Bolivia President Evo Morales, himself a victim of an overflight
ban
masterminded by the White
House, is now calling for a boycott of the
opening of the U.N.
General Assembly and a trial against President
Obama for crimes against
humanity, after the aircraft of Venezuela
President Nicolas Maduro was denied the right to fly over Puerto Rico.
Outraged Evo Morales Wants Obama Tried
for 'Crimes Against Humanity' (Opera Mundi, Brazil)
"Shortly after claims by the Venezuelan government that the U.S. had
denied Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro's aircraft passage through Puerto Rico territory,
President Evo Morales said he would ask other governments
not to participate in the opening of the U.N. General Assembly. ... 'We will prepare
for an international trial so U.S. President Barack Obama and his government
are tried for crimes against humanity. This is the proper venue for defending
the rights of states.'"
Bolivia President Evo Morales after his plane, outbound from Russia, was forced to land in Vienna. Spain, Italy and France refused to allow it to fly through their air space when suspicions arouse that Edward Snowden might be on board, July 3.
Shortly
after claims by the Venezuelan government that the United States had denied President
NicolásMaduro's aircraft passage
through Puerto Rico territory, President Evo Morales said
he would ask the governments of ALBA
(Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas), Latin America, and other continents not
to participate in the opening of the U.N. General Assembly to be held in New
York from September 23-27.
He
also announced that he would lodge a complaint with international bodies that
the United States and President Barack Obama be tried for crimes against
humanity.
"If
something happens to Maduro, it happens to us all,
which the U.S. government knows. If it messes with Maduro,
it messes with all the peoples of Latin America," said the head of the
Bolivian state, at a press conference at an airbase in Santa Cruz, during which
he recalled that four years ago, he called for U.N. headquarters to be moved
from the U.S.
"We
anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist presidents, do not feel safe on North
American soil," he said.
Morales
also announced that he would call for an emergency meeting of CELAC heads
of state [Community of Latin American and Caribbean States], to consider an
immediate withdrawal of the bloc's ambassadors from Washington.
"What
the U.S. government is again demonstrating is its arrogance in the face of the
Latin American and Caribbean peoples, as well as people around the world,"
he argued. "We cannot allow the U.S. to continue to follow policies of
intimidation and bans on presidential flights," he continued.
At
the beginning of July, Morales himself was victim of an overflight
ban in European airspace, due to the suspicions that on his aircraft was Edward
Snowden, the former CIA and NSA technician who was
being sought by the U.S. for revealing classified documents.
"We
will prepare for an international trial so U.S. President Barack Obama and his
government are tried for crimes against humanity. This is the proper venue for defending
the right of states," he announced, stating that according to the Vienna
Convention, no country can prohibit the passage of an official aircraft.
