{"id":28065,"date":"2019-01-04T22:22:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28065"},"modified":"2019-01-04T22:22:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T22:22:13","slug":"lima-group-wont-recognise-new-maduro-government-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28065","title":{"rendered":"Lima Group won’t recognise new Maduro government in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diplomats from a dozen Latin American<\/a> countries and Canada<\/a> have urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro<\/a> to abstain from being sworn in for a second term after a widely-criticised<\/a> election, saying it is the only way to restore democracy to the country.<\/p>\n

The Lima Group, which includes Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, issued a joint statement on Friday calling on Maduro to cede power to the opposition-controlled National Assembly until new elections can be held, following a meeting in the Peruvian capital.<\/p>\n

Thirteen of the group’s members will not recognise Maduro’s new term and will also bar high-ranking Venezuelan officials from entering their territory as much as their domestic laws allow, the statement said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The strong rebuke comes just days before his January 10 inauguration to a second six-year term.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mexico<\/a>, once one of the most outspoken critics of Maduro, was the only member of the coalition to abstain from the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Relations have warmed under leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador<\/a>, who faced criticism for inviting Maduro to his inauguration in December.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Humiliating subordination’<\/h2>\n

Even before announcing its decision, the gathering prompted a sharp response from Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, who said the coalition is taking orders directly from US President Donald Trump<\/a>, who Caracas frequently accuses of spearheading an economic war against the country.<\/p>\n

“What a display of humiliating subordination!” Arreaza said<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Lo que hemos afirmando desde la creaci\u00f3n de este grupo de gobiernos cartelizados contra Venezuela, al que en teor\u00eda no pertenece el gobierno de EEUU: se re\u00fanen para recibir ordenes de @realDonaldTrump<\/a> por intermedio de @SecPompeo<\/a>. \u00a1Vaya muestra de humillante subordinaci\u00f3n! https:\/\/t.co\/Mcw9MLjWkv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) January 4, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

TRANSLATION: What we have stated since the creation of this group of governments cartelised against Venezuela, which in theory is not linked with the US government: They meet to receive Donald Trump’s orders through Secretary Pompeo. What a display of humiliating subordination!<\/em><\/p>\n

A once-wealthy oil producer, Venezuela is suffering a prolonged economic crisis<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0severe food and medicine shortages and the inflation rate soar higher than 1m percent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Lima Group formed in 2017 to advocate for a regional solution to the crisis, which has caused millions of Venezuelans to flee into neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

Immediately following Maduro’s May 20 re-election, the coalition said it refused to recognise the results, decrying the vote as failing to meet “international standards of a democratic, free, just and transparent process.”<\/p>\n

The United States<\/a> is not formally a member of the Lima Group, but US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participated in the meeting via video conference.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration considers Maduro’s government a “dictatorship”. It has sanctioned around 70 top officials and blocked US banks from doing business with Venezuela, putting a financial strangle-hold on the cash-strapped country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE:
\n Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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