The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, stated on Wednesday that the demands made by his US counterpart, Donald Trump, are part of "a militaristic and colonialist pretense." "Simply, it is a militaristic and colonialist pretense," Maduro emphasized. He also added that "Venezuela will not be a colony of anyone" and specified: "I have no doubts that our people, in perfect civic, military, and police union, will prevail our historical rights over our land, our riches, minerals, oil." "All the peoples of Latin America are raising their voices," he pointed out, while referring to his meeting with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres: "I exposed what has been the escalation of aggressions." "We have the force and reason and the support of the peoples of the world before the warmongering, illegal, and disproportionate escalation. Venezuela will continue to trade all its products. We have said it enough, the truth has been unveiled: they intend a regime change to impose a puppet government that will come to hand over our sovereignty and turn Venezuela into a colony," he indicated. According to what the Argentine News Agency was able to learn, the Venezuelan president affirmed that his country will continue to trade all its products, its oil, and other natural riches that belong to its sole owner, the people, in the face of the manifest threat in Trump's statements. "It is illegal according to all agreements to impede free naval commerce in the seas and oceans of the world. Buenos Aires, December 17 (NA) -- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, affirmed this Wednesday that the demands made by his counterpart from the United States, Donald Trump, form part of "a militaristic and colonialist pretense." We are defending what is most sacred that a country has: the right to life of its people," he specified. Maduro assured that the immense majority of the US population is against any aggression and military war: "The eternal wars that have destroyed countries and have destroyed a good part of their youth." "We will defend our Constitution. It is time for respect for international law," he concluded. "#AgencyNA" "Simply, it is a militaristic and colonialist pretense. The commerce of our oil and our natural riches that belong to its sole legitimate owner for the centuries will continue: the sovereign Venezuelan people. It is not the time of corsairs."
