The United States government said on Monday that Latin American countries “need to decide which side they are,” after they were divided over the American offensive on Sunday (22) against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
According to information from the newspaper Buenos Aires Herald, a high employee of the US State Department, whose name was not disclosed because it was a press conference only for Spanish-speaking vehicles, reiterated the Trump management argument that Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba regimes, allies of Iran, are “enemies of humanity” and caught the attention of other Latin American governments.
“Today is a great time for countries in the region to decide which side they are on: whether they will support a regime that is a state promoting terrorism or what other position they will adopt,” said the employee. “This is a decision that each country should consider.”
The press conference anticipated topics from the 55th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), which will be held this week in Antigua and Barbuda.
Following the United States bombings, Iran’s uranium enrichment plants, the Lula government said in a statement that the attacks represented a “violation of the sovereignty of Iran and international law.”
Venezuela dictator Nicolás Maduro went to the same line when describing the offensive as “a criminal act that violated international law, the United Nations Charter and even ignored US laws, endangering life and peace.”
In turn, Argentine President Javier Milei celebrated the attacks and said that Iran “is an enemy of Argentina,” and the Paraguayan government, led by the conservative Santiago Peña, expressed support “to the people of Israel and the right to protect their existence” and said that he was following “the actions taken by allied countries.”
