The Lima group boycotted the speech made by the Chancellor of Nicolás Maduro at the UN: his representatives left the session

Between 30 and 40 diplomats from the countries that make up the Lima Group they left on Wednesday United Nations General Assembly when the Venezuelan chancellor, Jorge Arreaza, He spoke. Journalist Little Maibort He filmed the fact and shared it on his Twitter account.

Arreaza spoke on behalf of Movement of non-aligned countries the first global day of multilateralism but few diplomats were left in the great hall to hear.

In his speech, the Foreign Minister accused the United States of wanting "impose the dictatorship"to the UN and"in a blatant way to pretend to expel or ignore the powers Member States with all rights like Venezuela "."It's exclusive and unacceptable", maintained Arreaza.

The Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, asked the UN on April 10 that recognize the leader of the opposition Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela, and asked for the departure of "dictator" Nicolás Maduro, which clings to power with the support of Russia and China.

The United States recently announced that it would present a draft resolution to the 193 countries of the United Nations General Assembly – where the right of veto does not apply – so that Guaidó be recognized as interim president.

Venezuela is experiencing the worst crisis in its modern history, with a hyperinflation expected of 10 000 000% this year and a shortage of staples that has caused the migration of more than 2.7 million people since 2015, according to the report. 39; UN.

Guaidó, speaker of the opposition-controlled parliament, It is already recognized by the United States and more than 50 countries. as president in charge of Venezuela.

The Lima group, created in 2017 to face the political crisis in Venezuela, includes Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Guyana and Saint Lucia.

The Lima group urged the UN this month to take steps to address the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.

(With information from AFP)