Washington alliance with Maria Corina Machado has strengthened Venezuelan national unity.
During an interview with Ignacio Ramonet on Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro assessed the impact on his country of the relationship between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and far-right activist Maria Corina Machado.
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The Bolivarian leader emphasized that the link between the United States and the traditional oligarchy has generated growing rejection of Machado among Venezuelans, leaving her politically isolated and without domestic backing.
“Currently, the United States has no allied political force in Venezuela because Machado – whom Venezuelans call ‘Sayona,’ in reference to a legend about a vengeful, malevolent female spirit – has an 85 percent disapproval rating,” Maduro said.
“Never, neither Machado nor what she represents would have the capacity to govern this country,” the Venezuelan leader stressed.
Maduro also commented on the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, stating that threats against his country have fostered a sense of national sovereignty among his compatriots.
“The world and U.S. public opinion must understand that the Global South peoples have a right to exist… They must understand that they cannot try to impose the Monroe Doctrine or any other doctrine,” the Bolivarian leader stated.
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US president Donald Trump told a room full of journalists that the US will keep Venezuela’s oil as well as the ships.
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“They cannot impose a new colonialist, hegemonistic and interventionist model. They cannot impose a model in which countries would have to resign themselves to being colonies of a foreign power, and we the people slaves of new masters,” he emphasized.
The Bolivarian leader also highlighted that Venezuelans have shown resilience in the face of U.S. aggression, which is currently expressed through a “cognitive warfare.”
“As an immunological reaction, 95 percent of Venezuelan society rejects the military threats against their country and the assault and theft of their oil,” he stressed.
In Venezuela, a feeling of national unity has been reinforced each time the United States kills fishermen in the Caribbean Sea or lends legitimacy to Maria Corina Machado, a far-right opposition politician who has not hesitated to call for foreign military intervention against her own nation.
“The struggle I am waging in defense of national sovereignty and peace has the support of more than 70 percent of the population,” Maduro said, noting that this sentiment extends far beyond traditionally patriotic citizens or militants of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
“The union among the people, police and military now encompasses all sectors. We are experiencing a national union like we have never had before,” the Bolivarian leader said.
“That is the natural immunological response of Venezuelan society to the illegal, disproportionate, threatening and warlike aggression we have suffered for 28 consecutive weeks,” he concluded.
During his New Year’s interview with writer and journalist Ignacio Ramonet, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of #Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, let the people of the #US know that they have a friendly government and a friendly people in Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/LxQfSJio3N
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