In a letter to his Caricom colleagues, Prime Minister Gonsalves said thus far, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has acted wisely and maturely on “the situation in Venezuela”.
“ In the process, our Ambassadors at the Organisation of American States (OAS), our Foreign Ministers, and our Heads of State and Government have rightly held aloft the enduring, fundamental principles of State-to-State relations, as manifested in well-codified internationalist legal precepts and rules, which touch and concern the defence and promotion of non-interference and non-intervention, sovereignty and independence, solidarity and friendship, peace and constructive dialogue, recognising always our shared commitment to representative democracy, the rule of law, and constitutional order”.
Gonsalves noted that Several other countries in the hemisphere joined CARICOM in support of Venezuela through the Guiding Principles of the organisation. As a consequence, the minority member states of the OAS who are itching for intervention in Venezuela, in pursuance of ignoble objectives under the tattered cloak of a contrived nobility, were kept at bay.
The Vincentian Prime Minister in his letter said those in quest of political hegemony, ideological revenge, and Venezuela’s abundant material resources have not been idle.
“History teaches that imperialism, neocolonialism, and their allies never sleep. Simon Bolivar, Jose Marti, Errol Barrow, Forbes Burnham, Michel Manley, and Eric Williams, among the other of our hemispheric titans of yesteryear, have taught us all this, and more”.
Gonsalves noted that as he penned the letter to his colleagues, nefarious plans are afoot to sow seeds of division among CARICOM member- states so as to undo the majestic Declaration of the CARICOM Heads of State and Government of May 29, 2017, prior to, or at, the OAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Cancun, Mexico, currently taking place.
The Prime Minister Further stated that those in CARICOM must stand resolutely and unequivocally behind the Declaration.
