No pretense about it.“We’re concerned about the [Venezuelan] government’s actions, which have restricted the universal rights of the Venezuelan people, threatened basic democratic values, and failed to contribute to the security in the region,” Obama said in an interview with the Venezuelan daily El Universal.
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Obama said that most Latin American countries “have gone from living under dictatorships to living in democracies” but that in Venezuela, “we have been deeply concerned to see action taken to restrict the freedom of the press and to erode the separation of powers that is necessary for democracy to thrive.”
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Obama said Washington “does not pretend to dictate” foreign policy to sovereign nations.
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No shit, Sherlock. They can barely get enough to stay alive with the decades-old US blockade.Obama said Cuba’s future “must be freely determined by the Cuban people. Sadly, that has not been the case for decades, and it is not the case today.”
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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