Allamand and UN mission report: “Venezuela is an outright dictatorship” | National

During Wednesday’s meeting, the Chilean Foreign Minister, Andrés Allamand, He referred to the report of the UN mission in Venezuela which details the systematic use of torture and extrajudicial executions in that country.

Let us remember that the president of the mission, Marta Valiñas, stated that “the Mission found reasonable grounds to believe that the Venezuelan authorities and security forces have planned and carried out serious human rights violations since 2014, some of which – including arbitrary executions and the systematic use of torture – constitute crimes against humanity ”.

“Far from being isolated acts, these crimes were coordinated and committed in accordance with State policies, with the knowledge or direct support of the commanders and senior government officials”, I continue.

In this regard, the Chilean Foreign Minister, Andrés Allamand, mentioned that “the United Nations report is lapidary. Venezuela is a pure and harsh dictatorship, which has plunged the country into a huge political and social crisis ”.

“But in addition to that, it is a regime that systematically violates people’s rights. For this reason, the Government of Chile reaffirms its commitment to the recovery of democracy in Venezuela, ”he said.

The foregoing is in line with previous statements by the Chancellor. Let us remember that Allamand was elected to the position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 28. Less than a week after taking office, the minister already declared that “the Maduro regime constitutes a dictatorship and consequently we have to intensify efforts to collaborate in the restoration of democracy.”