When is it considered legitimate to try and overthrow a democratically-elected government? In Washington, the answer has always been simple: when the US government says it is. Not surprisingly, thats not the way Latin American governments generally see it. On Sunday, the Mercosur governments (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Venezuela) released a statement on the past weeks demonstrations in Venezuela. They described the recent violent acts in Venezuela as attempts to destabilize the democratic order. They made it abundantly clear where they stood. theguardian/commentisfree/2014/feb/18/venezuela-protests-us-support-regime-change-mistake
Posted on: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:11:03 +0000