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      </font><h1 class="gmail-reader-title">The U.S. Harasses Venezuela Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic</h1>March 26, 2020</div>

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                                                <p>Regardless of the human costs that the economic blockade causes to the Venezuelan people, <a href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-House-Panel-Accuses-Attorney-General-of-Contempt-Over-Mueller-Report-20190508-0023.html" target="_blank">the U.S. Attorney General William Barr</a> Thursday announced that his country will designate Venezuela as a state sponsoring terrorism.</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
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 <p><em><strong>RELATED:</strong></em></p> 
 <p><a href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/8-Nations-Address-Letter-to-UN-Chief-Urging-Sanctions-Be-Lifted--20200325-0024.html" target="_blank"><em><strong>8 Nations Address Letter to UN Chief Urging Sanctions Be Lifted</strong></em></a></p> 
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<p>The State Department also announced indictments against <a href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Calls-for-Dialogue-With-the-Opposition-Over-COVID-19-20200325-0023.html" target="_blank">President Nicolas Maduro</a>
 and other Venezuelan officials, whom the Trump administration accuses 
of having ties to international drug trafficking networks.</p>                                                    
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Additionally, the 
U.S. government offers US$15 million for "any information" leading to 
the arrest of the Bolivarian president as well as rewards of US$10 
million for information related to National Constituent Assembly (ANC) 
president Diosdado Cabello, Vice President Tareck El Aissami, former 
general Hugo Carvajal, and former military chief Cliver Alcala Cordones.</p>                                                      
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>To justify its 
arbitrary actions, the U.S. argues that Venezuela allowed the then 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to use its national 
airspace to transport drugs and "flood the U.S with cocaine," as the 
Southern District of New York Attorney Geoffrey Berman said.</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Since it is 
unrealistic to imagine that President Maduro could be arrested, the U.S.
 government's actions appear to be actually pointing at other 
targets.</p>                                                      
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                 
<p>One of them is to symbolically strengthen the blockade against 
the Bolivarian people at a time when the international community 
requests the lifting of sanctions that the U.S. keeps against Venezuela,
 Cuba, and Iran, the latter of which was also harassed with new 
sanctions on Thursday.</p>                                                        
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Charges against 
Venezuelan officials also occur when Colombia is losing its fight 
against drug trafficking, as both international and local authorities 
have been forced to admit.</p>                                                    
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>To divert attention 
from this, the Trump administration seeks to revive the accusation of an
 alleged alliance between Venezuela and the FARC, which is now a 
political party in Colombia.</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Finally, the U.S. 
government's actions against the Bolivarian people also occur amidst the
 campaign of unconventional military aggressions.</p>                                                     
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>On Thursday, 
President Maduro denounced that an arsenal of military weapons, which 
was seized in Colombia, was destined to provoke new attacks in 
Venezuela.</p>                                                    
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                        
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