Bogotá Agencia EFE, March 20 (EFE) .- The Latin American leaders today took sides with and against military intervention in Libya, on a day which according to the international coalition, has already managed to impose an air exclusion zone in the North African country.
international military intervention to protect the Libyan population began on Saturday, as representatives agreed from 22 countries who met yesterday in Paris to define the measures to implement Resolution 1937 of the Security Council of the UN.
In this regard, U.S. forces, France and Britain launched air strikes against the Libyan air defense systems also established combat air patrols over Benghazi for troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi no march on the rebel stronghold in the east of the country.
Brazil, which was one of the five members of the UN Security abstained from voting on resolution 1973, which creates an air exclusion zone in Libya, has not commented on the start military operations, which coincided with a visit to Brasilia for U.S. President Barack Obama.
"Today I have authorized the U.S. military to launch a limited action against Libya," said Obama, after his meeting with Lula, Dilma Rousseff.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had proposed to create a peaceful international commission to help resolve the internal conflict in Libya and had the support of Gaddafi today called for a cessation of "aggression", the they labeled as an "imperial madness."
At the time, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said that what happened will unleash "a war situation in the Mediterranean with unimaginable consequences."
In its findings as endorsed by the Cuban president Fidel Castro, who considered that the "power" of NATO military and "stupid" because it "would not be used or can be used. Just goes to show the waste and chaos engendered by capitalism. "
also challenges the existence of the Security Council and "The veto, antiveto, majority, minority, abstention, speeches, demagoguery and the solemn allegations of (the UN Secretary General) Ban Ki-moon."
Similarly, the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega criticized United Nations to become "an instrument of those powers in the service of war, death," adding that "now is a foreign war (against Libya) looking for ways to grab the oil" because "democracy is bullshit ".
This was supported by the Argentine Foreign Minister, Hector Timerman, questioning the attack has been resolved by the Security Council without a comprehensive debate by the UN General Assembly, which he added, "shows that there to modify the power of veto. "
Similarly, the Bolivian president, Evo Morales, who reiterated his "conviction, condemnation and rejection" of the intervention, she clarified that if not accepted "Which violate human rights in Libya" and therefore must be investigated and punished "those who did, the" powers "should not take this situation for a military intervention.
From Ecuador, the Foreign Ministry said that "it is unacceptable" what happened, as the "intrusion unfortunately promotes the escalation of violence."
said in a statement that the Andean nation has always advocated peace and the settlement of disputes peacefully, "as he said, the attack does not contribute to the output of the most even though the same groups claiming the Libyan government has asked the West not to have intervention forces foreign country. "
Fernando Lugo, meanwhile, said that Paraguay" any kind of violence is justifiable, "lamented the UN authorization for the use of force and declared the hope that" rationality wisdom, fairness and above all the principle of self determination of peoples, who are masters of their own processes, can be respected. "
The Uruguayan President José Mujica, said the attacks were" deplorable "and" just want to mourn "because" saving lives is a contradiction unexplained bombings.
On the contrary, which itself was in favor of the intervention was the Colombian Juan Manuel Santos arguing that the regime of Libya "has made a mockery" of UN resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in that country.
Colombia, which is currently non-permanent member of the Security Council, "will always support the positions they defend freedom and democracy," stressed the head of state.
The decision also found support in the Government of Chile, whose Foreign Ministry deplored the "armed actions implemented by the Libyan Government" against "his own people" and expressed hope for an end to violence.
Similarly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico requested the Libyan authorities "to immediately halt gross and massive violations of human rights of civilians" and called for further work in coordination with the Arab League and African Union, to the role and their voices are fully taken into account. In
head of his ruling, Alan Garcia, Peru, the first country to break diplomatic relations with Libya after Gaddafi launched air strikes on claiming his removal from power, welcomed the intervention.
The president said that "we are showing that international law is fundamental to the coexistence of peoples and defend human rights" and considered "Has been successful," and we'll see "how soon the situation will change in favor of democracy."
Finally, the Salvadoran Church, in the voice of the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, expressed concern about civilian casualties and called the conflict is resolved in the best way so they can "live in peace and freedom ".
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