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Washington, 29 June (EFE) .- The elected President of Colombia, Iván Duque, focused on the second day of his trip to Washington to present his plans against the Nicolás Maduro government in Venezuela, seeking allies before the ICC. urging South American countries to leave Unasur
Duque met with Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, also facing Maduro, to discuss a lawsuit against Venezuela before the International Criminal Court (ICC)
"First, I have already denounced Nicolás Maduro, and the Secretary General of the OAS (Luis Almagro) has already acknowledged this denunciation and has also supported this denunciation with the report that he has submitted and, now, we must seek out several heads of state for the reaffirmation of these complaints and request that investigations be expedited, "he said after the meeting.
Duque filed a lawsuit against Maduro in July 2017 before the ICC, and during the election campaign in Colombia, he pledged to sue the Caribbean country as a state in the court s & # 39; He managed to win the elections, as it finally did on June 17th.
Almagro, presented, report last May before the ICC commissioned by himself that concludes that there is a "reasonable basis" to consider that eleven people, led by Maduro, allegedly committed crimes against the 39; humanity.
In the 16 years of life of the ICC, No State in the world has denounced another, so it would be historic for a country, like Colombia, to do it with Venezuela.
From the OAS, Duke also urged the countries of South America to leave the Union of South American Nations. (Unasur) for becoming, he said, an "accomplice of the Venezuelan dictatorship."
During the election campaign, Duque expressed his desire for Colombia to leave Unasur to be "a kind of silent accomplice of the Venezuelan dictatorship."
Today, the leader of the Uribists has declared that the weakening of Unasur would entail a strengthening of the OAS.
"I have expressed (in Almagro) my desire to continue to strengthen the inter-American system and that, in this sense, we must advance many countries of South America, the first inviting the withdrawal of Unasur was really an organization that became an accomplice of the Venezuelan dictatorship, "he said.
" And, continuing, part of the strengthening of the inter-American system is to exercise this retreat and strengthen our participation in this democratic organization as a regional instrument for the promotion and strengthening of democracy. "
In April, six of the Unasur Member States (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay and Peru) suspended their participation in the organization indefinitely. In addition to his meeting with Almagro, Duque took advantage of his second day in Washington to meet with the director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, about maintaining the line of credit for Colombia. Flexible (LCF), a credit line for countries that this organization considers with good economic policies. [19659003] He also went to the White House to meet John Bolton, National Security Advisor to US President Donald Trump, and James Carroll, Deputy Director of the House's Office of National Drug Control Policy. -Blanche (ONDCP, by its acronym in English.)
According Efe informed the ONDCP, Bolton, Carroll and Duque spoke on "several issues" of security and reaffirmed "the solid relationship" between Colombia and the United States.
The ONDCP annual report states that coca cultivation in Colombia increased by 11% in 2017 to a record 209,000 hectares, while potential production of pure cocaine also increased by 19% to 921 tonnes metrics.
] During his first day in Washington, Duke, who will take office on August 7, met with CIA Director Gina Haspel; with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; and with Senator Marco Rubio, one of Trump's leading advisers in Latin America. Window EFE
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