Regional bloc warns against meddling in Venezuela
Regional bloc warns against meddling in Venezuela
Wednesday 16th
posted by Morning Star in World
by James Tweedie
REGIONAL bloc Alba urged respect for Venezuelan sovereignty on Monday, following the jailing of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Alba) warned against foreign powers interfering in Venezuela’s judicial processes in response to Mr Lopez’s conviction for inciting anti-government violence last year that left at least 43 people dead.
The Popular Will party leader was sentenced to almost 14 years in prison last week after being convicted of public incitement to violence and criminal association.
“The Alba member states cannot accept behaviour that seeks to interfere in the domestic affairs of a state, on the part of another state,” the organisation said in a communique.
Member states expressed their “concern over the assessment of judicial decisions made in the frame of rights and its sovereign power, in order to address terrorist actions and to effectively protect the victims’ human rights.”
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