A campaign is underway in Venezuela to collect signatures on a petition demanding that the U.S. government respect the country’s national sovereignty and revoke President Barack Obama’s executive order labeling the country “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States”
As of March 23, five days since the launching of the initiative, more than a million persons had signed, while the movement condemning U.S. threats has developed a presence on social networks, generating more than 1.6 million messages online.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delsy Rodríguez signed the petition in Caracas, and reiterated that the country represents absolutely no threat to anyone, warning that the U.S. is attempting to justify direct intervention.
On March 20, Peoples’ Defender Tarek William Saab pointed out that the United States has refused to sign any international human rights agreement, yet now presumes to lecture Venezuela on the issue.
The results of a poll recently released in Caracas indicate that 86% of Venezuelans agree that the country represents no threat to the U.S. and 94% oppose military intervention to topple the Bolivarian government.
The survey also noted that 81% of those responding oppose U.S. involvement in Venezuelan internal affairs.
Obama’s executive order was described by President Nicolás Maduro as the most serious threat from abroad in the Republic’s 200 year history. (PL)
