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Venezuela Reacts to U.S. Sanctions for Alleged Trafficking of Women and Children
Sunday, Sep 12, 2004
By: Cleto Sojo - Venezuelanalysis.com
The United States government maintains a double discourse in its relations
with Venezuela, according to Communication and Information Minister Andres
Izarra.
Credit: Venpres
Caracas, Sep 11 (Venezuelanalysis.com).- According to Venezuela’s
Communication and Information Minister Andres Izarra, the U.S. government’s
decision to impose sanctions on Venezuela because of its alleged role in the
international trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation,
"does not help the bilateral relations reach the levels they should be at".
Last Friday, the U.S. government decided to impose sanctions against
countries that according to a U.S. State Department report are not doing
enough to crack down on international trafficking of persons. The report
accuses the Venezuelan government of allowing women and children to be
trafficked within the country and abroad to Spain and Guyana.
Countries such as Sudan, Cuba and North Korea, whose governments the U.S.
opposes, are also accused of not combating human trafficking, and thus
subject to sanctions.
The U.S. sanctions would consist on voting against the approval of loans
requested by Venezuela. Minister Izarra believes the White House may block
loans requested by Venezuela to the Inter American Development Bank aimed at
combating poverty, totaling $250 million. "We don’t believe the U.S. vote
against it will be enough to block Venezuela from having access to those
loans," he said.
Izarra said that the trafficking of women and children is not only a
Venezuelan problem, but also of concern to countries such as Colombia, Peru
and Brazil. "Venezuela’s Ministry of the Interior is taking measures to
address this problem, and will announce the details soon," he said.
The minister criticized the U.S. sanctions. "The United States government
maintains a double discourse in its relations with Venezuela... they will
continue financing programs they describe as 'monitoring of elections' and
'support for political parties' as part of their effort to promote democracy
around the world," Izarra said. "We know what those funds are really being
used for," Izarra said.
Izarra criticized the U.S. financing of political groups which oppose the
government of Venezuela, and some of whose directors participated in the
coup d' etat of April 2002 against President Hugo Chavez. According to
documents obtained through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act published in
www.VenezuelaFOIA.info, U.S. government-financed institutions such as the
National Endowment for Democracy and USAID have given up to 10 million
dollars for the last four years to Venezuelan opposition political groups
such as Sumate, which organized a recall referendum against Chavez.
The minister highlighted President Chavez's recent positive statements
towards the U.S. aimed at "fomenting dialogue between Caracas and
Washington." He said the U.S. sanctions will not help improve relations
between the two countries. Due to its relations with Cuba's Fidel Castro and
his radical speeches, the U.S. government openly dislikes the Venezuelan
President. The U.S. has been accused by Venezuela of supporting the April
2002 coup d'etat against Chavez, and of providing monetary support for
political groups organizing a recall referendum which Chavez ended up
winning last August.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said recently that it remains to be
seen whether U.S.-Venezuela relations can improve after several years of
tensions since Chavez was elected in 2000. "We have concerns about some of
the actions that President Chavez has taken over the years in pursuit of his
vision of Bolivarian democracy," Powell said to the Associated Press. "We
want the Venezuelan people to do well. We are friends of the Venezuelan
people. And now that the election, or the referendum, is over, we will just
have to see how things develop," he added.
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