Venezuelans protest U.S. sanctions on
the country's state
oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, in Caracas, May 29.
Aporrea, Venezuela
'Yankee' Sanctions on Venezuela 'Wound Dignity of Latin America'
"We remind the arrogant Yankee government that
our countries - at least most of them - have decided to become sovereign and
free as the eagles. Asking for level-headedness, respect, and courtesy from the
empire is like begging for objectivity from the right, or ugliness from the
full moon - or as they say here, pears from the elm tree."
The
government of the United States - that is to say, the empire, is well known for
its brutality and brazenness. It's also stubborn in its amnesia. Obama shouts
himself hoarse, imploring us to forget the past. The past is intervention; the
past is arrogance and contempt for the sovereignty of nations; the past is
murder; the past is violation without thought or shame in regard to international
law. Like clockwork and algebraic precision, the present is the same.
The
government of the United States, through the chapped lips of someone who once
seemed so attractive, the implacable lady Hillary Clinton, announced in May
sanctions against Venezuela's state oil company (PDVSA)
because of its ties with Iran. The United States maintains relations with any
country it wants - including the genocidal Israel - as is its right. All countries
have relations with whatever nations they care to, in accordance with United
Nations agreements. Venezuela, an energy-producing country, has energy-relations
with Iran, an oil producing country. And if it didn't have such relations that
would be Venezuela's affair, although not having them would be stupid and
unnatural.
It's
elementary: the sanctions wound the dignity of Latin America, and are part of
the arsenal of odious old tricks of the Yankee Empire. We stand in solidarity with
Bolivarian Venezuela and our brother, the gladiator Hugo Chávez.
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We
remind the arrogant Yankee government that our countries - at least most of
them - have decided to become sovereign and free as the eagles. Asking for
level-headedness, respect, and courtesy from the empire is like begging for
objectivity from the right, or ugliness from the full moon - or as they say
here, pears from the elm tree. We will be independent, Mr. Yankee, gentlemen of
the right, irreversibly doing things for ourselves.
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Comandante Tomás Borge is the last living
founder of Nicaragua's Sandanista National Liberation Front.
