“In no way is the United States interested in upholding democracy. If that were the case, it would not have financed coups d’etat and supported dictators.” Morales said at a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday chaired by Tromp.

Later, Morales accused the United States of promoting torture and said the Trump administration had “separated migrant children from their families and put them in cages.”

“In 1953, the United States financed, planned and implemented a coup d’etat against a democratically elected government,” he said, referring to Iran. “After that, for many decades the United States supported an authoritarian government that allowed the profits from oil companies to line the pockets of transnational countries.

“This situation endured until the revolution of 1979,” Morales added. “And now that Iran has retaken control of its own resources, it is once again the victim of a U.S. siege.”

The Bolivian leader also said that the United States was responsible for the “most egregious acts of aggression committed during the 21st century,” including the military invasion of Iraq, the military intervention in Libya and the civil war in Syria. Morales also criticized Trump for threatening Venezuela and for its opposition to the International Criminal Court.