalienable rights of the Venezuelan people, as well as the fundamental rights of the Venezuelan State as a whole.”
