The governing Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has thrown its support behind the president of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro, in light of recent protests taking place in that south American country.
“The Dominica Labour Party re-iterates its strong support for the United Socialist Party of (PSUV), its Leader and democratically elected President of Venezuela,” the party said in a declaration on Monday.
The party also said it rejects “the violence experienced by Venezuelan citizens during their peaceful participation in events commemorating the Day of Youth and the battle of La Victoria which left three dead and several injured…”
It is reported on that day, last Wednesday, vigilantes on motorcycles fired into a crowd of protesters, setting off a stampede.
The protest was held to vent frustration over Maduro’s handling of the inflation-plagued Venezuelan economy, worsening crime and human rights concerns.
Both the government and the opposition blame each other for the shooting which set off days of clashes in the streets between protesters and security forces.
The DLP also said there are efforts “by the Right wing Opposition to provoke a violent overthrow of the democratically elected Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”
Meanwhile tension remains high in Venezuela.
On the weekend thousands of pro and anti-government protesters took to the streets in rival demonstrations in Caracas.
Euronews is reporting that in a live television speech Maduro “warned the country’s elite that if it tried to topple the democratically elected government, it could expect an armed response.”
He accused the US of plotting to overthrow him. He expelled three US diplomats in retaliation.
He also called on his supporters to take to the streets to march for peace.
Last week coordinator of ALBA and Dominica’s ambassador to Venezuela, Dr. Philbert Aaron, said Dominica strongly condemns the violence in Venezuela.
He also pledged Dominica’s support for Maduro and Venezuela.
Dominica government always gives support to the wrong side, especially to some criminal organization, or government such as the dictatorship of Venezuela, and the oppressive communist government of Cuba.
While our government supports the oppressive government of Venezuela, the United States have this day kicked out there (3) Venezuelan so called diplomats out of the United States, all due to the immediate events in Venezuela.
What a difference; our small nation of less than seventy thousand people uphold and supports the oppression of the of the poor in Venezuela, the United States with millions of people, and the most powerful nation on earth shows support for the poor in Venezuela, by ordering the diplomats of an unjust dictatorship out of America!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
You pple must listen to Regional and International NEWSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Did you all hear the Caricom is standing in solidarity with the Venezuelan Government? When a nation votes for who they want to govern the affairs of their country, the oppositions must learn to respect that!!
Is the opposition in Venezuela that making the riot.
Same thing UWP want to come and do here… make riot becuz pple doh vote for them.
I’ll say it again, majority counts and when we vote the DLP back into office you pple need to respect that’s what the pple want…
Waw are the dlp sreious the Venezuelan goverment is killing and torturing the student protesters yet still dlp though still have guts to support that waw wat next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFS6cP9auDc
please check out this video and see what is happening in Venezuela
Chavez has failed the people of Venezuela……Maduro is trying to step into his shoes and has failed miserable. Skerrit and the DLP has failed the people of Dominica.
The question is, what exactly is the DLP in support of…? The current labour party and it`s leadership in Dominica is a disgrace and has lost all values and principles of the Labour Party…and is therefore not a reputable, honest people party. Venezuela will have to deal with the mess created by Chavez. Dominica has no pat in this nonsense.
CHANGE IS A MUST……TEAM DOMINICA….ON A MISSION TO RESCUE DOMINICA……
Any leader who nationalize their resources is a target for the international companies whose only interest is making money for themselves. Why is Africa so marginal when they have so much natural wealth.
How can someone support a dictatorship and dictators like Chavez, Maduro …?
Venezuelans need freedom, human rights respect, political opposition, strong private sector, like in any “real” democracies.
Communism is over !
Mr. Skerrit, please pay your bill, the Venezuelan people are suffering
Once again we see the ungratefulness of Dominicans in full bloom. We have received endless assistance from the Venezuelan Government through Mr. Skeritt. Today, when we should be in full solidarity with the Government, many Dominican appear to want to turn their backs on the Government. This cannot be fair.
