The unipolar world that the US wanted is over: Scholar

An American human rights and peace activist has said that the United States has plenty of missiles and bombs but very little humanitarian assistance to offer to the world, adding that all this shows that “the unipolar world that the US wanted is over.”

Daniel Kovalik, who teaches international human rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has hailed Iran, Russia, China, and Cuba as real friends of Caracas and expressed gratitude for their humanitarian aid.

"Humanitarian aid is coming from China, Russia, Iran and Cuba. They are true friends," Maduro said in a televised speech on Sunday.

He also rebuked the US, saying Washington had promised $20 million in aid, "but not a single dollar came through".

The United States has over the past few years imposed harsh economic sanctions on the oil-rich South American country to pressure the country's President Maduro to step down, forcing millions of Venezuelans to abandon their homeland due to a lack of basic food and necessities.

The sanctions, which include the illegal confiscation of Venezuelan assets abroad and an economic blockade, have caused enormous suffering for millions of people in the country.

Last month, Iranian tankers delivered much-needed gasoline to the Latin American country facing a fuel crisis.

Upon the arrival of the first Iranian tanker, Venezuelans stormed Twitter to express gratitude towards Tehran for the shipments.

Venezuela hails Iran, Russia, China, Cuba as true friends

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hails Iran, Russia, China, and Cuba as real friends of Caracas.

Kovalik said, “The huge irony in all this is that while the US is critical of all the countries you've just named (China, Russia, Iran and Cuba) in terms of their human rights policy, the truth is those are the countries that have really shown true solidarity during this COVID-19 crisis.”

“Cuba stepped up by sending doctors and supplies to many different countries including some in Western Europe like Italy to fight the pandemic when Italy said they had been abandoned by the EU,” he added.  

“The US sanctions against Venezuela has denied it critical medicines, before this crisis and during it. Meanwhile, Russia sent five months worth of insulin to Venezuela -- insulin being one of the things that Venezuela can't get because of the sanctions,” he stated.

“I think what this is all showing is that the unipolar world that the US wanted is over, and people are going to be looking to countries like China and Russia and Iran and Cuba now for help, because they see that the US has very little help to give. The US has missiles and has bombs plenty, but very little help to give,” he noted.

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