ALBA reiterates its support and recognition of President Nicolás Maduro

The member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) publish this Thursday their support and recognition as president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in response to the State of the State responses, promoted from the United States (USA).

Through a statement, published by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza; The ALBA reiterated that they will only recognize "as representatives of Venezuela, in the multilateral and bilateral spheres, the diplomatic officials appointed by the Executive Power of Venezuela, which is in President Nicolás Maduro Moros", as well as emphasize that they will not recognize " the presence "in the bosom of organizations".

This Wednesday, during a proselytizing act, Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself "president in charge" of Venezuela with the purpose of achieving "the cessation of usurpation, a transitional government and having free elections."

The unconstitutional action of the deputy of the right counted on the direction of the government of the United States (the United States), the president of Donald Trump, and in a later communique, threatened to use all the weight of the economic and diplomatic power of the United States to press a favor of the democratic restoration of Venezuela. "

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RELEASE

The countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Treaty of Commerce of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP), reiterate our support and recognition of the elected government of President Nicolás Maduro Moros, as I have been expressed by our Chiefs of the United States of Governments in the Declaration of the XVI ALBA-TCP Summit held in Havana, Cuba on December 14th, 2018.

Declaration before the International Community, claims of a small group of countries to attempt to violate and destabilize the Constitutional Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, through the unconstitutional recognition of a supposed parallel government in that country.

Our countries only recognize as representatives of Venezuela, in the multilateral and bilateral spheres, the diplomatic officials appointed by the Executive Power of Venezuela, in which is its President Nicolás Maduro Moros, and we will not recognize the presence within the organizations The legal representation of the Venezuelan legal regulations in force by a supposed parallel government.

The ALBA-TCP countries reiterate our position of recognition and full support for the Constitutional Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its authorities.

Caracas, January 24th, 2019.