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<h1 id="reader-title">Bolivia’s Morales Slams US Venezuela
Sanctions as ‘Financial Blow’<br>
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<p>The Bolivian President Evo Morales has slammed the
United States’ <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Venezuela-Sanctions-Will-Make-Food-Shortages-Worse-Warns-Economist-20170825-0034.html">latest
round of sanctions against Venezuela</a>, calling them
a “financial blow”.</p>
<p>"For imperialism and its agents, it is a double crime
to be an Indigenous person and tell the truth. Despite
racist attacks, the struggle for dignity will continue,"
Morales added.</p>
<p>He condemned the sanctions as an “economic coup against
Venezuela” which violate “principles of sovereign
equality.”</p>
<p>Morales also denounced the Secretary-General of
Organization of American States Luis Almagro, the former
Mexican President Vicente Fox and other “accomplices of
the coup” for remaining silent in the wake of the
measures.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="es">Golpe económico de Trump contra
Venezuela es represalia, atenta contra principios de
igualdad soberana e integración de países de la ONU.</p>
— Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) <a
href="https://twitter.com/evoespueblo/status/901445638436552704">August
26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<p><strong>"Trump's economic coup against Venezuela is
reprisal, in violation of principles of sovereign
equality and integration of UN countries."</strong></p>
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<p>This week Bolivia also expressed its willingness to
help organize the World Summit in Solidarity with
Venezuela, which has been called for by the Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro, with the objective of
rejecting international aggression against the country.</p>
<p>The latest sanctions ban the trading of Venezuelan debt
and prevents the country's state-run oil company,
Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, from selling new
bonds to U.S. citizens or financial groups.</p>
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<p>The sanctions also come just weeks after the U.S.
President Donald Trump issued a <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Libya-Iraq-Are-Lessons-Antigua-Slams-US-Threats-Against-Venezuela-20170825-0017.html">military
threat against Venezuela</a>.</p>
<p>“We have many options for Venezuela and by the way, I’m
not going to rule out a military option,” Trump told
reporters.</p>
<p>“A military operation and military option is certainly
something that we could pursue.”</p>
<p>His comments were widely rejected by regional leaders.</p>
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