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Curaçao

Respect Venezuela’s sovereignty

Woensdag bespreekt de approach conducted by the US the United Nations Economic
Tweede Kamercommissie against Latin American coun- Commission for Latin America
voor Buitenlandse Zaken tries during most of the 20th and the Caribbean (Eclac).
met de ministers Bert Koen- century. As to the false positive of
Therefore, as a last resort,
ders en Ronald Plasterk de and with the help of the Miami Maduro being a dictator, there
have been over 20 elections in
actuele situatie in Venezuela lobby and Venezuelan opposi- the past 18 years, all free and
en de impact daarvan op tion leaders like Julio Borges fair, most of the media is in the
Curaçao, Aruba en Bonaire. who begged the US for more hands of the opposition, all
Er zal dan zeker ook gespro- sanctions, Trump has actually opposition political parties ope-
ken worden over eventuele expanded and made official the rate freely and without any
same financial warfare that the
restrictions, and the opposition
economische sancties in US had been deploying against has a substantial number of
EU-verband. In onderstaan- Venezuela for the last four governors, mayors and counci-
de (Engelstalige) opinie- years. By doing this, Trump lors throughout the national
bijdrage gaat Venezuela’s intends to create more restricti- territory. Furthermore, the
zaakgelastigde in Den Haag ons, with an actual ‘legal’ fra- right-wing opposition has alrea-
mework (in reality illegal accor-
dy and officially registered to
Alvaro Sánchez Cordero in ding to international law and participate in the upcoming
op de door de VS afgekon- the UN Charter), against Vene- regional elections next month.
digde maatregelen. zuelan financial dealings, such President Nicolás Maduro
as new debt, equity, bonds and has repeatedly offered president
dividend payments. Trump to have a direct conver-
OPINIE No doubt that Trump’s finan- sation so as to address any issu-
By Alvaro Sánchez Cordero cial sanctions will create more es between the two countries
rump’s financial sanc- problems to our economy. Ho- through diplomacy and con-
tions against Venezuela wever, as with other US sancti- structive dialogue. President
T are the continuation of a ons against countries like Cuba, Maduro has also offered Vene-
four-year-old economic war and Iran and Russia, they will not zuela’s opposition to enter into
financial blockade. achieve their ultimate objective, a dialogue with the government
Some people would have Alvaro Sánchez Cordero: ,,Say no to US sanctions!” EIGEN FOTO which is ‘regime change’. On to jointly address the nation’s
probably thought that the newly the contrary, just like in those problems. Regrettably, both, the
enacted US financial sanctions bringing our country to its Indeed, important banking three countries, the sanctions US government and Venezuela-
against Venezuela are just a knees as a precondition for institutions have decided not to will strengthen patriotism, ’s opposition are the political
new experiment by the US regime change. work with the Venezuelan go- weaken pro US, right-wing hostages of US extreme right
Government to try to help Ve- Huge political pressure has vernment, so as to make more opposition options and consoli- wing forces that are obsessed
nezuelans free themselves from been placed upon banks and difficult and expensive for us date chavismo as the only politi- with regime change and who
a ruthless socialist dictator. financial institutions engaged simple transactions like for cal force able and willing to reject dialogue, democracy and
However, this premise is all in commercial activities with example payments and depo- protect its citizens and defend diplomacy. Say no to US sancti-
wrong and here is why. the Venezuelan government. In sits. the nation’s sovereignty. In ons! Respect Venezuela’s sove-
Firstly, the US Government turn, major banks disregarding In addition, there are several addition, over 70 percent of the reignty!
has been conducting (or more their own interests from a com- other tricks that the US govern- Venezuelan budget is devoted
precisely intensifying) an econ- mercial and financial perspecti- ment is pulling behind the to social investment, which has Alvaro Sánchez Cordero is als
omic war and financial blockade ve, and also overlooking the fact scenes against Venezuela, such made Venezuela the third coun- zaakgelastigde van Venezuela
against Venezuela for at least that Venezuela has never de- as: promoting an internet black try in the region with the lowest gestationeerd op de Venezolaanse
the past four years, when presi- faulted, using powerful instru- market exchange rate that sim- levels of inequality, according to ambassade in Den Haag.
dent Hugo Chávez passed away ments, such as the ‘Country ply distorts and destabilizes our
and Nicolás Maduro was elected Risk Factor’, have given Vene- economy by, among other Advertentie
as the new Venezuelan presi- zuela the worst possible ratings things, inducing inflation and
dent. Thus, Donald Trump’s in order to keep foreign making paper notes disappear. OPENBARE VERKOOP
announcement of financial investors away and to charge Obviously there has been a
sanctions against Venezuela higher interest rates every time major economic impact in Ve-
just make explicit and overt a Venezuela tries to obtain lines nezuela as a result of this US Op woensdag, 6 september 2017, des voormiddags om
four-year old agenda aimed at of credit abroad. led economic war and financial 10.00 uur, zal door de ondergetekende deurwaarder in het
blockade. In fact, one has to openbaar worden verkocht :
consider that the past four years
of sabotage against our econ- een automobiel van het merk Toyota, model Spyder,
omy have coincided with the bouwjaar 2000, kleur Rood,
drop in oil prices. Nonetheless,
in spite of all this, the US go- een automobiel van het merk BMW, model 320, bouw-
vernment was not able to achie- jaar 2005, kleur Wit,
ve their ultimate goal: to topple
president Maduro. een automobiel van het merk KIA, model Picanto, bou-
Neither was the US govern-
ment able to topple Maduro wjaar 2008, kleur Grijs metallic,
through violence on the streets een automobiel van het merk Chevrolet, model Spark,
(more than 100 people died as a
result of right-wing opposition bouwjaar 2012, kleur Blauw metallic,
looting and street barricades
from April to July 2017) or een automobiel van het merk Hyundai, model Tucson,
through illegitimate internatio- bouwjaar 2015, kleur Grijs metallic,
nal coercion by the Organiza-
tion of American States. Faced Voormelde voertuigen zullen een uur voor de verkoop te
with such a stream of failures bezichtigen zijn, aldaar aan de Roodeweg no. 159 (CVD
and in desperation, even Trump
himself said on the 11th of Au- Gebouw), alwaar de verkoop zal plaatsvinden, bij opbod
gust that he wouldn’t discard en tegen gerede betaling.
De Amerikaanse regering oefent al vier jaar politieke druk uit op the military option against Ve-
banken en instellingen die betrokken zijn bij handel met Venezuela, nezuela. In other words, since De deurwaarder bij het Gerecht op Curaçao,
en is verantwoordelijk voor het afschrikken van buitenlandse everything else failed, he had to
investeerders, aldus Venezuela’s zaakgelastigde Alvaro Sánchez pull the gun, reminiscent of the R.A. RAMAZAN.
Cordero. infamous gunboat diplomacy