General-in-Chief Vladimir Padrino López, Venezuela’s Minister of Defense, denounced on Friday that the Trump Administration wants to start a war based on lies, as it did previously in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Libya, and Syria. He emphasized that, in perfect civic-police-popular unity, the country remains united and in rebellion against war and imperialism, and will not surrender to its threats.
In a forceful message delivered during the commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the Integrated Aerospace Defense Command, Padrino López stated that the Trump Administration wants to subjugate the Bolivarian nation with lies and that surrender is a historical impossibility.
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He recalled that using slander is part of imperialism’s historical strategy. He outlined how they began with the story of the nonexistent Tren de Aragua gang and even claimed that mentally ill people and members of criminal gangs were sent en masse to the U.S.
“We are prepared to defend our country. Make no mistake, do not underestimate us. Your military deployment and your psychological operations will not break our spirit,” stated Padrino, who also affirmed that they are not afraid of the overflights of their fighter jets.
He addressed the people of the U.S. He distinguished between their heroic citizens, whom we love, he said, and the supremacist and lying administration, which doesn’t care if its young people return as corpses, he asserted.
He affirmed that this government is an instrument of war and urged his people to heed Venezuela’s cry for peace, its willingness to resolve conflicts through dialogue and politics, not through force. He condemned the hijacking of a Venezuelan oil tanker and the imperialist ambition to steal natural resources that do not belong to them.
They intend to bring Venezuela to its knees under a siege fueled by their illegal unilateral restrictive measures, he recalled, emphasizing that the aggression comes from the US power elite and their internal lackeys who play into the imperial game, not from Venezuela itself.
He asserted that the new generation of uniformed combatants, lovers of independence and sovereignty, are writing glorious and historic chapters.
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