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Moscow, Dec 11.- The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reiterated this Wednesday his call to put an end to U.S. illegal intervention in Latin America and the rest of the world, a trail written in terms of wars, regime changes, and invasions.
"From Venezuela, we ask for and demand an end to the illegal and brutal intervention of the U.S. government in Venezuela and Latin America. From Venezuela, we demand: enough of regime change policies, coups d'état, and invasions in the world. No more Vietnam, No more Somalia, No more Iraq, No more Afghanistan, No more Libya. Enough of eternal wars, damn it! Enough of imperial wars! Enough of imperial massacres!" demanded the head of state from a mass rally in Caracas.
Maduro also alluded to what he called "a powerful public opinion movement worldwide, rejecting the military aggression by the U.S. government against Venezuela and the Caribbean."
According to him, "almost 70% of the U.S. people, according to polls, are against military aggression or a war in South America against Venezuela."
In that regard, he commented that last Saturday "there were more than 65 marches against the war for oil, against aggression towards Venezuela, supporting the Venezuelan people in their struggle for peace."
Since last August, the U.S. has maintained a significant military force deployed off the coast of Venezuela, justifying it as part of the fight against drugs. Washington later announced 'Operation Southern Lance', with the official purpose of "eliminating narco-terrorists" from the Western Hemisphere and "protecting" the U.S. "from the drugs that are killing" its citizens.
As part of these operations, bombings have been carried out against alleged drug traffickers' vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific, resulting in more than 80 people dead and with no proof that they were actually trafficking drugs.
Washington has accused, without presenting evidence, the Venezuelan head of state, Nicolás Maduro, of leading a drug trafficking cartel and has doubled the reward for his capture.
The UN and the DEA itself point out that Venezuela is not a main route for drug trafficking to U.S. soil, as more than 80% of drugs use the Pacific route.
Russia, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the governments of Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil have condemned the U.S. actions. Experts classify the attacks on vessels as summary executions that violate international law. (Text and photo: RT)
