Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López strongly denounces accusations of drug trafficking against President Nicolás Maduro as a “Hollywood farce” fabricated by the U.S., highlighting achievements in security (expulsion of the DEA in 2005, record seizures, and airspace control) while exposing U.S. hypocrisy by pointing to its own drug crisis. He reaffirms the unwavering loyalty of the Bolivarian Armed Forces to the Revolution, linking the current defense to Bolívar's legacy of independence and warning that Venezuela will resist any interference in this multipolar world, because the socialist homeland does not surrender.
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00:00The National Armed Forces admires our commander Hugo Chávez and not only that but we follow his legacy, the legacy that he continued and was continued by our commander-in-chief Nicolás Maduro Moros, a legacy that has not been changed and no one will take us away from the path of the Bolivarian Revolution.
00:28Absolutely no one. And that leader, as our great historical leaders, Simón Bolívar, Antonio José de Sucre and others, they are our international, their orientation, our political orientation, ideological orientation of this historical bloc.
00:54Recently, we were celebrating the independence of Bolivia.
01:03Bolivia, 200 years of that republic with the interventions and with the desires of our liberator has passed to being called the Republic of Bolivia.
01:16We celebrated from the bottom of our hearts of every men and women of the people, those who see integration and admire the deeds of those men and women that made that sovereign act of the people of the United Provinces of Peru.
01:43Bolivia said that the army of the liberator did not have to deal with such a transcendental decision because our armies have never been conquerors.
02:02They've been the ones to carry out the sovereignty and the liberation of those territories and that feeling remains intact in the heart of Venezuelans and in particular of the Venezuelan armed forces.
02:21So, we have been going past and seeing these dates with our commander in chief, also with the vice president as constitutional president of the Constitution of the Federation.
02:43He met with the governors and it was a great act because beyond the differences, political, ideological, that may exist, this is an act of national unity from the high command that was here and observed with great impact.
03:05That the sectors of the opposition and the sectors of the opposition and also all the political actors of the nation were all sitting down and having lunch and sharing strategic points and strategic lines of development such as security, citizen security, defense of sovereignty.
03:27This is something very important, this is something very important, a very inclusive act in terms of a political act of real democratic will.
03:40But it seems that many people are apparently hurt by this, many sectors that are filled with hate and violence and seek revenge.
03:58They hurt with this, with such an act, an act like this one.
04:05We are coming from an election that 335 councils were elected and this was in a scenario of complete peace, a democratic act that closes a constitutional cycle.
04:24And there are the mayors, they are already in office working at all levels of the government.
04:31They are already in functions, but that apparently, that is inconvenient for some sectors, of course, aligned with the U.S. government.
04:52They do not want to see, they do not want to see a country that is united.
04:56They do not want to see a country that is peaceful, a country that has the assassination rate based on a 100,000 habitants basis.
05:12It's much lower than the world rate.
05:20Apparently, these imperialist sectors do not like this fact.
05:24They do not like the peace in the country and that the country is moving on and moving forward on its self-determination and development.
05:35and its true democratic will.
05:39This one that we are looking at this moment
05:43and being led by the commander-in-chief.
05:45So I was saying that we were doing
05:49a very important, significant activity.
05:53We talked with the minister of communes.
05:57Here with the system of communes,
06:01we are fully committed to incorporate ourselves
06:05in all the communal circuits.
06:09The over 5,000 communal circuits across the country
06:13and we talked about very important things.
06:17So the armed forces will be playing an important role
06:21in the construction of that model.
06:25Without hesitation, without any doubts,
06:29we've also seen an important conference
06:32from Minister Fredinañez
06:35regarding the war battle
06:40that is being held at the people's brains.
06:45People are targeting the people
06:46in this knowledge war,
06:48trying to pass on a certain story
06:55about reality and conquering people through that.
07:00So after Vice President Diosdado Cabello
07:02denounced the terrorist plan
07:06of putting explosives
07:12at an important square of the capital of the country,
07:17a square that is filled with men, women,
07:20working class, and also children.
