Image from CAJAR social media post.
This ALERT FOR REGIONAL PEACE states: “Organizations, networks, and social and human rights platforms in Latin America express our strong rejection of the military aggression against Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife perpetrated by the United States.”
The statement “reaffirms that military aggression can never be a solution and that the defense of life, the self-determination of peoples, and regional peace must prevail over any geopolitical interest.”
Among the signatories to this ALERT are several organizations accompanied by the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project: the Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (CAHUCOPANA); the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS); the Political Prisoners Solidarity Committee (CSPP); the Corporation Judicial Freedom (CJL); the Social Corporation for Community Advice and Training Services (COSPACC); and the Association for Social Research and Action (NOMADESC).
Colombian organizations accompanied by Peace Brigades International have also posted on social media.
CAJAR: “Attention More than 900 organizations, networks, platforms, social movements, and human rights groups in the country and Latin America. We strongly condemn the military aggression against Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the United States!”
CREDHOS: “The United States’ attack on Venezuela constitutes a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of the Charter of the Organization of American States and the Charter of the United Nations. 💚 From CREDHOS, we express our absolute REJECTION of this IMPERIALIST INTERVENTION and call upon the progressive and democratic forces of the country to join forces in defense of national sovereignty and the self-determination of peoples. The defense of democracy, self-determination, and peace for all peoples is our ultimate goal!”
CSPP: “MAXIMUM ALERT LATIN AMERICA. Donald Trump’s actions against Venezuela are illegal, violate international law, and jeopardize the sovereignty of all of Latin America. This isn’t about drugs: it’s imperialism, intimidation, and interference in the lives of our people and their decisions. Latin America is not a backyard. It is a living territory, home to dignified peoples, and sovereignty that is not negotiable. Latin America must unite. No to empire. Yes to self-determination.”
PBI-Colombia has amplified on Instagram this post by the CSPP.
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