Maduro trusts that in the US they will “tie the hands” of the “crazies” who want “a war”

Caracas.– The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, expressed confidence this Monday that the Americans will “tie the hands” of the “crazies” who, he assured, want “a war” in South America, amid tensions over the US naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea, which the Chavista leader considers a “threat” and an attempt to bring about a regime change. “I know that the people of the United States are going to tie the hands of the warmongering lunatics who want to impose a war for oil in South America,” the president stated in his weekly program ‘Con Maduro +’, broadcast by the state-owned channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). In addition, the Chavista leader assured that social and union movements, as well as Christian and Catholic churches in the United States and “many political leaders” are “fully aware of the value of peace in America and the value of respecting Venezuela”. In this context, he took the opportunity to send a message to those he called “embittered people of the world, of the empire.” “Bitter people of the world, of the empire, leave your bitterness. Don’t worry, be happy. No crazy war, no blood for oil, is our message to the beloved people of the United States of America,” Maduro indicated in English.

Protests in Venezuela against foreign aggression

He also thanked the protesters who took to the streets this Monday to protest in Venezuela against the “US aggression”, referring to the air and naval deployment ordered by the United States since August under the argument of combating drug trafficking, but which the Chavista leader denounces as an attempt to remove him from power. The United States government does not recognize the legitimacy of Maduro in Venezuela and accuses him of leading the Cartel de los Soles, an alleged group linked to drug trafficking, although Venezuelan officials such as the Minister of Interior, Diosdado Cabello, consider it to be an “invention”. Venezuela, in response, has been in permanent military mobilization throughout its territory for months. The US naval deployment is the largest in the history of the North American country since the first Persian Gulf War (1990-1991), according to a study by experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).