Translated material
Avenged the "devil"
The Americans invited the Venezuelan Foreign Minister to spread his legs
Last Saturday, American authorities frayed the nerves of Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, who was returning home from New York from the 61st session of the UN General Assembly: the authorities at the American John F. Kennedy International Airport did not allow the diplomat to land, suspecting him of terrorism. In violation of diplomatic immunity, the minister’s documents and personal computer were confiscated and they wanted to subject him to a personal search in a special room.The proceedings dragged on for an hour and a half. A US State Department representative sent to resolve the conflict, according to Maduro, only aggravated the situation by ordering the diplomat and his companion to raise their hands and spread their legs. The minister claims that the police even threatened to use physical force.
Later, the US State Department apologized to Mr. Maduro and Caracas for the “regrettable” incident, but the minister considered them insufficient and said that he had sent an official protest to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demanding a public assessment of the illegal actions of the American authorities.
In the United States, the explanation for what happened was unclear: Maduro’s ticket for a commercial flight contained a “special code” indicating a possible terrorist. Maduro was allegedly involved in terrorist attacks during the 1992 Venezuelan coup. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who was one of the leaders of that coup, claims that Maduro did not participate in the events. The president, however, announced to the people that, on the orders of George Bush, an assassination attempt was being prepared on him, which, like the incident with Maduro in New York, would be revenge for the fact that he called the American president the devil.
This happened at the 61st session of the UN General Assembly. The day after the American leader’s speech at the UN, Chavez, ascending to the podium, said that after the speech, “The Devil still smells of sulfur.”
Nicolas Maduro also considered the incident at the airport “revenge for the truthful, anti-imperialist speech of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the General Assembly.” Calling the US government a “Nazi and racist government,” the minister rhetorically asked: “If this is how the Foreign Minister is treated, what will they do with turban-wearing Arabs?” And he added: “Hugo Chavez was right in proposing to move the UN headquarters from the United States to another country. Human rights are violated here, international law is violated, and foreign citizens and minority Americans are attacked and humiliated.”