Cecil Joseph; I suppose you much prefer to sell your soul to the devil for the crumb the devil throws on the ground and command you to grovel for, and you’d do it gladly; and in return you become so loyal, that you are blinded to the atrocities the people of Venezuela suffers at the hands of the dictators who runs Venezuela.
In the first place, the average man in the street of our country does not travel to Venezuela and beg for anything. It is the government of Dominica, and people like you which crawls on your belly to beg for handouts when you should be doing something productive to create employment for the people of Dominica.
A country cannot develop, and prosper on handouts, and borrowed money which in most case might be used to pay on an outstanding debt.
Again Dominicans does not owe Venezuela any thanks or loyalty for the handouts you people get from them. If the powers that be want to go around the world kissing the feet of every little dictator that suggests some form of diplomatic relationship on paper with Dominica, in return for the left over crumb, and you want to be grateful to them for remnants, that is you prerogative!
However, Dominicans are not ungrateful as you think, what it is that the people are fed up with substandard living, all of our people exist below the poverty level according to Worlds standard, and you are here talking crap about ungrateful; where is your conscience man!
They say you were Mayor of Roseau, somebody correct me if I am wrong, if I am not addressing the of the same, please let me know, but in every country of the world one of the responsibilities of a mayor is to create employment for the people.
Here is an example, you hear about Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Century City, When you look at Los Angeles, the way it is right now, it was not like that, there were no Sky Scrapers, no (LAX) Los Angles International Airport, until the election of a former black police officer, the late Tom Bradley, who vision transformed Los Angeles into what you see today.
Stop lowing steam, if you want to be poppet that is your choice, but yo had an opportunity to do something to help the people and country, you did nothing except called yourself, Mayor, and involve yourself into petty squabbles, with private citizens.
How many foreign business have you attract and brought to Dominica?
Not one, you have no conscience, shut up, just shut up, you had your chance and blew it!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
This guy got me so frustrated I forgot to let him know the Late Tom Bradley was the Mayor of Los Angeles!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
A friend in need is a friend indeed but, remember we are not super power
so DLP support to maduro supose to turn venezuela up side down? big joke… i am not even sure that the majority of venezuelans even know there is a country that s called dominica
11-10 Labour Power. A win by one is still a win.
11-10 LabourPower. A win by one is still a win.
in Venezuela there have been serious electrical failures , food shortages and an overstretched inflation has affected the lives of Venezuelans. According to the Government of the country, it is an orchestrated national and international right to destabilize its management plan. More specifically , it is the opposition party Primero Justicia , linked from the beginning to the most extreme wing of the U.S. Republican Party , who conducts this called ‘ soft coup ‘ to gain control of the largest oil reserves in the world.
To achieve lawlessness and overthrow a president through nonviolent means, the American philosopher Gene Sharp came up with the ‘ soft coup Manual ‘ , which, among other things , in the application of psychological operations and economic boycotts . Submit three stages: protest , noncooperation and intervention. ” The Obama doctrine of indirect intervention , mild stroke , is as hard as Bush preemptive war taught us that after the attack on the Twin Towers ,” insists Menry Fernández , Colonel and coordinator of graduate studies of the Bolivarian University of Venezuela Military .
the opposition in venezuela cant win elections so they will us any way to overthrow the gorvenment
The truth according to Pravda.
Dominica next..
You really have no love. If you had any at all you would not make that comment. You would pray that this does not happen to Dominica. You also lack patriotism. You should be banished from Dominica.
The people will always win! The people will always move forward.
What nonsense! You are joking. What is achieved by rioting, damaging property, harming and killing their fellow people?
If they continue demonstrating and rioting they will never win for it destroys a country and lives.
God has more patience with them than they have with others as also their government. They are in dire need of and to practice the godly virtue of patience. It is one of the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit without which they will never obtain earthly and heavenly happiness. They do not practice what Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us: “Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.”