07:25A plan that was completely unveiled.
07:31We've been working on this since Sunday
07:33under the leadership of President Nicolás Maduro.
07:39So it seems that this has hurt
07:44the imperialism of the U.S.
07:49and the sectors associated,
07:52as we have seen in this moment,
07:55the power of the manipulation,
07:58the imposition of lies,
07:59the constant deceit with no ethics,
08:03no ethics of international relations,
08:08diplomacy,
08:09and the exercise of politics.
08:12There's no ethics there.
08:14There's only manipulation.
08:16There's only deceit.
08:19They've been greatly hurt.
08:22They've been greatly hurt by our elections
08:24that happened in peace.
08:31They're hurting because Venezuela
08:34has become a place of security
08:39in the middle of the drug trafficking
08:43of the region.
08:45Because the problem
08:47are not consumers
08:50and are not the ones
08:53who are making the routes
08:54for the United States
08:59where there's the most
09:01quantity of drugs for them,
09:06they have no problems.
09:08But we can say
09:09very humbly
09:11that there are no criminal bands here
09:15and they have continued
09:16with the story
09:17of the extinct Trendyaragua
09:19that does not exist here.
09:22There are no cartels here.
09:25There are no drug trafficking leaders here.
09:32And we can say
09:33that our commander-in-chief
09:35has been a hero
09:35in this role.
09:38It has been the president
09:40that has most confronted
09:43drug trafficking.
09:44Our commander, Hugo Chávez,
09:46took out the DEA
09:51from our country
09:52and that was a great step.
09:55But on the concrete steps,
09:58they tell us
10:00that the president
10:01that was the harshest
10:04against drug trafficking
10:06was precisely
10:07Venezuelan president
10:09Nicolás Maduro Moros
10:11who was democratically elected
10:14by the people of Venezuela,
10:16elected by popular sovereignty.
10:21So, apparently,
10:23this has hurt
10:24all of the sectors.
10:26So, they come out
10:28and they are signaling
10:29our commander-in-chief
10:30of drug trafficker
10:32and they are throwing out
10:35around numbers
10:36as if this was
10:39a Hollywood Western.
10:42And as we have it here
10:45in a statement
10:45that I'm going to read,
10:46I think that the general attorney
10:50is being kidnapped.
10:53They that try to
10:54teach us democracy,
10:56apparently,
10:57that they talk about
10:58the separation of powers
11:00and they say
11:00that this is a dictatorship
11:02and they say
11:04that the institutions
11:04are frail,
11:05all of that
11:06is a story
11:08and that is
11:09the mirror
11:10of what they are
11:11because that is
11:13a democracy
11:15that is completely
11:17frail
11:18and it's actually
11:19pseudo-democracy.
11:21I cannot see democracy
11:23anywhere around there.
11:26A neoliberal democracy
11:27that they have tried
11:31to bring to other nations
11:34such as China,
11:36that's completely absurd.
11:39But this is
11:40the arrogance
11:42of imperialism,
11:43the supremacism
11:44of imperialism
11:46of the U.S.
11:47that are trying to,
11:49in the birth
11:50of this new world,
11:52multipolar world,
11:53they are trying
11:54to maintain
11:55their quota of power.
11:58They're trying
11:58to maintain
11:59their share of power.
12:00So, in this transit,
12:04well,
12:05as Gramsci said,
12:08the most dangerous
12:09things,
12:10the most horrible
12:12things can happen
12:13in that transit
12:14and this
12:14is an expression
12:15of that.
12:17So,
12:17the Attorney General,
12:19Pan Bondi,
12:21has signaled
12:22and has stated
12:23that the Department
12:25of State
12:25of the United States,
12:26an absurd thing,
12:28really,
12:28the General Attorney
12:31of the United States,
12:33was kidnapped
12:34by the Republican Party
12:37and by the
12:38United States government
12:40and she does
12:41what the U.S. government
12:43says,
12:44as building
12:45lies
12:46such as the ones
12:47that they built
12:48out of thin air
12:50because here,
12:52no sector,
12:54no opposition sector,
12:56no serious
13:01opposition sector
13:02can say
13:04that there's
13:05any drug cartel
13:06here.
