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<h1 class="reader-title">Venezuelans March Against Attack on
Electric Grid System in Anti-imperialist Day</h1>
March 9, 2019</div>
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<p>Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets Saturday
to march against interventionism in the country, as part
of the celebrations of the national Bolivarian
Anti-imperialist Day. </p>
<p>The march started at 09:00 a.m. local time from
the headquarters of Venezuela's TV Channel 8 and it
mobilized down Av. Libertador de Caracas to the
Presidential Palace of Miraflores, where President
Nicolas Maduro and the countries political leaders
received the gathering crowd. </p>
<p>“Today, as the U.S empire, in its desperate attempt to
take our natural resources intensified their brutal
aggression against the Homeland, we firmly stand up to
defend our land and scream with force: Yankee Go Home!
We are anti-imperialist!,” tweeted President Maduro. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="es">Hoy, cuando el imperio de los
EE.UU., en su desespero por echarle mano a
nuestros recursos naturales, intensifica sus
brutales agresiones contra la Patria, nos
plantamos con firmeza para defender nuestra tierra
y gritar con fuerza: ¡Yankee Go Home! ¡Somos
Antiimperialistas! <a
href="https://t.co/eGeU3qHZqB">pic.twitter.com/eGeU3qHZqB</a></p>
— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) <a
href="https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro/status/1104432249246830592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March
9, 2019</a> </blockquote>
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<p>The Anti-imperialist Day is held every March 9 to
commemorate the same date in 2015 when former U.S.
President Barack Obama announced the first decree
against Venezuela, by considering it a threat to the
North American nation.</p>
<p>As crowds carrying messages of support gathered in
plaza beneath Palace of Miraflores, high ranking
authorities received them, such as Venezuelan Foreign
Minister Jorge Arreaza, who congratulated the people for
their resistance in the hours after the blackout.</p>
<p>"This is a country that resists and that is why we are
going to get out of all difficulties!" assured Arreaza,
while calling for unity and support for President
Maduro.</p>
<p>Another participant was the president of the National
Constituent Assembly (ANC), Diosdado Cabello, who
assured that the unity of the Venezuelan people and the
Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) is "getting
stronger every day."</p>
<p>Cabello demanded respect for the sovereignty of the
country and also highlighted the popular courage in the
face of the greatest attack in Venezuela's history to
against its electric service. In addition, he emphasized
that in Venezuela there have been no acts of violence
and that the government is working to restore all
services throughout the country. </p>
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