During a press conference with international media at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Nicolas Maduro stressed this year has been one of the hardest for Venezuela, which was marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and Washington’s coercive measures.
Thanks to the strategies outlined and the actions of the military forces, we could avoid and prevent external aggressions and those promoted within the country.
He stressed that Donald Trump’s policy on Venezuela and the so-called Plan 76 failed and the parliamentary elections were held in absolute peace and harmony, «just look at where Trump is, where Juan Guaido is and where we are.»
He explained that the US government came up with such a plan in September to «fill Venezuela with violence and blood, to use it to prop up his presidential candidacy» using a tough stance «against the Venezuelan regime», and preventing parliamentary elections. «They spoke about a red October of violence, death and blood «.
They sought out some criminal gangs to promote street riots, he stressed, but they did not achieve their objectives due to the strength of Venezuelan society, the desire for peace, due to the strength of democratic institutions and people.
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