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By Nelson A. King
Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) countries on
Wednesday were divided in
their vote for an Organization
of American States (OAS) resolution
affirming humanitarian
assistance to Venezuela.
According to the OAS, five
CARICOM-member countries –
The Bahamas, Guyana, Haiti,
Jamaica and St. Lucia – voted
in favor of the resolution that
was approved by the OAS’s Permanent
Council.
Antigua and Barbuda, and
St. Vincent and the Grenada
voted against the resolution;
and Barbados, Belize, St. Kitts
and Nevis, Suriname, and
Trinidad and Tobago abstained.
Dominica and Grenada were
absent, the OAS said.
Overall, it said 19 countries
voted in favor of the resolution,
five voted against it,
eight abstained, and two were
absent.
Other countries which voted
in favor of the resolution were
Argentina, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Ecuador, United States, Guatemala,
Honduras, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru and Dominican
Republic.
Nicaragua and Venezuela
also voted against the resolution,
and Bolivia, El Salvador
and Mexico abstained, the OAS
said.
It said that the resolution,
“Humanitarian Assistance in
Venezuela,” urges member
states, permanent observers
and “competent international
organizations to continue providing
support and implementing
measures to address the
humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.”
The document also urges
Venezuelan public institutions,
especially the military
and police establishments,
“to refrain from blocking the
entry of humanitarian aid into
Venezuela, duly respecting the
humanitarian principles of
humanity, impartiality, neutrality
and operational independence
of humanitarian
assistance, as well as respect
for human rights.”
According to the OAS, the
resolution notes the concern
of the countries “that Venezuela’s
closure of its borders
with Brazil and Colombia has,
in fact, prevented the population,
especially the most vulnerable,
from obtaining food,
medicines, medical treatment,
and educational opportunities.”
In addition, the resolution
expresses concern over the
collapse of Venezuela’s health
care system, “which has led to
the reappearance of infectious
diseases previously eradicated
in Venezuela, as well as in bordering
countries and in the
region.”
Thursday’s resolution came
one day short of a week since
United States President Donald
J. Trump met, at his private
resort in Palm Beach,
Fl, with a select group of Caribbean
leaders to “reaffirm”
Washington’s “strong friendship
with and commitment to
these countries, and signal the
importance of the Caribbean
to the hemisphere,” according
to the White House.
“The president will use this
meeting as an opportunity
to thank these countries for
their support for peace and
democracy in Venezuela,” said
the White House in a statement
ahead of the meeting.
The select Caribbean leaders
comprised Jamaica’s
Andrew Holness, Bahamas’s
Hubert Minnis, St. Lucia’s
Allen Chastanet, Haiti’s Jovenel
Moise and Dominican
Republic’s Danilo Medina.
Mixed CARICOM vote on OAS resolution
on humanitarian aid to Venezuela
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