Cuba supports Nicaragua’s decision to withdraw from the Organization of American States – Escambrai

Statement from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports Nicaragua’s decision to denounce the charter of the Organization of American States and to resign from this organization.

The OAS has been silent on multiple occasions in the face of coups in our region, was complicit in attempts to impeach and military interventions, and supported economic aggression.

That organization was a subordinate instrument of the United States to orchestrate that country’s orchestrated coup in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, which included the use of violence against elected officials and institutions.

Relations in the Western Hemisphere need a profound transformation based on strict respect for international law and the Charter of the United Nations, including the principles of self-determination and independence of peoples, non-interference in internal affairs, and sovereign equality.

Cuba endorses its support and solidarity with the people and government of Nicaragua. The only possible way is regional unity, integration and joint commitment to the Declaration of the Latin American and Caribbean Zone of Peace, signed in Havana in January 2014.