The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, denounced this Monday the impact of unilateral coercive measures on the country’s economy to face the Covid-19 pandemic, within the framework of the 49th Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council of the Organization of Human Rights. United Nations (UN).
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He stressed that Venezuela has managed to mitigate the pandemic, despite the great difficulties caused by the imposition of unilateral coercive measures, which he described as “criminal, punitive and extortive sanctions once morest the economy and once morest the people.”
“To date, 102 percent of the Venezuelan population goal has been vaccinated and 97 percent of the 508,000 cases of infection that we have had have fully recovered,” he added.
According to the Venezuelan head of state, these measures have blocked access to food, supplies and medical equipment throughout this period.
Maduro stressed that Venezuela received the impact of 503 unilateral coercive measures “to destroy our economy, destabilize our democracy and end the inclusive social model built by the Bolivarian Revolution.”
In turn, the dignitary denounced to the UN a sustained media campaign to criminalize the country. “Attempted coups and assassinations, mercenary invasions made in Washington, paramilitary penetration supported by the Colombian government,” he listed.
The president denounced the retention and sequestration of 31 tons of gold belonging to Venezuelan reserves by the Bank of England with the support of the United Kingdom Government, the freezing of more than 1,000 million dollars by the new Bank of Portugal; City Bank’s transfer of $342 million to a US Treasury account.
“These three financial institutions deny us the right to use resources to buy vaccines, medicines, food and supplies in general, in the fight once morest Covid-19 and to guarantee the rights to health and life of the Venezuelan people.”
“This global tragedy has exacerbated the injustices and deep inequalities that already exist in the world. This fact has been expressed in the unequal access to vaccines and treatments”, he said.
Similarly, he referred to the data from the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the countries with the poorest economies in terms of vaccination and access to diagnostic tests once morest Covid-19.
“A multilateral effort and a true political will are needed to defend human life over pharmaceutical profits,” the president urged.
