{"id":4584,"date":"2016-09-27T12:51:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2016-09-27T14:28:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T18:28:45","slug":"nam-summit-in-venezuela-exposes-dismal-reality-of-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2016\/09\/27\/nam-summit-in-venezuela-exposes-dismal-reality-of-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Aligned Summit in Venezuela Exposes Dismal Reality of Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Joshua Corpuz
\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

From September 13 to 18, Venezuela hosted the annual Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit on Margarita Island off Venezuela\u2019s Caribbean Coast to discuss member states\u2019 domestic conflicts.<\/p>\n

Venezuela, chair of the summit, \u201cspent more than $120 million to wine and dine international heads of state,\u201d according to United Press I<\/a>nternational. Out of 120 NAM member states, however, fewer than a dozen leaders attended the summit. Noteworthy attendees were Zimbabwe\u2019s president, Robert Mugabe, and Iran\u2019s president, Hassan Rouhani. Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, was absent, marking only the second time that one of the founding states did not attend a summit in the movement’s 55-year history.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s NAM summit agenda included the plight of the Palestinians, Cuba\u2019s relationship with the United States, and the domestic and political problems faced by Venezuela and its president, Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n

Maduro deemed the 17th<\/sup> meeting to be one \u201cremembered for centuries,\u201d as reported by Al Jazeera<\/a>.\u00a0In preparation for the summit, Venezuela repainted roads, boosted security, and stocked supermarkets on Margarita Island for the international guests.<\/p>\n

Conference preparation only riled up citizens like Henrique Capriles, an opposition leader in Venezuela, who decried \u201cmillions of dollars of Venezuelans\u2019 money spent for the government\u2019s ego.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times<\/a>, Venezuela has been suffering widespread food shortages and triple-digit inflation. There have been rallies to remove President Maduro from power because of his socialist and isolationist policies that have not helped Venezuela’s situation.<\/p>\n

Venezuela\u2019s chairmanship presented an opportunity for Maduro’s government to gain support from NAM allies. According to TeleSur<\/a>, the conference in Venezuela \u201cpresented a strategic plan\u00a0to strengthen the international body and turn it into \u201cspearhead\u201d- to transform the United Nations system.\u201d.<\/p>\n

During the summit, President Rouhani of Iran passed chairmanship of the NAM to Maduro with pride and hope for the pact\u2019s future. \u201cWithout doubt, the approvals and outcome of this significant summit with the slogan of \u2018peace, sovereignty and solidarity for development\u2019 are yet<\/a> another important step towards the realization of the noble goals of our movement,\u201d Rouhani said in his keynote address. Rouhani\u00a0alluded to his country’s historic nuclear deal,\u00a0describing\u00a0\u201cplans of negotiations and talks as the best type of solution to resolve and global and regional conflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Non-Aligned Movement was established in 1961 to help de-escalate the Cold War and let countries have an option to be aligned with neither the United States nor the Soviet Union. The movement upholds the principle of self-determination, rejects foreign military bases, and\u00a0advocates for the preservation of\u00a0national independence.<\/p>\n

According to Foreign Policy, the group was \u201conce a significant force in international politics, helping unite countries fighting for independence during the end of colonialism and pressing for international attention to the developing world.\u201d Since the end of the Cold War, however, the movement has been slowly losing its prestige on the global landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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