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AN ACT OF AGGRESSION AGAINST A SOVEREIGN STATE

Mar 10, 2015 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

Yesterday’s decision by the United States to declare Venezuela as a national security threat, represents one of the most wicked and devious acts in modern day political history. But it is an action that is consistent with the history of US actions in Latin America in which the hand of imperialism is most conspicuous.
Venezuela poses no national security threat to the United States. The United States could not be serious by designating Guyana’s western neighbour as a threat to the greatest power on Earth.
Guyana has its problems at the moment with Venezuela over that country’s protest over exploration in what Guyana considers its Exclusive Economic Zone. Venezuela contests the marine boundaries and this has placed the two countries at loggerheads over this issue and this issue alone.
There are provocateurs inside and outside of Guyana who would like to set the two countries at loggerheads on other issues. But Guyana has under both President Jagdeo and President Ramotar enjoyed what can only be deemed excellent relations with Venezuela.
The Bolivarian Revolution represents no threat to Guyana. It never has. But it does raise fears in Washington because of the alternative that Revolution represents and the fears that Venezuela can cut off oil supplies to the United States.
The United States wants to see the end of the Bolivarian Revolution because of the inspiration any such model represents to other countries keen on removing the yoke of imperialism from the Region. The Americans have been indicted before it plans to topple the Chavez government and in stirring unrest in that country.
The unrest has simmered in recent months and yesterday’s decision by the United States is a barefaced attempt to stir further unrest in that country. It is intended to reignite political unrest in Venezuela and possibly topple the Maduro government.
Guyana must not allow the present dispute it has with Venezuela to stand in the way of taking a principled position on what amounts to an act of aggression against the Venezuelan people.
There is going to be a Regional response to this act of aggression by the Obama administration and Guyana must stand with the rest of its colleagues in the various Regional groupings to condemn the United States and take whatever action is necessary to let the Americans understand that this Region is no longer their backyard and countries will not stand for their diktat.
This action by the Obama administration comes as he faces snubbing within his own country. Obama has found himself in an embarrassing situation in which a foreign leader, without his consent, has addressed the Congress. And Obama faces further humiliation by seeing the Congress usurp the province of his government to set foreign policy, by its decision to write to the Iranian government.
Faced with these acts of public humiliation and embarrassment, the Obama administration has decided to create a diversion. And where else to commit this eye pass than in a Region which the US foreign policy, under the Monroe Doctrine, one considered its backyard.
The declaration of Venezuela as threat to the national security of the United States can only stir instability and unrest in Venezuela. This is not healthy for Guyana which must take a stand against this form of tyranny from the world’s greatest power.

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