today the united states has illegally captured the leader of a sovereign foreign state

it has charged nicolás maduro with crimes that are beyond its jurisdiction to prosecute

it is abundantly clear that national sovereignty is contigent upon u.s. approval

which is not sovereignty at all, but the old logic of imperialism

i condemn the actions of the united states as wrong-headed, destabilizing, and nothing less than a robbery

permanent stability in latin america can only be achieved by meeting the human needs of the people who live there, not by the imposition of an extractive regime