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By Alfred de Zayas on February 7, 2019

There is nothing more undemocratic and corrosive to the rule of law than a coup d’état. Members of the United Nations are bound by the Charter, articles one and two of which affirm the right of all peoples to determine themselves, the sovereign equality of states, the prohibition of the use of force and of economic or political interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Yet these fundamental principles of international order are being grossly violated in the case of Venezuela.

Former President Luiz Inacio “Lula” Da Silva, historic leader of the Workers’ Party (PT), has been sentenced in a new case to an additional 12 years and 11 months in prison. Without producing any evidence, he is being accused of “passive corruption” for improvements carried out on a house in the country side that he does not own.

The offenses against Lula seem to be endless in this obscene mockery of the most elementary sense of justice.

On January 29, Genival Inacio Da Silva “Vavá”, Lula’s older brother and a beloved father figure, died. Lula was denied permission to attend the funeral, a right that every prisoner has in Brazil.

We reject the coup attempt of the US government against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which ignores and violates the sovereign decision of the Venezuelan people who in an absolute democratic and transparent election, in the presence of international observers elected Nicolás Maduro as their legitimate President last May.

On January 22, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sent a recorded message out that was broadcasted by 2527 media outlets for three days in coordination with the shadowy Organization of American States (OAS), calling for subversion against Maduro’s government.