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<h1 id="reader-title">'Venezuela not Enemy or Threat to US':
Open Letter to People in US<br>
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<div id="reader-estimated-time">September 6, 2017<br>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>"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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>"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."</p>
<p>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."</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>"Venezuela is neither an enemy of the United States nor
does it represent a threat to its security," the text
says.</p>
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