CARACAS, Jan 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — Venezuela’s National Assembly on Thursday approved a resolution honoring about 100 people killed during last weekend’s U.S. military attack.
Ruling-party lawmaker Blanca Eekhout, who introduced the measure, called the victims “patriots” and said the tribute seeks to preserve their memory.
The plan includes building a memorial at the site of the attack and creating a commission to support victims’ families.
Lawmakers also urged foreign governments and parliaments to reject the use of force and defend international law and national sovereignty.
U.S. forces struck several locations across Venezuela on Saturday, including Caracas, and captured President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.
Authorities say the attack killed Venezuelan and Cuban military personnel stationed in the country.
Meanwhile, Brazil and Mexico on Thursday jointly condemned the recent US attacks on Venezuela’s sovereignty and dismissed any notion of dividing the world into spheres of influence, the Brazilian presidency said in a statement.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum held a phone conversation to discuss the situation in Venezuela after the United States launched a raid in Venezuela on Saturday, capturing the country’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife before putting them in custody in New York.
“While repudiating the attacks on Venezuelan sovereignty, both leaders rejected any outdated vision that could imply a division of the world into zones of influence. In this context, they reaffirmed their commitment to multilateralism, international law and free trade,” the statement said.
Lula and Sheinbaum, heads of the two largest economies in Latin America, voiced readiness to continue cooperating with Venezuela in support of peace, dialogue and stability in the country and the wider region. — NNN-XINHUA