Source: Te Kuaka
The Trump-led unilateral aggression by the US against Venezuela overnight (NZ time), including bombing of infrastructure and capture of Venezuelan President Maduro, must be unflinchingly condemned by the NZ government, says NZ foreign policy group Te Kuaka.
President Trump has openly spoken about securing Venezuela’s oil supplies through US companies.
“This is a brazen moment that unmasks US imperial aggression,” says Dylan Asafo, spokesperson for Te Kuaka. “The US has interfered militarily in Latin America before, but in recent years it has rarely done this so nakedly and with such open disregard for state sovereignty.”
The recent US National Security Strategy referred to a revival of the ‘Monroe Doctrine’, a nineteenth century doctrine about US control of the Americas as a hemisphere.
“This is not the time for mealy-mouthed fence-sitting,” adds Asafo. “If NZ does anything short of unflinchingly condemning this action, it’s another reminder that strategically aligning with the US – as this Government has done – draws us further into war-mongering and causing international instability.”
A number of countries have called for an urgent convening of the United Nations Security Council following this US act of aggression, and an emergency meeting of that Council will now be held on Monday.
“We support countries coming together to stand against this act of aggression,” says Dylan Asafo of Te Kuaka. “This is a critical moment where NZ must demonstrate that our independent foreign policy has not slipped away.”
