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| Gustavo Tarre denounced the operation of Hezbollah and the Islamic State in Venezuela before the OAS |
| 2019-05-03 |
| [ELUNIVERSAL] Venezuela's permanent representative to the OAS, Gustavo Tarré, appointed by opposition leader Juan Guaidó, sworn in as interim president of the country, said Thursday that Hezbollah and the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group (EI) are operating in Venezuelan territory, noting that the The country has become "an important center of world terrorism". Tarré said this during an extraordinary session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), convened by Colombia, the United States and Venezuela itself to analyze "the role of external actors" in the country shaken since January by a bid by the power between Guaidó, and Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela has become "a destabilizing factor for the peace of the entire region," said Tarré, highlighting the interference of Cuba, Russia and Iran, all allies of Maduro. "The most visible evidence" is the transfer to Venezuela of Colombia's internal conflict, which has strong ties to the Cuban revolution: currently, the National Liberation Army (ELN), the last active Colombian guerrilla, is present in 13 of the 23 states Venezuelans, he said. Tarré pointed out that Venezuela has also "been involved in extra-continental conflicts such as Syria, in activities against the existence of the State of Israel, and in a very privileged relationship with Iran," which was strengthened after last year's departure from the United States. agreement with Tehran and other powers to stop Iranian nuclear development. "Since then, the presence of Iranian mining technicians has increased in Venezuela in an absolutely noticeable way," he said. He added: "We also know of the existence of training and identity supply centers for Hezbollah terrorists, of the Islamic State, known by its acronym in English ISIS, which have made Venezuela an important center of world terrorism." In early February, two weeks after Guaidó invoked the constitution and declared himself interim president after considering a "fraud" the re-election of Maduro, the head of US diplomacy, Mike Pompeo, said Hezbollah was active in Venezuela. Then, Maduro, whose mandate is unknown to the United States, but supported among others by Hezbollah, defined the Lebanese Shiite group close to Tehran as "a legal political party" and highlighted the existence of a Lebanese community in Venezuela. Tarré, however, alerted the OAS members to the "threat" that this foreign interference poses to the region. "It is not limited to the Venezuelan borders, it is to set foot on the American continent, in the Western Hemisphere," he said. |
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