A short while ago, I contacted Foreign Minister Gerapetritis, requesting immediate information on the situation in Venezuela and the Greek government’s stance, as well as on the security of the Greek community there.
The US intervention in Venezuela is not just another military operation. It is blatant aggressive imperialism, that harks back to the dark ages when the US treated Latin America as a test tube for the establishment of dictatorial regimes and the imposition of neoliberal policies.This is Trump’s policy. He is not interested in democracy or the security of the people, but in business with the control of mineral resources and geopolitical zones.
Those who spoke of MAGA’s “isolationism” are now being refuted with bombs.Our country must defend international law. Overall, firmly and unwaveringly.Not hiding behind the geopolitically non-existent EU -that on the one hand wants to appear as a “factor of stability” and on the other just keeps watching as an embarrassed spectator- essentially legitimizing a permanent state of war.
As a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Greece must clearly condemn the mere core of military imposition that violates the Charter of the United Nations.
The world does not need more “sheriffs”. It needs rules, respect for international legality and political solutions. Every other option brings us closer to a generalized, uncontrolled and permanent war — a possibility neither distant nor abstract but dangerously close. And it concerns us all .