Op-Ed: US invokes treaty as a means of deposing Venezuela's Maduro
By Ken Hanly Sep 14, 2019 in Politics
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza of the Maduro government said that his country was ready to defend itself militarily from the US and that they would not let anyone trample on Venezuelan soil.
MSN reported: "We are ready to protect ourselves, we are ready to react," Arreaza told a news conference after meeting in Geneva with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet."We will let no one trample sacred Venezuelan soil, we will respond and hope that never happens," the minister said."
US attempts to invoke a treaty to assist US coup against Maduro government
Arreaza's comment is in response to a US attempt to invoke the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) on behalf of Juan Guaido and his allies who are recognized by the US and its allies as the rightful government of Venezuela. TIAR is described by WIkipedia: "The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (commonly known as the Rio Treaty, the Rio Pact, the Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, or by the Spanish-language acronym TIAR from Tratado Interamericano de Asistencia Recíproca) was an agreement signed in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro among many countries of the Americas.[2] The central principle contained in its articles is that an attack against one is to be considered an attack against them all; this was known as the "hemispheric defense" doctrine. Despite this, several members have breached the treaty on multiple occasions. " Several leftist South American governments have left the treaty as it appears to be an instrument of US policy on occasion.
The treaty would allow the US and other signatories to the treaty to act against the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro.
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