Latin America raises its voice against Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla http://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/secciones/nota/72843-NN/america-latina-levanta-su-voz-contra--ataque-israeli-a-flotilla-de-la-libertad/

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro on Monday led a meeting with Arab communities in Caracas to protest the Israeli attack on one of the boats of the Flotilla of Liberty was meant to bring into the Gaza Strip humanitarian aid. Speaking at the meeting, Maduro demanded "the Palestinian people's right to statehood." He said one of the objectives of the activity was "most efficiently channeling all this struggle to repudiate and denounce these crimes" of Israel, because in that attack, were killed 19 activists who led the initiative of the Freedom Flotilla.

The unanimous request of the meeting is "to bring to international courts for these crimes do not go unpunished," said Maduro."We have enough for the joint uniformly, we can at the end of this meeting, set a work schedule," said, to "articulate a set of initiatives from our country, according (...) to justice.

" The Freedom Flotilla was comprised of six ships with about 700 people on board, women and men of different nationalities and religions, whose only goal was to bring relief to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, who live in humanitarian crisis. We need to "channel actions in the political, diplomatic, mass mobilization to prevent these crimes go unpunished," he said Maduro.

"Argentina makes a strong call for immediate cessation of acts of violence which worsen the situation in the Middle East, and the lifting of the blockade of the Gaza population, allowing free movement of persons and the entry of humanitarian aid to the region "said the statement. Buenos Aires, "urge the strict observance of international humanitarian law and UN resolutions for achieving a just and lasting peace in the region," continued the letter. For its part Chile deplored "the violent reaction of the Israeli forces" and rejected "the use of force in all its forms," read a statement from the Foreign Ministry. 

The Brazilian government expressed its shock at the bombing and summon the Israeli ambassador in Brazil to express his outrage at the incident. The Brazilian Foreign Ministry said the Israeli diplomat is quoted on request and also the administration, presiding Luiz Inacio da Silva, expressed concern about the Brazilian filmmaker Iara Lee, who was traveling in the flotilla attacked. "With shock and dismay, the Brazilian government learned of the Israeli attack on one of the ships of the flotilla carrying international humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip," said Foreign Ministry in a statement. 

"Brazil condemns, in vehement terms, the Israeli action, since there is no justification for military intervention in a peaceful flotilla, purely humanitarian," emphasized the Brazilian text. The Foreign Ministry demanded an end to the blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza, which limits access of basic necessities such as medicines, food and other products into the Palestinian territory. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia, expressed outrage at Israeli aggression and called for crime to be investigated. Bolivia expressed "outrage at the heinous attack" and urged "relevant international agencies to initiate investigations aimed at punishing those directly responsible for these acts of extreme criminal violence." 

Paraguay's Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, raised his "strong rejection" of what happened and condemned "the use of any force which violates the fundamental principles of international law." For what it called "peaceful and constructive dialogue in order to avoid loss of human lives."