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Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic stated this Tuesday before the Organization of American States (OAS) that, "in coherence with the position adopted" after the elections of July 28, 2024 in Venezuela, when it did not recognize the questioned victory of Nicolás Maduro, "cannot confer legitimacy to a de facto regime that intends to perpetuate itself outside the Venezuelan popular will".
"Dominican Republic does not validate accomplished facts", expressed virtually the Vice Minister of Bilateral Foreign Policy, Francisco Caraballo, during the extraordinary session of the OAS Permanent Council convened this Tuesday to address the situation in Venezuela after the capture by the United States of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
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At the same time, he added, "nor can we approve that the social peace and the integrity of the Venezuelan people continue to be put at risk," which is why the country, he said, has identified two immediate priorities to address the situation in Venezuela, where Maduro's vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, was sworn in on Monday as acting president. The first of these is "the preservation of the basic functioning of the State's institutions" and, the second, "the gradual construction of a serious, realistic, and carefully planned roadmap that supports a democratic transition," the diplomat specified, according to a statement from the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Minister Caraballo added that this transition must be framed, "without ambiguities, in the most elementary principles of the international order: sovereignty, self-determination of peoples and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Principles enshrined in the OAS Charter, the Pact of Bogota and the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and which must be reflected in any solution to the current situation in Venezuela". For the Dominican official, the current situation is especially delicate and more dangerous, which is why he demanded of the States of the hemisphere an exercise of maximum collective responsibility, to avoid an undesirable escalation, protect the Venezuelan population and safeguard regional stability. "In light of recent events," Caraballo pointed out, the OAS "must show unity and agree on an effective formula for accompanying the Venezuelan people, which allows to restore confidence in the inter-American institutions." Maduro and his wife were presented this Monday before a court in the Southern District of New York, where they rejected the accusations of narcoterrorism and the other charges that the US Attorney's Office has brought against them to justify their capture.
