VE–43. Editorial Note
On June 3, 1960, the Inter-American Peace Committee of the Organization of American States issued a report, in which the United States concurred, which concluded that the Dominican Republic had contributed to political tensions in the Caribbean area by its flagrant violation of human rights, including the use of intimidation and terror as a political weapon. Seven Latin American nations, including Venezuela, had already broken diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic before the Sixth Meeting of Consultation of the American Foreign Ministers convened on August 16, 1960, in San José to discuss the problem which the Trujillo regime presented to the hemisphere. At this meeting, the Government of Venezuela charged the Dominican Government with aggression and intervention, and on August 20, 1960, the Foreign Ministers voted unanimously to condemn the Dominican acts and resolved to break diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic and to interrupt, partially, economic relations with that country. For documentation concerning the matter, see ETA–44; CO–32; DR–26–28, 30; ES–18.