One must not doubt the United States government’s good faith when it expresses its intention for other countries to live in freedom. Donald Trump the liberator is not a far-fetched idea. However, there are other interests in the liberation intentions: the importance of a possible legacy and more votes for a reelection. The crises in Cuba, in Nicaragua and in Venezuela represent a historic opportunity for the current President of the United States to significantly, or almost decisively, contribute for the democratization of these three countries.
The scenario represents prestige and votes. Prestige because Latin American people would have to acknowledge Donald Trump’s positive, and I repeat decisive, participation for a favorable change in these people’s lives. The majority of Cuban-Americans in the United States would certainly vote for Trump’s reelection and also a percentage of the Latino voters, a majority of which are Democratic Party sympathizers, could tend to favor Trump.
Democrats around the world would have to acknowledge that legacy from Trump as they will also have to credit him if he manages to persuade North Korea’s dictatorship to stop its goal of developing a nuclear arsenal that would endanger many countries. It is within this context that we reproduce statements by the Vice President of the United States made yesterday.
Washington, May 2 (EFE)- US Vice President Mike Pence today denounced recent “repression” in Nicaragua and said Donald Trump’s government will firmly stand against the “oppressors” in that Central American country, in Cuba and in Venezuela to promote “freedom” in the continent.
Pence made the statements during the formal swearing-in ceremony of the new United States Ambassador in the Organization of American States (OAS), Carlos Trujillo, at the White House.
“Over the past weeks, the Nicaraguan Government has brutally repressed its own people for raising their voices in peaceful protests,” Pence said.
Nicaragua is going through a crisis triggered 15 days ago because of rejection to a social security reform. Massive demonstrations against Daniel Ortega’s government ended up with a toll of at least 43 dead.
“In Cuba, the name of the Castros may be weakening, but their legacy of tyranny is still alive and it holds on to that country as a cloud, darkening the future of all those who call the island their home,” Pence further said.
«And in Venezuela, under the dictator Nicolás Maduro, the flourishing democracy has fallen into a dictatorship, and what was once perhaps South America’s most prosperous nation has become one of the poorest,» he added.
The United States Vice President mentioned the three countries as those that there is still “work to do” to accomplish the goal of Trump’s government to “guarantee that this is a continent of freedom.”
“We will be on the side of those who seek freedom, and we will face their oppressors,” Pence promised.
Trujillo, a former state congressman in Florida, recalled that his grandparents migrated from Cuba to the United States, and said he was proud to work for a government that “will always stand up for human rights” and democracy.
“I hope that I work diligently with this resolve and do not waver until Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and the West are free,” said Trujillo.
The ambassador to the OAS, 39, was confirmed for the position by the US Senate at the end of March, and in mid-April travelled to Lima to take part in the Summit of the Americas as a member of the US delegation headed by Pence.
The US Vice President, who is scheduled to speak at OAS headquarters next Monday, defended that forum’s importance in strengthening “security and prosperity” in the continent and in “eradicating corruption.”
“Your role is of vital importance for life in our country, our continent and the world,” Pence told Trujillo, who was accompanied by his wife Carmen and his four children. EFE
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