PANAMA (Sputnik) — Early in March, US President Barack Obama signed the executive order declaring Venezuela a threat to the United States and sanctioning seven Venezuelan officials over alleged human rights abuses during mass demonstrations in 2014.
Shortly after that, activists in Venezuela launched a campaign "Obama, Venezuela is not a threat" that managed to get over 10 million signatures against the order in less than a month.
“Together with other brother nations we urge for this order to be repealed… It is absolutely ridiculous to see any of our [Latin American] countries as a threat to US national security,” Kirchner said at the Summit of the Americas in Panama.
The Summit of the Americas started on Friday evening and will last until April 11. The event is attended by delegations of 35 countries and the leaders of 33 states.
