[News] 'Venezuela not Enemy or Threat to US' - Open Letter to People in US

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  'Venezuela not Enemy or Threat to US': Open Letter to People in US

September 6, 2017
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An open letter from the people of Venezuela to their counterparts in the 
United States urges them to demand U.S. President Donald Trump stop its 
"warmongering" and called on the people to join Venezuela in defending 
peace, freedom, and cooperation between the two nations.

The letter, which was published in the New York Times and the Hill, 
includes Trump's recent threat of a direct military intervention and the 
unilateral economic sanctions on the country, that the letter notes is 
intended "to economically isolate Venezuela.

"These threats and unilateral decisions will affect our economy and our 
means to obtain resources for food, healthcare and production, seriously 
impairing our citizens' everyday life," the letter says.

It further states that this was recognized by the U.S. government to be 
the same plan used in 1973 to overthrow the government of Salvador 
Allende in Chile which paved the way for the dictatorship of Augusto 
Pinochet.

"Furthermore, these actions also affect ordinary U.S. citizens who would 
face the possibility of a hike in gasoline prices," says the open 
letter. "While thousands of workers risk losing their hard-earned 
savings as retirement funds are affected by the ban on Venezuelan bonds."

The letter, which was published by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, warns, 
"As was the case in Iraq, we might be on the verge of an unfair and 
baseless military intervention, where oil is paramount."

These actions create problems inside the U.S. making life harder, while 
outside it "generates global rejection and resentment towards the U.S. 
government and indirectly towards its people, who have nothing to do 
with these warmongering actions," the letter explains.

The latest sanctions ban the trading of Venezuelan debt and prevent the 
country's state-run oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, from selling 
new bonds to U.S. citizens or financial groups.

"Venezuela is neither an enemy of the United States nor does it 
represent a threat to its security," the text says.

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