13:07They try
13:09to pass drugs
13:11through here.
13:12They try,
13:14but
13:14that is no
13:16possible here.
13:18But trying
13:19to build
13:19this myth,
13:21they built it
13:22all over the world
13:23in Panama,
13:23for example,
13:24where they
13:26put a precedent
13:29as a drug trafficker
13:31and that is
13:31what they are
13:32trying to do.
13:33They're building
13:35narratives,
13:36Iraq,
13:37Syria,
13:37Libya.
13:39And,
13:40well,
13:40what can we say
13:41about the genocide
13:42that is being committed
13:43at this moment
13:44in Palestine?
13:45the same
13:47people
13:48who are
13:48supporting
13:50that genocide
13:50because there's
13:51no other word
13:52that massacre
13:52against humanity.
13:54It's not
13:55only
13:56against
13:56the Gaza
13:57people
13:57and Palestinian
13:58people,
13:59no.
13:59That is
14:00a crime
14:01against
14:01humanity
14:02just like
14:05that system.
14:05the same
14:09ones
14:10who were
14:10dropping
14:11bombs
14:12on Iran
14:13and are
14:14dropping bombs
14:15in Syria,
14:16the same
14:18ones
14:19who were
14:21trying
14:22to lead
14:23Europe
14:24to
14:26a war
14:27attempt
14:28and they
14:30are trying
14:31to lead us
14:32to a
14:32third world
14:33war.
14:35with the
14:36conflict
14:36of 12
14:38days,
14:39those
14:40immoral
14:41people,
14:42those are
14:43the ones
14:43who are
14:44trying
14:44here
14:45to say
14:46that our
14:47commander-in-chief
14:48is a drug
14:49trafficker,
14:50that our
14:50defense minister
14:52is a drug
14:53trafficker.
14:53That is
14:54a lack
14:55of respect
14:56for the
14:56people of
14:57Venezuela.
14:58That is
14:58a lack
14:58of respect
14:59for the
15:00armed forces
15:01of Venezuela.
15:01It's
15:02just like
15:02saying
15:03that these
15:04commanders,
15:07these
15:07general
15:07officers,
15:08patriots
15:09of our
15:10armed
15:11forces,
15:12they pretend
15:13to have
15:13a chief
15:15that is
15:16a drug
15:16trafficker.
15:16That is
15:17a lack
15:18of respect
15:18for our
15:19intelligence.
15:21But they
15:21think that
15:23we are
15:23savages.
15:25That's what
15:25they think.
15:26It's a
15:28lack of
15:28respect
15:28for the
15:30intelligence
15:30of the
15:31people of
15:31Venezuela,
15:32the entire
15:32people of
15:33Venezuela does
15:34not know
15:35of the
15:36personal
15:37honor,
15:38of the
15:38patriotism,
15:39of the
15:40example that
15:41is being
15:41set by our
15:43commander-in-chief
15:44every day,
15:45in every
15:46arena,
15:47including the
15:49military one
15:50with its
15:51armed forces
15:52that he knows
15:52so well.
15:54So,
15:54brothers and
15:55sisters,
15:56we are
15:57in the
15:58presence
15:58of a
16:03desperate
16:03attempt,
16:04a desperate
16:07attempt
16:08really
16:11out of
16:13this world
16:14because we
16:14need to pay
16:15attention to
16:16this because
16:16the arrogance
16:17of these
16:17people,
16:19well,
16:19we can
16:20expect
16:20anything
16:20from that.
16:22But this
16:23is a
16:27useless
16:27thing.
16:31They
16:32believe that
16:33we are
16:34savages.
