(VOVworld) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed his appreciation Thursday to domestic and world supporters who collected signatures demanding that US President Barack Obama repeal his executive order stigmatizing Venezuela. Maduro said the petition should make Obama recognize that Venezuela is not a security threat to the US as stated in the executive order and he should revoke the order. Maduro added that late President Hugo Chavez's legacy has united Latin American nations, which are now moving towards a new independence.
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| President Nicolas Maduro carries a box containing signatures during a rally in Caracas April 9, 2015. (Photo: Reuters) |
On March 19th Venezuela began collecting 10 million signatures protesting the US executive order. The signatures will be given to Obama at the Summit of the Americas scheduled for April 10-11 in Panama. 10.42 million Venezuelans had signed the petition as of Thursday.
The campaign received worldwide support, notably from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), the Bolivarian Alternative for the People of Our America (ALBA), the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).