<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div class="container font-size5 content-width3">
<div class="header reader-header reader-show-element"> <font
size="-2"><a class="domain reader-domain"
href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Attack-on-Venezuela-1st-step-in-US-Attempt-to-Recolonize-Latin-America-Maduro-20190222-0009.html">https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Attack-on-Venezuela-1st-step-in-US-Attempt-to-Recolonize-Latin-America-Maduro-20190222-0009.html</a></font>
<h1 class="reader-title">Attack on Venezuela 1st step in US
Attempt to Recolonize Latin America: Maduro</h1>
February 22, 2019</div>
<hr>
<div class="content">
<div class="moz-reader-content line-height4 reader-show-element">
<div id="readability-page-1" class="page">
<div>
<p>The United States has relaunched its colonialist
aspirations against Latin America, Venezuela's President
Nicolas Maduro warned Thursday during an interview with
the Iranian media HispanTV, adding that the Venezuelan
military was ready to defend the independence and
sovereignty of the Latin American nation.</p>
<p>"<a
href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/ALBA-Denounces-The-Return-of-US-Imperialist-Monroe-Doctrine-20181109-0020.html"
target="_blank">America for Americans</a>, that is,
all our America for them, all our riches and all our
power for them," Maduro said and added that Venezuela is
currently at center of an imperialist attack "because
they believe that, by reversing and destroying the
Bolivarian Revolution, they will be able to recolonize
and dominate the entire continent."</p>
<p>In Maduro's opinion, the <a
href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Trumps-Miami-Speech-High-on-Hyperbole-Against-Venezuela-Cuba-20190218-0015.html"
target="_blank">U.S. President Donald Trump</a> "has
allowed himself to be led to an extremist position of
foolishness, to an unattractive position. In addition,
he has hinted his true desire to dominate, conquer, and
subdue Venezuela."</p>
<p>The Venezuelan leader also denounced that, besides
being part of the U.S. geopolitical aspirations in Latin
America, Trump’s interventionist attitudes towards
Venezuela are triggered by the desire to seize the
country's enormous natural and mineral resources.</p>
<p>"Trump's problem is" Venezuela's riches, oil, gold,
gas, strategic minerals, wealth, water," to which the
great strength of the country is added when it comes to
controlling its own model economic, political, social
and cultural "added Maduro.</p>
<p>According to President Maduro, most of the polls show
that more than 90 percent of Venezuelans reject any U.S.
military aggression. This is so because his nation
is "united" around the rejection of Trump's statements.</p>
<p>Maduro emphasized that "Venezuela is for Venezuela,"
and pointed out that the entire offensive against his
nation is "a test."</p>
<p>"I'm sure that these challenges and these tests will
leave us more strengthened. I'm more than sure of that,"
he predicted.</p>
<p>Regarding the U.S. attempts to provoke a military
uprising in Venezuela, President Maduro stated that the
Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB), which is ready
to defend the homeland and is committed to the
Constitution. </p>
<p>"The FANB" is very aware and feels a great deal of
indignation (...) with the statements made by Donald
Trump, pretending to be (its) commander-in-chief (...),
giving orders to the Venezuelan military from Miami."</p>
<p>Maduro stressed that the FANB is ready to defend the
country’s territorial integrity and to respond to any
attempt to attack the peace, independence and
sovereignty of Venezuela.</p>
<p>"We are not afraid. We prepare ourselves with serenity
and we believe that with our preparation we will
guarantee peace in our country. The most important thing
is to continue in peace and resolve Venezuela's problems
in peace, in democracy, through dialogue", he said.</p>
<p>In the interview with HispanTV, Maduro also condemned
the transnational media corporations' campaign against
his government and the people of Venezuela. </p>
<p>"Every day there are great mobilizations of the people
in all the cities of the country. When the Venezuelan
opposition calls its mobilizations and marches, we
always make mobilizations two, three, four, five times
bigger, more powerful and more combative than the
opposition itself. However, BBC, CNN, NBC, Fox and all
the international media portrait only one side of the
events, making us invisible," he lamented.</p>
<p>On the delivery of the so-called <a
href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Rejects-Nazi-Like-Trump-Speech-Fake-Humanitarian-Aid-20190218-0020.html"
target="_blank">humanitarian aid</a>, which the U.S.
wants to deliver through the Colombian border, Maduro
stressed that, first and foremost, it is a show aimed at
camouflaging the U.S. provocation and aggression against
Venezuela.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, President Maduro reiterated his belief in
dialogue and diplomacy, despite the constant aggression
by the Trump administration.</p>
<p>"Despite the aggression and immense differences that we
have, that I have, with the U.S. government, I believe
in the working of words, diplomacy and politics. I'm
sure that if Donald Trump and I talk, if he hears the
Venezuela’s truth, things could take a different
direction," Maduro said.</p>
<p>Regarding the forthcoming arrival of the <a
href="http://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Uruguay-Prepares-to-Host-EU-Meeting-on-Venezuelan-Crisis-20190203-0014.html"
target="_blank">European Union-Uruguay technical
delegation</a> to Caracas, the Venezuelan President
expressed that they will be welcome "if they come with
respect,” although he regretted that the EU has been
deceived by the Venezuelan right-wing.</p>
<p>"[The European Union’s] grave and big mistake is that
it only listens to one part... and believes all the
right-wing’s lies,” Maduro said and added that “Brussels
repeats the entire script written by the right and the
Donald Trump administration." </p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415 863.9977
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://freedomarchives.org/">https://freedomarchives.org/</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>