In a statement from the Service for Peace and Justice (Serpaj), which he directs, Perez Esquivel condemns that “Donald Trump’s constant threat to Venezuela to seize its oil, assets, and resources is based on lies and the complicit silence of European countries and international organizations such as the UN, the OAS, the European Parliament, and the United States Congress.”

With such a policy of fierce hostility, Washington is endangering all of Latin America.

Trump, acting like a “great dictator,” disregards international law, treaties, protocols, and the UN Declaration of Human Rights, which he systematically violates.

The statement from Serpaj, signed by Perez Esquivel, maintains that the United States government “has maintained a criminal blockade against Cuba for more than 60 years, threatens Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Nicaragua, and interferes in electoral processes, as in the fraudulent elections in Honduras.”

Washington showed “its bloodiest face by imposing military dictatorships throughout the continent, in a long history of interventions to maintain its hegemonic power in the world,” it recalls.

“Today, that power is in dispute with other powers, and therefore it seeks to secure its interests in the Latin American region,” Serpaj points out.

The blockade against Cuba, the attempts at invasion and destabilization, the arrogance of its militaries, and the threats to all the countries of the region are examples of this global dictatorship, Perez Esquivel emphasizes.

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