Venezuelan ambassador praises South Africa's call for UN action against US military intervention
ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa, joins the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the broader working-class movement at the 31st Annual Joe Slovo Commemoration in Soweto.
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Venezuelan Ambassador to South Africa, Carlos Feo Acevedo, has commended South Africa for its principled stand against the recent unlawful capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
This week, South Africa called on the UN Security Council to act swiftly against the US over its military operation in Venezuela, with the South African government saying the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) failure to act decisively against the US after it forcibly took Maduro and his wife, Cilla, out of Caracas was akin to inviting anarchy.
Acevedo delivered an address at the South African Communist Party (SACP) Joe Slovo Lecture in Soweto on Tuesday, where leaders from the SACP, the ANC, and the Congress of the South African Trade Union gathered to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the passing of former SACP leader Joe Slovo at the Avalon Cemetery in Soweto.
Acevedo's address comes just as the SACP recently condemned and denounced Donald Trump's aggression and "forceful capture and unlawful abduction" of the democratically elected president of Venezuela and his wife.
"We thank South Africa for playing its role in condemning the US military intervention in Venezuela and asking for the urgent meeting of the international Security Council that was held yesterday. We appreciate this brave position, and it is in line with the principle of South Africa, respecting international law, the UN Charter, the International Legal Framework, which has been broken," he said.
Venezuelan Ambassador to South Africa, Carlos Feo Acevedo, has singled out South Africa for praise for its call for the US to be brought before the International Security Council over its unlawful military operation in Venezuela following the recent capture of its President Nicolás Maduro.
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Earlier in the week, the Communist Party denounced in the strongest terms possible the Trump administration's criminal military invasion of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, calling it an act that is in complete violation of international law.
"This dastardly banditry act constitutes a criminal and flagrant violation of the United Nations articles 1 and 2, which enshrine respect for sovereignty, legal equality of states, and the prohibition of the use of force. It is a violation of international peace and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean, and puts the lives of millions of people at serious risk," the SACP said at the weekend.
Acevedo further thanked the SACP and other South African allies who have equally condemned the US military operation in Venezuela, adding that despite the kidnapping of their leader and the killing of civilians and other people, the people of Venezuela remain strong.
"I would also like to thank you for your intervention in Venezuela. I would also like to tell you that we are confident. Yes, we have been hit with a strike, we have been humiliated, and several dozen of our military people have been killed in Venezuela, among them, 32 Cuban heroes that were part of the Presidential Security Team, and they have kidnapped our President, Nicolas Maduro," he added.
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