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GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)
Tue May 8, 2018, 01:21 PM May 2018

Venezuela withdraws from OAS in snit

Venezuela Confirms Exit from 'Colonial' OAS After US Aggression
Published 8 May 2018 (3 hours 38 minutes ago)

The OAS has returned to “its original condition as a colonial body, at the service of Washington’s ambition for dominance in our region.”
The Bolivarian government of Venezuela reaffirmed Tuesday its decision to renounce its membership at the Organization of American States (OAS), lamenting the body has returned to “its original condition as a colonial body, at the service of Washington’s ambition for dominance in our region.”

Through an official statement, Venezuela condemned new aggressions by the United States, aimed at “disturbing the peace of the Venezuelan people, repeating the nefarious practice of U.S. interventions that have caused such harm to Latin America and the Caribbean”

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https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Venezuela-Confirms-Exit-from-Colonial-OAS-After-US-Aggression-20180508-0006.html

TeleSur (and VenezuelaAnalysis) is the Chavista funded voice of propaganda. It that gets half of its "news" from Sputnik and RussiaToday
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