TA L L E R AU T Ó N O M O D E I N G L E S
POR:
MATEO YEPES RIVERA
JOSÉ ALEJANDRO LLANO CORTES
GRADO:
11-1
PROFESOR:
E L K I N DA R Í O E S P I N A L
I. E. LUCRECIO JARAMILLO VELEZ
MEDELLIN
2015
BONDER CRISIS BETWEEN
COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA
Since Monday, the Government of Colombia begins deploying
its diplomatic offensive in multilateral scenarios for the
international community to denounce the abuses and illtreatment of those who have been victimized Colombians
deported by Venezuela.
The first stop of this strategy first announced by President
Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday, when he summoned the
ambassador of Colombia in Venezuela, Ricardo Lozano will be
the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States
(OAS), which is said to today at 3pm.
That instance, which have seat the ambassadors
of 34 countries of the continent-including the
United States, must approve the conduct of a
meeting of foreign ministers, in which the
diplomatic mess that cross Colombia and
Venezuela will be addressed.
On Thursday, the stage will be the meeting of
foreign ministers of the Union of South American
Nations (Unasur), which is expected to foreign
ministers of the 12 countries in the region are.
Although experts consulted by El Tiempo stated
that it should not expect too many practical
results of the citations in the OAS and Unasur,
they highlighted as the appropriate diplomatic
channels to address these differences.
Just yesterday, Santos again referred to the deportation of
Colombians from the neighboring country, which, according
to official figures, and reach 1,097. (Read: The crisis at the
border, a number of problems that warrant solution )
"It seems incredible that we have to say that in the XXI
century, but have been shocked and outraged arbitrary
deportation and mistreatment of fellow, by the mere fact of
being Colombian and not have their papers in order," said the
head of state during Walk the XXXVI Solidarity for Colombia.
Santos recalled that following the decision of the Venezuelan
government to close the border and deport Colombians have
been "demolished homes, broken families, lost property,
exclusion and uprooting".
"If damage homes elsewhere, we will continue to build; if
expelled families elsewhere, we will continue hosting; if
elsewhere encourage hatred, we will bet on reconciliation,
"stressed the president. (Also: Colombia give citizenship to
Venezuelans deported families )
The first step
THE MEETING OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF
T H E O A S I S A N I N S T R U M E N T U S E D O N LY
I N E X T R E M E C A S E S A N D YO U R C A L L W I L L
H AV E TO H AV E T H E S U P P O R T O F M O R E
THAN HALF OF THE 34 MEMBER
C O U N T R I E S . T H E VO T E W I L L TA K E P L A C E
T O D A Y.
AMBASSADO R OF COLOMBIA TO THE
M U LT I L AT E R A L O R G A N I Z AT I O N , A N D R E S
G O N Z A L E Z , TO L D E L T I E M P O T H AT T H E
G OV E R N M E N T C O N S I D E R S T H AT T H I S I S
A N I N S T R U M E N T " C O N S U LTAT I O N O F
G R E AT I M P O R TA N C E " B E C AU S E T H R O U G H
H I M " C A N B E A C T I VAT E D M E C H A N I S M S
LEADING TO SOLUTIONS AND EXPOSE THE
FA C T S T H A T H A V E O C C U R R E D I N R E C E N T
D AY S .
For the internationalist Laura Gil, Colombia has to go
"well documented" dating to the OAS and UNASUR and
"require" that "respect" the Venezuelan and international
standards "for expulsion" of Colombians. (See also: 7000
compatriots left the neighboring country in the last
week )
"We must demand that other countries support, to stop
the expulsions and that, if the Venezuelan government
wants to do more, make them in line with international
standards. The idea is that a process that is supervised
establishment by some kind of ad hoc international
group , "said the analyst.
Ricardo Abello, a professor of international law at the
Universidad del Rosario, said that obviously Colombia
must go to those agencies and seek international
cooperation, but it should not expect "practical results"
that are visible immediately.
"I would think is already building an early solution
to the two countries, but we can not forget that we
are in an electoral moment in Colombia and
especially in Venezuela, and that the strategy being
proposed Maduro is seeking the unifying factor in
Venezuela inventing a problem outside, "said the
academic.
The internationalist Rafael Nieto was not optimistic
about the usefulness of these quotes. "There will
be a statement in both scenarios of some foreign
ministries concerned with the issues of human
rights and international humanitarian law, but
nothing more," said the expert. (See also: 'Guards
have abused Venezuelan Colombian women':
Attorney )
Mission Site
The internationalist Gil also stated
that Colombia should ask the OAS and
Unasur an in situ mission, ie to move
to the border and collate the facts
that are happening there.
