By Mark Gruenberg\People’s World
Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons
WASHINGTON—Progressive lawmakers and allies of labor, including the AFL-CIO and its constituency group for Latino workers, denounced President Trump’s kidnapping and overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Trump’s declaration that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela for the benefit of U.S. oil companies.
Many foes of the Trump actions called the kidnapping and overthrow a declaration of war.
The AFL-CIO and its Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) spoke out against the attacks and both cited a statement against the attacks by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
The AFL-CIO statement was short and to the point. “We join the international labor community in condemning President Trump’s unconstitutional actions in Venezuela,” the federation said. “LCLAA joins the national and international labor movement in condemning unconstitutional actions in Venezuela,” the federation’s constituency group for Spanish-speaking workers, also said.
In their short online statements, they linked to a more detailed one by the International Trade Union Confederation, of which the AFL-CIO is a member. The ITUC statement condemned Trump’s intervention as “a flagrant violation of” the U.N. charter and of international law. “Use of military force and the incursion into the territory of a sovereign nation constitute an unacceptable act of war that jeopardizes the peace and stability of the entire region...READ MORE
