Chilean officials are baselessly attempting to link Venezuela to the death of former military officer Ojeda.

On Friday, the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry strongly rejected claims made by senior Chilean officials seeking to discredit Venezuela through baseless slander.

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Previously, Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren and Attorney General Angel Valencia stated that they will go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to “provide background information” on the murder of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda.

Through biased narratives, the transnational right wing seeks to present his death, which occurred in February 2024, as a case of the political assassination of a dissident. The following is the statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry:

“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the absurd farce that the government of Chile intends to stage before the International Criminal Court, based on lies and falsehoods that only exist in the imagination of those who have decided to turn foreign policy into a shoddy spectacle, following the anti-Venezuela policy line of the late Sebastian Piñera, in the best Pinochetist style of creating false flag operations.

Attempting to take an isolated case, fed by lies, to the ICC is not only legally untenable, but also reveals a complete ignorance of how the international system and the Rome Statute work. The ICC is not a court that airs the fanciful fables of immature political intriguers, nor a stage for media stunts. It is clear that the Chilean authorities have no idea of how these mechanisms operate, or worse still, that they are simply willing to distort them, in order to align themselves with interests alien to justice.

This position not only lacks legal basis, but is also sustained by a vicious hatred against Venezuela, demonstrating the desperation to please agendas that come from the U.S. that seek to erode the sovereignty of States. Chile, instead of lending itself to shameful maneuvers, should focus on its own serious internal issues, including the systematic violation of the human rights of the Mapuche people and the repression of social protest.

Venezuela is a country that can give lessons about respect for human rights and the dignity of peoples. We will not accept attacks from those who have made from institutional violence an everyday practice and who are now trying to divert attention from their own miseries with clumsy political maneuvers.”

teleSUR/ JF

Sources: FM

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