In an exclusive interview with teleSUR, Prime Minister Gonsalves threw his support behind the government in neighbouring Venezuela and slamming the approach of the Organization of American States or OAS.
“According to the international law and the treaty with which the OAS was established, there are no conditions in Venezuela that demand interference,” said the Caribbean head of state and leader of the Unity Labour Party.
“There’s no mayhem or a humanitarian crisis of an extraordinary kind that justifies any international intervention.”
Gonsalves said opponents of Venezuela’s government have a right to protest, but must also comply with the law and the rules of democracy.
“The most important demonstration is that takes place in the secret ballot and those protesters can protest within the law, you can’t break the law, that is elementary,” he added.
“From the time, the Bolivarian republic was established, you have had more elections in Venezuela than in any other country in the western hemisphere and all these elections have been adjudged to be free and fair and reflecting the democratic will of the people.”
