The international community is divided due to the crisis in Venezuela is low. In the UN security Council two draft resolutions have failed. The majority of African States do not want to position themselves.
The former Venezuelan Vice-President Arreaza during a visit to South Africa
What is the right response to the Venezuela crisis? On Thursday this question was posed to the UN security Council in New York. Russia and the USA submitted draft resolutions. The United States demanded free elections and the free import of relief goods. Nine countries supported the Initiative, including Germany. South Africa stopped the project, however, together with the veto powers of Russia and China. The voted for the Russian counter-proposal, rejected any interference in the internal Affairs of Venezuela. Support for the Text was also from Equatorial Guinea, but failed, to few votes.
For weeks a fierce raging in Venezuela power struggle between the authoritarian head of state Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó, has proclaimed himself interim President. The economy is down, poverty is increasing. More and more people have sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
A question of legitimacy
Henning Suhr, head of South Africa office of the CDU-affiliated Konrad Adenauer Foundation, from 2013 to 2017, in Venezuela. The government does not consider the decisions of Parliament, says he will Interview in the DW. The Parliament should have the last presidential election, convened, but this had not been the case. “Therefore, the Parliament declared the second legislative period of Maduro’s illegal,” said Suhr.
The UN security Council could agree on a Resolution regarding the Venezuela crisis
Saleh Kebzabo, however, considers the Argument to be advanced. “This is just a pretext, the major powers, which have their own interests,” says the head of the opposition politicians in Chad in an interview with Deutsche Welle. Also, the community of States of the southern Africa (SADC) holds to a head of state, Maduro. A number of countries have sought a “democratically elected government to undermine,” said Namibian President Hage Geingob, the auchSADC-Chairman, on 11. February.
Other countries hold back with opinions about it. Only South Africa (pro-Maduro), and Morocco (per Guaidó) have commented so far. Equatorial Guinea has voted during the voting in the UN security Council for the Russian draft, the vote on the US proposal, however, included. The ivory coast, currently sits on the UN security Council, abstained twice.
Discretion on the part of African countries
Seidik Abba is not surprising. Many countries would not position themselves to the public, because “you don’t want to draw the anger of their European or Western Partner, which have been used for the opposite side,” says the editor of the magazine “Le Monde Afrique” for DW.
Many African countries have historical ties with Venezuela. A number of African resistance movements were supported during the Cold war the socialist countries – in the case of Angola, for example, specifically, the military of Cuba. These ideological commitments would remain valid until today, says Henning Suhr. Because Venezuela is one of the socialist camp.
The Chadian opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo holds up to Venezuela’s head of state Maduro
In addition, Maduro supported the predecessor Hugo Chavez African countries. “Venezuela as an oil Producer in the opinion that it could share in the solidarity of its Oil, with needy African countries. So, Venezuela has supplied large quantities of free-of-charge to countries such as Niger, Mali, and even Benin,” says Seidik Abba To be this time, too, many civil society actors from the Chavez government have been supported. Even if this commitment under Maduro had subsided, and felt many activists to be a connection to the socialist government of the South American country.
Double Standards?
Henning Suhr a healthy Dose of anti-imperialism and Anti-Americanism is behind this. That South Africa’s governing ANC party, behind Maduro, he said this was a purely ideological decision – from his point of view, is not surprising. Because in Venezuela, Mr wrong cal regime, Suhr. “There are many political prisoners. The majority of the population suffers. The Only result of which Maduro can keep the security apparatus. That was the end of Apartheid in a similar way.”
Seidik Abba criticized the differing standards of Western countries in crises in Africa and the struggle for power in Venezuela. As an example, he cites the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the end of December 2018. According to official figures obtained by the opposition candidate, Félix Tshisekedi. The influential Catholic Church and other observers believe, however, that the opposition candidate, Martin Fayulu was the true election winner. Here, too, it was a matter of defending democracy, Abba. Unfortunately, the West would have been held back in this case. “It is incomprehensible that you can support Guaidó in Venezuela, but not Martin Fayulu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Maurice Kamto Cameroon.”