Today, when the coronavirus pandemic puts the lives of millions of people worldwide at risk, actors of the protracted political conflict in Venezuela try to manage the outbreak separately, without paying attention to the clamor of millions of Venezuelans who face the challenge of Covid19 amid the Complex Humanitarian Emergency, with the profound deterioration of the health system and food security, and precarious access to water, electricity, gas, fuel, and employment. This stubborn behavior also leaves millions of compatriots in the diaspora without any possible or potential support from their country.
Current times require putting humanitarian emergencies before political interests. It is time for cooperation and coordination between political actors to face this enormous challenge that puts the lives of the population and the viability of the Venezuelan nation at risk. We are immersed in a deep social fragmentation under militarized forms of control, repression, and flagrant violations of human rights. Let us add to this the existence of weapons among the civilian population, the militarization and “siege” of some working-class neighborhoods, social unrest, anarchy, and social anomie. This context damages social cohesion, and provokes forms of confrontation and struggle for survival at the most primitive levels. It is time to strike a truce and put people’s lives first.
We call on political actors to agree on and build the commitments that make institutional advancement possible to add up the talents and strengths of our heterogeneous and plural society to overcome this very complicated situation. We need the support of experts, professionals, and leaders in different areas who can stop the pandemic before it causes more damage. It is urgent to establish a unified team, not of politicians or the military but of managers of experts in public health policies and epidemiology, doctors, psychologists, and other specialists capable of offering alternatives on how to deal with the confinement, of unifying the reports and information available to the public. A team supported by different sectors, with the credibility, efficiency, and effectiveness to impose guidelines to address the emergency on a day-to-day basis; with legitimacy to administer the reception and handling of international aid. This would contribute to strengthening the viability of proposals for financial relief to the country such as those recently proposed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Aquí Cabemos Todos (We All Fit Together) calls on individuals, groups, social organizations, unions, NGOs, and other social sectors to join this initiative. Our pressure will make a difference in this time of unprecedented challenges that demand citizen co-responsibility at a crucial moment for the future of Venezuela.
ALBERTO LOVERA, ARNALDO ESTE, FRANCISCO ALFARO, IGNACIO AVALOS, LUIS LANDER, LUZMELY REYES, MARGARITA LOPEZ MAYA, MARIA TERESA URREIZTIETA, MIREYA LOZADA, RAFAEL UZCATEGUI, VERONICA ZUBILLAGA.
Caracas, March 30, 2020.
SIGNING ORGANIZATIONS
- Acceso a la justicia
- Acción Solidaria
- Alianzas de Altura
- Averu
- Laboratorio ciudadano
- Avesa
- Centro de acción y defensa por los DDHH CADEF
- Centro de justicia y paz-CEPAZ
- Ciclovias Maracaibo
- Ciudadanía Con Compromiso A.C
- Comisión nacional de DDHH de la Federación de Colegios de Abogados de Venezuela. Mérida
- Comité de Derechos Humanos de la Guajira
- Comunidad en Movimiento A.C
- Conciencia Ciudadana A.C
- Control ciudadano para la seguridad, la defensa y la Fuerza Armada Nacional
- Convite AC
- JRS Venezuela
- Fundación Agua Clara
- Fundación Centro Gumilla
- Fundación de Derechos Humanos del Estado Sucre. Incide
- Fundación Emprendedores Solidarios. Lara
- Fundación para la Asistencia de Personas con Discapacidad Motriz.
- Instituto Mead de Venezuela A.C
- Reunificados. Org
- Mapani Venezuela
- Monitor social AC
- Movimiento Ciudadano Dale Letra
- Observatorio Global de Comunicación y Democracia. OGC
- Observatorio Electoral venezolano. OEV
- ORGANIZACIÓN STOP VIH
- Proyecta Ciudadanía A.C,
- PROVEA
- Red de apoyo psicológico. UCV-USB-UCAB-UNIMET
- Unión Vecinal para la Participación Ciudadana A.C
- Vicaria de DDHH de la Arquidiócesis de Barquisimeto
- Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). Tulane University
SIGNING INDIVIDUALS
- Alba Purroy
- Aloha Pinto
- Angel Álvarez
- Angel Blanco
- Angel Zambrano
- Antonia Luque
- Beatriz Marín Bolívar
- Carmen Piemonti
- Carmen Sosa
- Carlos Enrique Guzmán.
- Carlos Guerra García
- Carlos Medina
- Cesar Vásquez
- Claudia E Requejo
- Dina Rivas
- Eduardo Soto, S.J.
- Eduardo Torres
- Emily Mattar
- Enrique Gonzalez
- Elismenia Blanco
- Esther Mobilia
- Euglis Palma
- Gilianys Quintero Requejo
- Guillermo Miguelena
- Griselda Colina
- Héctor Vizcaya
- Humberto Rojas
- Indira Urbaneja
- Isabella Picón
- Iris Palma
- Jacqueline Richter
- Jairo García Méndez
- Jesús Castellanos
- Joel Tello
- José G González
- José Requena
- Juan Carlos Barreto
- Juan Escobar
- Juan Luis Sosa
- Judith Brazon
- Judith Vega
- Keymer Avila
- Laurent Labrique
- Lexys Rendón
- Liliana Requejo
- Louis Holder
- Luis Esaa
- Luis Rojas
- Magdalena López
- Mairis Balza
- Manuel Mir
- Manuel Zapata, S.J.
- Marelis Alayon
- Maria Auxiliadora Mejías
- Maria Carolina Uzcategui
- Maria del Pilar Garcia Guadilla
- Maria E. Escobar
- Maria Fernanda Madrid
- Maria Gabriela Mata
- Mariangela González
- Maricruz Fadul
- Marino Alvarado
- Maritere Alvarado
- Marlene Rodríguez
- Melin Nava
- Mibelis Acevedo
- Mileida Ramirez
- Miguel Cañas
- Mirna Santoyo
- Morella Alvarado
- Nancy Cardozo
- Nelson Freitez
- Norkys Salcedo
- Olga Pacheco
- Oscar Murillo
- Oscarina Manchado
- Leonardo Marius
- Rafael Simón Jiménez
- Rocío San Miguel
- Rosa Urdaneta
- Rosimar Sosa
- Sergio Sánchez
- Seymar Liscano
- Soraida Pacheco
- Teresa Mulet
- Trinidad M Palma
- Tibisay Bolívar
- William Requejo Orobio
- Wilfrid Laurier
- Yaya Andueza
- Yonaide Sanchez
- Zenaida Tahhan