"Colombia must stand in the request
for a mission to other countries to see
what is happening, but we have to
understand is that this goes for long,
which is not going to solve this
week. This is the first phase of the
Colombian strategy and can not burn
all cartridges, go climbing, "he said.
EE. UU. EU and demand respect for the DD. HH.
U N I T E D S TAT E S Y E S T E R D AY U R G E D
COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA SEEK A
D I P L O M AT I C S O LU T I O N TO T H E B O R D E R
C R I S I S A N D S A I D T H AT D E P O R TAT I O N S
SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
I N T E R N AT I O N A L L A W A N D R E S P E C T F O R
HUMAN RIGHTS.
" T H E S TAT E D E PA R T M E N T S U P P O R T S T H E
EFFORTS OF COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA TO
R E S O LV E T H E C O N F L I C T D I P L O M AT I C A L LY
(...) WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH BOTH
C O U N T R I E S A N D O T H E R R E G I O N A L PA R T N E R S
TO FIND A SOLUTION," HE SAID IN A
S T A T E M E N T.
However, Venezuela, through its Foreign
Minister Delcy Rodríguez, rejected that
offer and asked EE. UU. "Not to interfere".
The European Union (EU) also spoke about
the crisis and said the border closure and
the expulsion of Colombian threatening
stability in the region, so that "we must
avoid an escalation".
For its part, Panama offered to mediate to
find a solution to the crisis. (See
also: Government makes call control
'avivatos' crisis in Cucuta )
Paramilitarism and smuggling
A L S O M O N D A Y, C O L O M B I A N P R E S I D E N T
JUAN MANUEL SANTOS, SAID IN A
S TAT E M E N T T H AT I T W I L L D E F E N D
WITH "FIRMNESS" TO THEIR CITIZENS, BUT
A D D E D T H AT " T H E F I R M N E S S R E Q U I R E D
WISDOM AND PRUDENCE OF DIPLOMACY".
THE PRESENCE OF COLOMBIAN
G U E R R I L L A S A N D PA R A M I L I TA R I E S , A S
WELL AS FUEL SMUGGLING FROM
V E N E Z U E L A A N D R E G U L AT E D P R I C E
PRODUCTS SOLD BELOW THEIR MARKET
VA LU E , H AV E M A D E T H E B O R D E R A P L AC E
O F C O N S TA N T S O C I A L T E N S I O N I N R E C E N T
YEARS
While the government says this is
a product of the paramilitary
incursion in Venezuela, the
opposition blames the
government Maduro of social and
economic "disaster".
Venezuela's main opposition
coalition, the Democratic Unity
Roundtable, said Monday that the
border measures seek to "justify
the suspension of parliamentary
elections" scheduled for
December 6, to which the
government gets hit in the polls
by crises by high inflation and
shortages of products.
Deportations
Venezuelan authorities
reported that since the
beginning of the last official
campaign to eradicate crime
and border smuggling have
deported 1,012 were
undocumented Colombians in
Venezuela.
"The priority must be to
meet those affected and
prevent tampering and the
worsening of the situation
for electoral purposes and
part of the border," says
Nicholas Carrillo
Santarelli, international
law doctor.
The latest measures and speeches from
Venezuela, defended with arguments about the
need to counter Colombian paramilitary actions
and smugglers have dramatically affected many
Colombians residing (irregularly) in the
neighboring country and have led to an
escalation between tension between the two
Caribbean nations. Those measures concern the
partial closure of borders and expulsion of
Colombians who might well be described as
massive and accelerated, and have generated
real human dramas, in the long term, could
affect the populations of both countries and
seriously affect bilateral relations, if some
voices calling for drastic measures in both
sectors are heard.
Because of the seriousness of the situation, where children were
allegedly separated from their families, expelled Colombians have fled
their property, and there are voices calling on Colombia to retire as
members of UNASUR on the grounds that this international
organization has been partial to In light of statements by its
Secretary General, Ernesto Samper (Colombia's president), should
analyze what possible reasons for the decision may underlie the
recent Venezuelan decisions (executive with parliamentary support)
just on the verge of parliamentary elections in an area where
accusations support or tolerance of armed groups have come from
the two countries (in Colombia has long claimed the alleged tolerance
of the presence of guerrillas in Venezuelan territory, where
perpetrators operations). He examined these possible motivations,
will consider whether there may be current or potential international
law violations in this case and if there are consequences that are
inappropriate or even when they were condemned internationally
unlawful. Finally, what possibilities there response and reaction in the
light of what has been proposed and done from the Republic of
Colombia will be examined.