The State Department said “the following partners participated in this meeting”: Germany, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay , Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
In the OAS, “the root of the crisis”
The United States reiterated its call to quickly resume the “Venezuela dialogue process” during a virtual session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), convened to analyze Venezuelan migration in the region.
Venezuela, governed by Maduro since 2013, is experiencing a social and economic debacle that has forced more than 6 million people to leave the country in recent years, according to the UN.
“Maduro, the regime’s economic mismanagement and political repression are the fundamental causes of this humanitarian crisis,” emphasized the US representative to the OAS, Bradley Freden.
American countries must provide assistance to Venezuelan migrants and refugees, but at the same time, “address the root of the crisis.”
“We must support the efforts of the Venezuelan people for the peaceful restoration of democracy through free and fair elections, achieved through a negotiated process led by Venezuela,” Freden said.
Colombia, which received almost a third of all Venezuelan migration, made a strong call to the region to “support the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.”