Russia condemns the inhumane economic blockade and US threats against Venezuela, while the South American country fights against the new coronavirus.
“Washington’s decision to start its military operation to interrupt drug trafficking in Latin America, which is accompanied by increased military activity near Venezuela, may have totally unpredictable and negative consequences, given current circumstances,” she warned Thursday. the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajárova.
The spokeswoman has stated that Russia doesn’t avoid contacts with the United States. on the subject of Venezuela, but he will never change his position on the matter and he will never accept the policy of cruel sanctions applied by Washington against Caracas.
She has also criticized that just at the moment when Venezuela – which has received humanitarian aid from Cuba, China and Russia – is making efforts to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the United States, on the contrary, seeks to truncate the government’s efforts Venezuelan.
On the other hand, Zajárova has emphasized the need for a dialogue of peace between Venezuelans, but without pressure from outside.
US President Donald Trump announced a few days ago that the US It will launch, along with 22 other countries, an anti-drug operation in the western hemisphere and will deploy its Navy and Air Force military reinforcements in the Caribbean Sea and in the South Pacific.
This announcement came days after Washington accused Maduro and several members of his Cabinet of being involved in a plot of “narcoterrorism” and offered $ 15 million for the capture of the Bolivarian president.
The US measure is seen from Venezuela as another attempt to attack the Bolivarian Revolution and its main leaders. The Venezuelan president has assured that the US, in case of attacking Venezuela, will face Bolivarian fury and will be defeated not only in his country but throughout Latin America.