16:35They
16:35don't see
16:38that we
16:39are a
16:39country,
16:40a sovereign
16:41country,
16:41that we are
16:42defending it
16:43every day,
16:44that we are
16:45stopping
16:46drug trafficking,
16:47that they
16:48are financing
16:49in order to
16:50commit this
16:51terrorist
16:52acts such
16:53as the
16:53ones that
16:53were
16:54denounced
16:55by our
16:55vice
16:56president,
16:57that is
17:00where
17:01fascism
17:03is getting
17:03its
17:03financing.
17:05These
17:06pseudo-leaders
17:07say
17:09they're
17:10leaders,
17:10but they
17:11are only
17:12speaking
17:12of violence
17:14and envy
17:15and hatred
17:17from that
17:18drug
17:18trafficking
17:19that is
17:20installed
17:21in
17:21Ecuador,
17:22in
17:23Colombia.
17:24From
17:24there,
17:26they're
17:26financing
17:27all of
17:27these
17:27activities.
17:30So we
17:31are the
17:32ones
17:33hindering
17:33that
17:34growth,
17:35and that
17:36is why
17:36they're
17:38messing
17:38with us.
17:39They
17:39should
17:40deal
17:40with
17:40their
17:41own
17:41issues,
17:42their
17:42own
17:43internal
17:43problems,
17:44those
17:44scandals
17:45that they
17:45have
17:45over
17:46their
17:46polls
17:48for the
17:50upcoming
17:50elections.
17:53So please
17:53work on
17:54that,
17:55work on
17:55your own
17:55country,
17:56work on
17:57that country,
17:59and continue
18:01working for
18:03all those
18:03citizens that
18:04are unprotected
18:05in the streets
18:05of the U.S.
18:06It's a
18:07real
18:08crisis how
18:10we see
18:11that in
18:11the streets
18:12of the
18:13U.S.
18:13people,
18:14so much
18:14people
18:15affected
18:15by drugs,
18:17but they
18:17say that
18:17they have
18:18no drug
18:18trafficking.
18:20So,
18:21brothers and
18:21sisters,
18:22I want
18:22to read
18:24a statement
18:25that we
18:28have prepared
18:28by the
18:29armed
18:29forces
18:30so we
18:31can
18:32formalize
18:33these
18:33expressions
18:33that I
18:36have
18:36expressed
18:36at this
18:37moment
18:37and that
18:39set the
18:43message and
18:44the sentiment
18:44of the
18:45Bolivarian
18:46armed forces
18:47in the face
18:48of this
18:49attempt
18:49and all
18:51the things
18:51that were
18:52said by
18:52the
18:53imperialism.
18:54I am
18:54going to
18:55read the
18:55statement
18:56to the
18:56Venezuelan
18:57people
18:57from here
18:58from the
18:59Ministry
19:00of Defense
19:01August 8th
19:04from Caracas.
19:05I read
19:05the
19:07armed forces
19:07of the
19:08Bolivarian
19:09reject
19:11categorically
19:12this
19:15atrocious
19:15statement
19:17by the
19:18general
19:18attorney
19:19of the
19:19U.S.
19:23as she
19:24has
19:24announced
19:26the
19:26increase
19:27of the
19:28amount
19:31given
19:31back
19:32to
19:32anyone
19:32who
19:33would
19:33give
19:33information
19:34regarding
19:36Nicolás
19:36Maduro
19:36Moros
19:37constitutional
19:38president
19:39of the
19:39Bolivarian
19:40Republic of
19:42Venezuela
19:43our
19:43commander
19:44in chief
19:44this
19:46illegal
19:47and
19:47desperate
19:48offers
19:49like
19:51a
19:51Hollywood
19:52western
19:52just
19:53represent
19:54one
19:56more
19:57internal
19:58affairs
19:58meddling
19:59that are
20:00against
20:01international
20:02law
20:02and the
20:03basic
20:03principles
20:04of
20:04self-determination
20:05of the
20:06peoples
20:06the
20:09attitude
20:09of the
20:10U.S.
