Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice condemns in the
strongest possible terms the provocative and anti-democratic move
by the Canadian government to attempt to block the establishment
of polling stations at Venezuelan diplomatic missions in Canada.
This is a complete violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty as well as long
established international agreements.
The Canadian government is attempting to deny the 6,000 registered
Venezuelan voters currently living in Canada the ability to participate
in the Venezuelan Presidential election this Sunday May 20. This
is the latest escalation in the ongoing attacks by the Canadian
government against the democratically elected government of current
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
This campaign began with threats, moved to economic sanctions, and
also continued with an irrational pre-emptive declaration that the
upcoming Venezuelan presidential elections are not free and fair even
before anyone has cast a vote!
This Sunday will be Venezuela’s 24th electoral event in 20 years. Even
former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, whose institute has observed
many Venezuelan elections, admitted that, “As a matter of fact, of
the 92 elections that we’ve monitored, I would say that the election
process in Venezuela is the best in the world.”
We completely support Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza’s
announcement that Venezuela’s diplomatic missions in Canada
will continue to establish polling stations regardless of continued
Canadian government attacks.
As the Canadian government and
mainstream media continue to
distort and defame the Venezuelan
government and electoral process, Fire
This Time is sending three of its own
reporters to the country to witness
and report firsthand the Presidential
elections. We continue to call for an
end to all threats and sanctions against
the sovereign country of Venezuela,
and demand the Canadian government
immediately rescind its decision to
block the polling stations in Venezuelan
diplomatic missions in Canada.
U.S./Canada: Hands Off Venezuela!
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