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July 6, 2018 – 9:05
Peru denounced Thursday the "systematic violation of human rights" in Venezuela before the United Nations Human Rights Council, based in Geneva.
Peru's decision was supported by 53 UN members, including the countries that make up the Lima group and the European Union, said Thursday the Peruvian Foreign Ministry in a statement .
"The worsening of the crisis" spawned a mass exodus of Venezuelan citizens who emigrated to various countries in the region, "Peruvian Foreign Minister Néstor Popolizio said in a note. [19659003ReportoftheOfficeoftheUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforHumanRightshesaidinlateJunethatVenezuelansecurityforceswerekillingpeoplewithoutjustificationandapparentlywithouttheconsequencesbecausetheprimacyoftherightdisappears
The Americans passed a resolution early last month that could initiate the process to suspend Venezuela from the multilateral organization.
In May, the Lima group made up of 14 American countries, the United States and the European Union rejected the elections, which re-elected President Nicolás Maduro and threatened to toughen sanctions against the South American government
Le Venezu It is facing an unprecedented crisis of food and medicine shortages, hyperinflation and constant disruption of basic services.
AP
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