His Excellency

President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20500

March 12, 2015

Dear President Obama,

We greet you as a brother in Christ Jesus our Lord, with love and respect, in compliance

with the mandate that we must love even those who behave as enemies against us.

What happened to you, dear brother? What became of that brave and enlightened Obama

who in 2008, and throughout his presidential campaign, talked about change, REAL change

which people could believe in? You inspired hope among millions, both in the United States

and around the world, including us.

We remember opinion polls registering a dangerously significant number of African

Americans not being in favor of your being elected, but not because they didnt like you or because they didnt agree with the things you were saying. They loved you too much. They didnt want you to be murdered by the industrial-military-financial complex which they felt would certainly do so if you had the courage to carry through with your vision and promise

to have the United States return to membership in the human community. That is, to stop

the U.S. from behaving in a way that could only generate ever greater wars, to the point of

wiping out our own human species.

You personally knew that the United States was the most hated country in the history of the

world for its arrogance and diabolical national objective of full spectrum dominance.

Contrary to what was the case with leaders such as Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush,

who were never ever accused of being intelligent, you are clearly an intelligent person.

Besides that, you showed signs of deeply rooted ethical and moral values and adherence to

the principles and values proclaimed by Jesus and, in fact, by all great spiritual leaders of the

world regardless of religion.

What prompts us, dear brother, to write this letter is your extremely shameful Executive

Order of March 9, 2015 declaring a National Emergency with respect to the unusual and

extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by

the situation in Venezuela. It could not fail to remind us of a similar Order issued by Reagan

more than three decades ago to grant a free hand in launching his Contra War against

Nicaragua in the 1980s. We say shameful and extremely hypocritical, but also your Executive Order is a flagrant violation of international law by constituting a threat of the use

of force against Venezuela and, at the same time, serving as a stimulus to your Venezuelan

lackeys to continue in their efforts to destabilize the country.

You should know, dear brother, that in Latin America there is a growing sense of unity and

solidarity in what people in the region consider to be their extended Latinamerican-

afrocaribbean Fatherland.

While fully rejecting your arrogant and interventionist Executive Order, we entreat you to

turn to Jesus, brotherhood and solidarity and to reject, once and for all, the demons of greed,

war and full spectrum dominance.

You will continue to be in our prayers for you, your loved ones, your country and our world.

Gods amazing grace would not fail you, if only you do not turn your back on Him.

Love and blessings,

Miguel dEscoto Brockmann, M.M. Nicaragua

Bishop Pedro Casaldliga Brazil

Ramsey Clark U.S.A.

Leonardo Boff Brazil

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton U.S.A

Cc. Pope Francis