Venezuela, Integral Defense Operational Zones reject U.S. and European Union sanctions

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Venezuela's 29 Operational Zones of Integral Defense (ZODI) have expressed their rejection of the recent sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union against Venezuelan government officials. teleSUR

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00:00In Venezuela, officials of the Integral Defense Operations Zone continue to express their

00:04support to President Nicolás Maduro, reaffirming their commitment to defend national peace

00:09and sovereignty.

00:11From different regions of the country, the members of the Integral Defense Operations

00:14Zone firmly condemn the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the U.S. government against

00:19President Nicolás Maduro and other high officials of the country, in an attempt to tarnish the

00:24inauguration of the Venezuelan president last January 10.

00:27Likewise, the members of the Integral Defense Operations Zone gratify their support to the

00:32Bolivarian Revolution, to the democratic election of the Venezuelan people last July 28th, and

00:36to the struggle for the defense of peace of the nation.

00:48We emphatically reject the decision of the imperial governments to impose coercive measures,

00:54wrongly called sanctions, on members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, and the

00:59National Executive.

01:02They have the audacity to offer rewards for our Commander-in-Chief and elected Constitutional

01:08President.

01:10Our Minister of Popular Power for the Defense.

01:14Our Minister of Interior Relations Justice and Peace.

01:18To weaken our revolutionary, anti-imperialist, socialist ideals.

01:25But they will not succeed.

01:27The Bolivarian National Force, along with the Venezuelan people, is convinced that it

01:33is on the right side of history.

01:36We are committed to the constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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