The
Bolivian leader known for taking a stand against imperialism isn’t
backing down as the OAS continues to attack on Venezuela.
Bolivian
President Evo Morales took to social media Saturday to call out
hypocrisy in the Organization of American States as it continues to
set its sights on Venezuela while continuing to ignore an
increasingly tense political situation in Paraguay years after the
country suffered a coup.
Morales, who
is in Cuba where he underwent throat surgery, directed his messages
to OAS chief Luis Almagro, contrasting the secretary general’s
push for the Democratic Charter to be invoked against Venezuela —
which would trigger the country’s suspension from the bloc — to
his on pressing human rights concerns and constitutional crises
elsewhere in Latin America.
“Luis
Almagro does not condemn walls against Latinos, nor the judicial coup
against Dilma Rousseff, nor the increase in drug trafficking in
Colombia. Is he complicit?” wrote Morales in his official
Twitter account.
“Luis
Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, do you have moral or ethical
authority to defend human rights and democracy?” he continued.
Morales’
message to Almagro comes less than a week after a controversial vote
at the OAS, promoted by the secretary general, to attempt to invoke
the Democratic Charter against Venezuela over alleged human rights
abuses. Despite protests from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia
against the meeting for violating the bloc’s own governing
principles, the vote went ahead as scheduled, but ultimately
Venezuela claimed “victory” as the charter was not applied.
However,
several OAS countries have called for a fresh meeting to be held on
Monday over Venezuela’s political situation in light of a
controversy sparked by a Supreme Court ruling on the judiciary taking
on parliamentary powers. The top court reversed its decision on
Saturday.
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