20:11government
20:11has no
20:12limit
20:12they
20:13pretend
20:14to give
20:14us
20:15democracy
20:15lessons
20:16but
20:17their
20:18government
20:18is not
20:19respecting
20:19systematically
20:20their
20:21own
20:21laws
20:22they
20:23are
20:23they're
20:25leading
20:25with an
20:26arbitrary
20:26manner
20:27and
20:29they're
20:29going
20:29against
20:30their
20:30own
20:31laws
20:31and
20:32the
20:32example
20:33of
20:34this
20:35is
20:35the
20:36pathetic
20:36lines
20:38of
20:38action
20:39in terms
20:40of
20:40immigration
20:42we also
20:43deny
20:44the
20:44farce
20:45of
20:45the
20:46existence
20:46of
20:47a
20:47drug
20:47cartel
20:48and
20:50they're
20:50denying
20:51the
20:52situation
20:53in their
20:53own
20:54country
20:54in which
20:55their
20:56own
20:56citizens
20:56are
20:57dying
20:57in
21:00the
21:01face
21:01of
21:02the
21:02drug
21:02crisis
21:03we just
21:03need
21:03to
21:03look
21:04at
21:04the
21:04situation
21:05in
21:05their
21:06streets
21:06of
21:07people
21:07that
21:07are
21:08being
21:08subjected
21:09to
21:10addictions
21:11and
21:12who
21:12do not
21:13receive
21:14any
21:14sort
21:14of
21:14help
21:15because
21:16the
21:16health
21:16it's
21:17absolutely
21:18private
21:19and
21:20excluding
21:20of the
21:21majorities
21:21of the
21:21population
21:22also
21:25they
21:29try to
21:30simplify
21:30the
21:31complex
21:31problems
21:33of the
21:34countries
21:35that are
21:36producing
21:37drugs
21:38and
21:38their
21:39own
21:39programs
21:40have not
21:41done
21:41anything
21:42but to
21:42increase
21:43violence
21:43and
21:44increase
21:44production
21:45with
21:46grave
21:47socioeconomic
21:48conditions
21:49for the
21:49local
21:50populations
21:50they're
21:51also
21:51manipulating
21:52the
21:53true
21:54dynamic
21:54of
21:55the
21:56drug
21:57trafficking
21:58routes
21:58that are
21:59concentrating
22:00in the
22:00pacific
22:01at this
22:02moment
22:02with
22:02different
22:03destinations
22:05around the
22:06world
22:06and in
22:07particular
22:08North America
22:09Europe
22:09and Australia
22:10let me
22:12remind you
22:13that since
22:132005
22:15when
22:15commander
22:16Hugo Chavez
22:16ordered the
22:17suspension
22:18of the
22:19activities
22:19of the
22:20DEA
22:20in
22:20Venezuela
22:21the
22:24amount
22:25of
22:25drug
22:26seizures
22:27in the
22:27country
22:28have
22:29increased
22:30and
22:32the
22:33control
22:34deliveries
22:35stopped
22:36these
22:38actions
22:39of this
22:40cartel
22:40that never
22:41tried
22:42for the
22:43resolution
22:43of a
22:44problem
22:44at this
22:45moment
22:46the
22:46Bolivarian
22:47government
22:47through the
22:48armed forces
22:49of Venezuela
22:49and also
22:50the
22:51security
22:51orders
22:52of the
22:52country
22:53we
22:54maintain
22:54a
22:55frontal
22:55battle
22:56against
22:56this
22:57problem
22:57and we
22:59underscored
23:01this
23:01achievement
23:01since the
23:02year
23:022012
23:04with the
23:06law of
23:07control of
23:09airspace
23:10we
23:14have
23:14stopped
23:15a
23:15number
23:15of
23:16aircraft
23:17that
23:18were
23:19destined
23:19to
23:20drug
23:21trafficking
