The United States is demonstrating double standards toward Venezuela, by first "strangling" the country's economy with the help of sanctions, and then allocating humanitarian aid to it at the request of opposition, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Friday
MONTEVIDEO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 08th February, 2019) The United States is demonstrating double standards toward Venezuela, by first "strangling" the country's economy with the help of sanctions, and then allocating humanitarian aid to it at the request of opposition, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Friday."In a display of double moral standards, the United States announces 'humanitarian aid' to the people of Venezuela after having strangled it by economic means in the form of sanctions and illegal confiscations. The United States is destroying the principle of international law by providing 'humanitarian aid' to the coup d'etat," Morales wrote on Twitter.
Venezuela has been suffering from political and economic crisis triggered by the fall of global oil prices, with the opposition actively using deteriorating humanitarian situation in its rhetoric.
On January 23, the crisis took a new turn when the speaker of the opposition-led Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, declared himself interim president amid ongoing anti-government protests. The next day, the United States, which swiftly recognized Guaido, said that it was ready to provide the country with more than $20 million in humanitarian assistance.
On Thursday, media reported that the first batch of US humanitarian aid to Venezuela two 50-tonne containers and at least six trucks had reached the Colombian border city of Cucuta.
Meanwhile, the opposition also plans to hold an international conference for humanitarian aid donors in Washington on February 14.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses Washington of staging a coup. Unlike the United States and its allies, Russia, Bolivia, China among other countries, continue to recognize Maduro as the country's only legitimately-elected president and demand that others respect the principle of non-interference in Venezuela's internal affairs.