Lol hahhah skerite send your ssu men up there to assist lol hahha.u already underpaying and giving your police bad treatment lol the only tung u remaining to do is to send them to venezuela to die lol die for your country .salutr salute
Ambassador what exactly do you have in mind to support Maduro? Talk is cheap youmust agree.
Two of a kind. Skerrit and Maduro. They are both being punished.
Neither is capable of leading.
You are fortunate you have freedom of speech in Dominica and DNO allowed your comment which is nothing constructive.
Funny how leaders like that preach socialism but themselves living like capitalists with power like dictators. I not surprised they don’t want change.
Send SSU to support him Mr ambassador
Whatever happens, I pray for the speedy solution to this situation. This is the start of a potentially fatal end for the Venezuelans.
To the Gov of Venezuela, I suggest urgent talks be held with the people and find familiar grounds for the country’s progress – with the needs of the VENEZUELAN people at heart – afterall its their country, their hardships, their struggles the same way it can be their development, their progress. Its about THE PEOPLE, not parties nor affiliations or rather it should be.
Some people are so hard-hearted and stubborn they will not pay heed as they already made up their mind what they plan to do and to their destruction. Some are too ignorant to as much as consider the latter.
***LET’S STAY AWAY***
“The DLP also said there are efforts “by the Right wing Opposition to provoke a violent overthrow of the democratically elected Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”
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Do we know this as a FACT?
Rejecting violence the country is having is ok. But let’s not get too involve in other countries domestic political issues!!!
In situations like this, it is best if we stay away from other countries’ “DOMESTIC POLITICS”!!
[Becauise what happens when the opposition eventually wins?]
We wish the venezuelan people a cordial solutions to their political problems!!
Let’s “stay away” in the context wich I outlined!!!
-Thanks
Well Said!!!!
The DLP have a right to say what they want about the Venezuelan situation, as long as they don’t say it for Dominicans.
It is OK that other governments denounce violence and support the government. Other governments of the world do it. The Dominican government should not be an exception especially to an ally.
POOR DOMINICA LABOUR PARTY. This party is now an embattled party, whose weaknesses have been exposed to the core, SINCE SOON TO BE PRIME MINISTER Lennox Linton took over as party leader.Corruption in government, leaders who cannot debate, leaders who cannot properly articulate themselves, leaders who disrespect the people, leaders who have been accused of all kinds of nefarious dealings like unaccounted wealth, leaders who have impoverished Dominica, GREEDY LEADERS,and leaders who cannot defend themselves AMIDST A MYRIAD OF ACCUSATIONS.. I support the right of the Venezuelan people to protest. Thanks God we will not have to do so (protest) in Dominica, to DISCARD ARROGANT AND INSULTIVE SKERRIT. THE ELECTORATE WILL KICK HIM OUT VERY SOON. Keep up the struggle protesters! I LOVE YOU ALL!
HOW LONG?
NOT LONG.
It is all in your mind.
Change is coming to Venezuela and Dominica. Skerrit and Maduro must go
venezuela will stay another 6 more years under maduro and dominica another 5 more years under skerrit…viva maduro and skerrit
@the truth But Skerrit said to his fools including you that he will there till 2050 we.
Can you please tell him to grant himself a favour and call the election? I really cannot wait to see him KICKED OUT! HE IS THE WORST CARIBBEAN LEADER. HE IS EVEN SHOWING SIGNS OF MADNESS.
Some people speak/write without knowing what they do and say. It is a sign of a mental problem.
It is safe for me to conclude that the DLP is now a socialist party because we have seen the works of the red clinic, housing revolution, government owned abattoire and hotel government development and ownership of geothermal and airline. The list goes on. We boldly show support for a cuban revolution the imprisons its citizens and like all good socialist and dictators blame america.
