Costa Rica Permanent Tender

The Permanent missions of Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica the United States Guatemala Paraguay and Peru to the Organization of American States OAS presented to the Permanent Council a draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Venezuela.The draft resolution was adopted by that OAS body condemning the serious and systematic violations of human rights in Venezuela including the use of torture and the practice of illegal and arbitrary detentions extrajudicial executions enforced disappearances and the denial of basic rights and needs especially in relation to health food and education.The evolution of events in Venezuela makes visible the deterioration of the institutions in that country. The disrespect harassment and persecution of deputies of the National Assembly have resulted in the arbitrary lifting of the immunity of these parliamentarians.The Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the OAS Ambassador Montserrat Solano Carboni said among other aspects that dissent the clearest sign of freedom in a democracy is not tolerated today in that Venezuela. The oppressor was shown last week against legitimately and democratically elected representatives of the Venezuelan people. Costa Rica raises its voice to denounce the illegal search by the Supreme Court of the parliamentary immunity of deputies Juan Pablo Garca Jos Guerra and Toms Guanipa.The agreed resolution responds to the growing deterioration of conditions in Venezuela as mentioned in the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of July 2019 and on which Ambassador Solano said that offers evidence a again of the repression of the regime of Nicols Maduro in front of anyone who opposes him.In this resolution the Permanent Council demands an independent investigation investigate human rights violations and cease excessive use of force extrajudicial executions and torture and bring to justice the material and intellectual authors and demands immediate and without obstacles of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Venezuela.