A message from Maduro to the United States -
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The message -
I am Nicolas Maduro, Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I want to send a message to the people of the United States to alert about the campaign, of the communications and psychological war that unfolds in the international media, especially in the US media, against Venezuela. A campaign has been prepared to justify a coup in Venezuela. It has been prepared, financed and actively supported by the Trump administration, as the public already knows. A brutal campaign of fake and doctored images has been put forward. Don't believe everything the media tells you. I say this from the bottom of my heart. Since they can't make up that Venezuela and Maduro have weapons of mass destruction in order to intervene against us, everyday they make up images, fake news, an onslaught against Venezuela, to justify an intervention against our country.
I call on your conscience. I call on your solidarity. I call for an awakening of the truth. Let's not allow another Vietnam in Latin America. If the United States intends to intervene against us, they'll have a Vietnam, worse than can be imagined Let's not allow violence. We are a people of peace, proud of our history, and of Simon Bolivar and Hugo Chavez.
We are a solid democracy. We're a people addressing our problems that arise everyday as in any other society. We are a people that deserve respect. We are a country with the certified greatest oil reserves in the world. And the eyes of those leading the US empire want to lay hands on our oil like they did in Iraq, like they did in Libya. No. Our oil belongs to us. We're certified with the first (largest) gold reserve in the world. We're certified having the fourth largest gas reserve in the world. We're a country of great energy resources, natural resources. That's the real truth about the relentless attack on Venezuela.
So I call for an awakening of conscience, an awakening of solidarity in the United States, and to not allow President Donald Trump and the group of extremists surrounding him -- John Bolton, Mike Pompeo, the CIA, Mike Pence -- to not allow the extremist groups to impost their lies about Venezuela and the coup they support. Support Venezuela and its struggle for democracy. I'm counting on you, citizens of the US.
Here in Venezuela, you have a brother. I'm an admirer of the history of the United States. And I know it well. I've personally driven in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Washington. I know the United States deeply and I wish to have relations of respect and closeness of cooperation with all of the United States. The United States is much greater than Donald Trump -- much greater -- and I wish to have good relations and solve our problems. Let's take the path of diplomacy, of peace. I ask for respect for Venezuela. And I ask for the support of the people of the United States to prevent a new Vietnam, especially here in America. I ask for peace, I ask for respect. I am sure that we will go on the historic path because we are on the right side of history. We are on the right side of history.
Thank you very much.
https://www.facebook.com/100002981425701...079579287/
The message -
I am Nicolas Maduro, Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I want to send a message to the people of the United States to alert about the campaign, of the communications and psychological war that unfolds in the international media, especially in the US media, against Venezuela. A campaign has been prepared to justify a coup in Venezuela. It has been prepared, financed and actively supported by the Trump administration, as the public already knows. A brutal campaign of fake and doctored images has been put forward. Don't believe everything the media tells you. I say this from the bottom of my heart. Since they can't make up that Venezuela and Maduro have weapons of mass destruction in order to intervene against us, everyday they make up images, fake news, an onslaught against Venezuela, to justify an intervention against our country.
I call on your conscience. I call on your solidarity. I call for an awakening of the truth. Let's not allow another Vietnam in Latin America. If the United States intends to intervene against us, they'll have a Vietnam, worse than can be imagined Let's not allow violence. We are a people of peace, proud of our history, and of Simon Bolivar and Hugo Chavez.
We are a solid democracy. We're a people addressing our problems that arise everyday as in any other society. We are a people that deserve respect. We are a country with the certified greatest oil reserves in the world. And the eyes of those leading the US empire want to lay hands on our oil like they did in Iraq, like they did in Libya. No. Our oil belongs to us. We're certified with the first (largest) gold reserve in the world. We're certified having the fourth largest gas reserve in the world. We're a country of great energy resources, natural resources. That's the real truth about the relentless attack on Venezuela.
So I call for an awakening of conscience, an awakening of solidarity in the United States, and to not allow President Donald Trump and the group of extremists surrounding him -- John Bolton, Mike Pompeo, the CIA, Mike Pence -- to not allow the extremist groups to impost their lies about Venezuela and the coup they support. Support Venezuela and its struggle for democracy. I'm counting on you, citizens of the US.
Here in Venezuela, you have a brother. I'm an admirer of the history of the United States. And I know it well. I've personally driven in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Washington. I know the United States deeply and I wish to have relations of respect and closeness of cooperation with all of the United States. The United States is much greater than Donald Trump -- much greater -- and I wish to have good relations and solve our problems. Let's take the path of diplomacy, of peace. I ask for respect for Venezuela. And I ask for the support of the people of the United States to prevent a new Vietnam, especially here in America. I ask for peace, I ask for respect. I am sure that we will go on the historic path because we are on the right side of history. We are on the right side of history.
Thank you very much.