Now inspite of venezuelas declining economy, increase in crime and threat of violence against civil/ peacfull striff we will support no matter what. Guess we also agree with venez president that america is trying to overthrow them. If our people does not realize it is time for this labour party to go i an afraid we have been brought down a dangerouse path and needs to be stopped next election before it gets any further.
Time for skeritt to leave office.
people with your kind of mentality will continue to live in a capitalist country and will continue to make the rich richer…all you will but i wont…otan is the root of all the problems latin counties face and the u.s.a is always trying to overthrow the socialist leaders who atend to the needs of the poor….
Look at China today and tell me who more capitalist. They claim communism while the polititians and ther friends are wealthy and gaining more everyday. It is People like you that are continued to be fooled thinking you depend on the Gov for everything and they keep information from there citizens to control them. That is the same thing that was done to keep us in slavery. You can go ahead and stay dependent on the Gov and let them dictate to you what you need in the Socialist/communist ideals and remain poor. I will stay in a system that rewards hard work and independent thinking where i can speak out against the evil of a controling Gov and not worry about victimization. I will continue to work hard for what i earn.
So keep fooling yourself about socialism. Look at all the socialist Gov and tell me who are wealthy. Anyone who tries to tell you what you should and should not read or say has only one goal. to control you. Open your mind my friend. Capitalism is not perfect because human sinfullness can come in (greed, selfishness, lust etc) but these sins also exist in non capitalist Governments. So pick your poison
What are you talking about. Isn’t it our minsters of government that getting richer? They are pretend socialists who love the U.S.$., not Peso not Bolivar, none of that funny money they giving their own people to spend.
What madness is this? Do you have the full consent of your people to do so?
Take note: it is DLP that is pledging support to Maduro, and no the Gov’t of Dominica.
So much money all you owing those people, you must show support now!
I trust all Dominicans, including labour party supporters, will note the difference. Too often some Dominicans wrongly equate the DLP with the Dominica Government.
I am citizen of Dominica and i calling for the Downfall of Maduro.
people like you need help or mabe you need to learn spanish..because its obvious that you dont knw what your askinf for…..but answer this would you all for the downfall of a man that wants peace for his country and helps the poor of his country…yes or no….
The evil that Whistler wishes will fall on him/her, the family including his/her endeavors. What goes around comes around.
I think you need to be a bit more informed before making this kind of statements….do you consider helping the poor all of the following: if you can not afford an armored vehicle, like all government official and those who can afford it have…there is a very big chance that you are going to get killed to either have your vehicle stolen, your shoes stolen or you can plain and simple be shot for your sun glasses if you dare wear a brand name…is it helping the poor…when you go to a supermarket and you can not buy basic items such as butter, coffee, sugar, toilet paper, etc…..is it helping the poor that the only ones allowed to wear brand name items are government officials since they are the only ones with access to US dollars and to travel freely (we work very hard for our money….but we are not allowed to spend it as we wish!!) buying US $ is illegal….you only have an annual allowance for internet shopping that will not get you more than a pair of shoes and a shirt in a year…IF!!! Is it helping the poor when the only meat you can buy in supermarkets are chicken legs (and I’m not talking about drumsticks)… is it helping the poor to ask them to invade others peoples private property just because they are not presently being occupied? There is a very long list of things that come to my mind. Speak to a Venezuelan and really inform yourself of what is truly going on. Media houses have been threatened that they would be closed if they show all the footage that has been taken of venezuelan armed forces shooting at our young students
Ebehh the truth u not from planet earth man maduro wants peace maybe flees not peace check the world news wats wrong with u people .
He must have done you something wrong. You are not a brilliant person. This is interfering in another country’s business.
Viva Viva brother Leopoldo Lopez, they will not break you, long live the struggle for a better Venezuela..
hahaha he got arrested today hahahaha to all of all you that believe the u.s is the best thing on earth..now guess what the u.s wants to kill him because he knows to much…and its up to maduro´s party to save his life…