Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, during the 99th broadcast of his program “Con Maduro Más,” condemned the statements made by far-right opposition leader María Corina Machado, who claimed that “60 percent of the Venezuelan population is involved in drug trafficking.”

Maduro strongly repudiated these accusations, calling them part of a fascist campaign seeking to justify the armed and bloody intervention of the United States in the country, which Machado has called for, demonstrating her hatred for the Bolivarian people.

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The president emphasized that 89% of Venezuelans reject the fascist opposition leader Machado, according to data revealed by a national survey conducted by DataViva, and underscored that this rejection is also expressed in the more than 300 nighttime marches taking place throughout the country to reaffirm the nation’s sovereignty.

Regarding Corina Machado’s hate campaign against Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro added: “They say she has a broken vertebra; what’s broken is her brain and soul (…). She hates Venezuela. She manipulates the four followers she has left. I, in general, don’t pay any attention to what she does, because she’s crazy, demented with hatred.”

US piracy doesn’t only affect Venezuela

The president also denounced the recent US intervention on a private vessel carrying a significant cargo of Venezuelan crude oil, which he described as an “act of piracy” that violates international law, and on which the international organizations questioned about these violations have not commented.

Maduro emphasized the seriousness of the accusation, warning that these actions not only threaten Venezuela, but also free trade and global international law, if powerful nations are allowed to commit acts of piracy without legal intervention.

The complaint extends to the need to know the whereabouts of the ship’s crew, which remain unknown, and on which the U.S. has not commented: “Five days have passed since the crew was kidnapped aboard the oil tanker, and their whereabouts are still unknown.”

“Where is the International Criminal Court? Where is Volker Türk, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, hiding? What are they doing about this act of piracy, where an armed group attacked a private ship carrying Venezuelan oil, and yet, five days later, the crew is still missing? Those who publicly claimed responsibility for this illegal act, what are they doing with the crew members?” the president emphasized.

Along the same lines, Maduro affirmed: “No one has a license to plunder, and Venezuela will be respected,” while thanking the people for their resounding response against “U.S. interference.” He also expressed his gratitude for the support shown by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the fight for freedom and dignity in Venezuela.

In this denunciation, the Venezuelan people have the support of a large part of the international community. “Friends of the UN Charter have publicly condemned the theft of our oil in the Caribbean Sea. We have the support of the world, including American public opinion, against this act of piracy,” the president affirmed.

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