Internationalist 360°, November 15th 2019
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The Chancellor of Venezuela, comrade Jorge Arreaza, read the declaration of the Eighth Extraordinary Meeting of the Political Council of ALBA-TCP, which read as follows:
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegation of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, ALBA-TCP People’s Trade Treaty, meeting in Managua, on the occasion of their Eighth Extraordinary Meeting of the Political Council.
First: We reiterate the unrestricted commitment of the ALBA-TCP countries to Latin American and Caribbean unity, through solidarity, political agreement and integration, as well as the defense of our sovereignty and self-determination on the basis of the principles of International Law and the postulates of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, approved at the Summit of the Community of Caribbean States, Celac, on 29 January 2014 in Havana, Cuba.
Secondly, we categorically condemn the consummated coup d’état against the Government of Brother Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and the persecution and disproportionate violence to which its ministers and other Government officials, as well as their leaders and families, are subjected.
Third: We do not recognize those who claim to be legitimate authorities, violating the constitutional order of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, by virtue of which any designation or legal provision is null and void.
Fourth: We emphasize that the resignation of the President and Vice President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia can only be made effective by the majority decision of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, as long as this juridical political fact does not occur, Evo Morales Ayma continues to be Constitutional President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and Álvaro García Linera, its vice president.
Fifth: We demand respect for the institutionality represented by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly and reiterate the need to guarantee the security and well-being of legitimately elected deputies and senators so that they can sit in accordance with the rules and regulations.
Sixth: We denounce the opposition groups of the Bolivian oligarchy and the civic committees, which have the support of foreign governments as the only ones responsible for the violence unleashed in several of the main cities of Bolivia, which has already claimed the lives of dozens of Bolivian citizens.
Seventh: We support the willingness of President Evo Morales Ayma to return to the country and convene a great national dialogue as a political way to restore stability, peace and, above all, the Constitutional Order to the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
Eighth: We ratify the universal principles of non-discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, gender or social condition that foster supremacist ideas and nationalism, such as those that can be observed in the demonstrations of violent groups led by Bolivia’s civic committees.
Ninth: We repudiate the statements made by the President of the Government of the United States of America, Donald Trump, which show both his support for the coup d’état in Bolivia and the threat to the legitimate, sovereign and free governments of the sister Republics of Nicaragua and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
In this regard, we remind the Government of the United States of its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and international law.
Tenth: We thank the Government of Mexico for its support to our brother President Evo Morales Ayma for granting political asylum on humanitarian grounds. We are well aware that the Government of President Manuel Andrés López Obrador and the Mexican people are welcoming him with open arms.
Eleventh: We acknowledge the President-elect of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández, and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, for the efforts made to guarantee the life of President Evo Morales Ayma and which enabled him to leave for the United Mexican States.
Twelfth: We condemn the actions taken by some governments to prevent the departure of President Evo Morales Ayma from Bolivia, as well as the steps taken so that the Mexican Armed Forces plane that was transporting him could not fly over or land in Latin American countries, putting at risk his safety, that of his companions and that of the Mexican crew.
Thirteenth: We demand respect for the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which guarantees the protection of diplomatic officials and headquarters, as well as international conventions and treaties on human rights and asylum.
Fourteenth: We, the ALBA-TCP countries, declare ourselves in Permanent Session of consultation with all the governments of the world to evaluate joint actions that will allow us to accompany the Bolivian people in the re-establishment of legality and the restitution of the Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma.
The Alliance calls for the defense of the beloved son of Bolivar.
Managua, November 14, 2019.