The Lima group at the EU-Celac meeting asks Maduro to facilitate the income of humanitarian aid

Several members of the Lima Group, made up of 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries, defended on Tuesday a "real" national dialogue in the face of the "deep" crisis in Venezuela and ask the Nicolás government Maduro to facilitate the entry of aid From Brussels, where they participate in the meeting of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), this group of countries calls for a joint declaration, the establishment of a "genuine national dialogue" in which all political actors participate and celebrate a new electoral process that has "democratic guarantees of justice, freedom and of transparency ".

The members of the Lima Group who supported this request are Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and Peru. Without being assisted by Brazil, Canada, Guyana and Saint Lucia.

The ten states are worried about recent news about "the mobilization of Venezuela's arms and fighter jets on the border with Colombia" and urge the Venezuelan government to "facilitate the immediate attention required by Venezuelans who continue to cross the border in precarious states of health and malnutrition. "

Faced with the "rupture of the constitutional order and the rule of law" in Venezuela, this group of countries reiterates ignorance of the "legitimacy and credibility" of the May 20 elections, boycotted by most opponents, in which Nicolás Maduro was re-elected.

They are also "appalled and alarmed" by the "serious violations" of "human rights in Venezuela," which "include extrajudicial executions, excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests, torture and abuse, and access to justice, as well as the erosion of institutional checks and balances and democracy in this country. "

In this regard, they express their willingness to implement, in accordance with their respective legal frameworks and law, the international, political, economic and financial measures applicable to help restore the democratic order in Venezuela, although they do not specify what or how they would achieve them.