23:22also
23:23we
23:24need to
23:24highlight
23:24the
23:24seizure
23:25of
23:26drugs
23:26in
23:27the
23:27past
23:27years
23:28and
23:28in
23:28the
23:28same
23:29way
23:29the
23:30huge
23:31amount
23:31of
23:32illegal
23:33routes
23:34and
23:34illegal
23:35laboratories
23:36near
23:37the
23:37border
23:37with
23:38Colombia
23:38that
23:39we
23:39have
23:39destroyed
23:40in the
23:40past
23:41five
23:41years
23:41just
23:43as
23:44the
23:45seizure
23:46of
23:46a
23:46number
23:47of
23:47vehicles
23:47and
23:48machinery
23:48that
23:49were
23:49employed
23:50in
23:51the
23:51transfer
23:52of
23:52illegal
23:53substances
23:53in
23:54this
23:54way
23:54we
23:58will
23:58not
23:59rest
23:59and
24:00we
24:00will
24:00not
24:01stop
24:03any
24:03efforts
24:03and
24:05we
24:05will
24:05continue
24:09to
24:10go
24:10against
24:11that
24:11narrative
24:12that
24:12the
24:12US
24:13is
24:13using
24:14as
24:14a
24:14political
24:15tool
24:15we
24:15want
24:16to
24:16make
24:16it
24:16clear
24:17to
24:17imperialism
24:18that
24:19the
24:19citizen
24:19Nicolás Maduro
24:20Moros
24:21is the
24:21constitutional
24:22president
24:23of the
24:24Republic of
24:26Venezuela
24:26our commander
24:27in chief
24:28and he
24:29exercises
24:30the
24:31maximum
24:32authority
24:33of this
24:33institution
24:34such as
24:37the
24:37constitution
24:37states
24:39it
24:39and
24:41also
24:41he is
24:43a
24:44revolutionary
24:44leader
24:45that has
24:46won
24:47the
24:47affection
24:48of this
24:49institution
24:49with a
24:51profound
24:52knowledge
24:52of this
24:53institution
24:53and also
24:54a permanent
24:55example
24:55in all
24:58his
24:58duties
24:59such as
25:02our
25:02love for
25:03the
25:03homeland
25:04our
25:04love for
25:05work
25:05discipline
25:06honesty
25:08and
25:09our
25:11complete
25:12commitment
25:12to the
25:13defense
25:13of the
25:14interest
25:15of our
25:15people
25:15also
25:17you need
25:19to know
25:20that the
25:20armed
25:20forces
25:21of
25:21Venezuela
25:22are
25:24not
25:24an
25:26institution
25:27of
25:28money
25:28makers
25:29this
25:30is an
25:31institution
25:32with the
25:32highest
25:33of
25:33values
25:34that we
25:36have
25:36inherited
25:36by our
25:37liberating
25:38heroes
25:39we will
25:40not be
25:41blackmailed
25:42we will
25:42not accept
25:43any
25:43ultimatums
25:44from
25:46any
25:46foreign
25:47powers
25:48powers
25:50or
25:51from
25:51any
25:53powers
25:54that are
25:54emerging
25:55in
25:56this
25:56period
25:57of
25:58international
25:58transition
25:59we
25:59ratify
26:00our
26:01loyalty
26:01absolute
26:02loyalty
26:03and
26:04support
26:04to our
26:05commander
26:06in chief
26:06whose
26:08integrity
26:09we will
26:09defend
26:10in the
26:10face
26:11of any
26:11threat
26:12both
26:13internal
26:14and external
26:15threat
26:16in the
26:17end
26:18we
26:18declare
26:19ourselves
26:19in
26:20complete
26:20alert
26:21to
26:21confront
26:22and
26:22neutralize
26:23any
26:23action
26:24that
26:25may
26:25attempt
26:26against
26:27the
26:27stability
26:27and peace
26:28of our
26:28citizens
26:28and also
26:30to protect
26:31our
26:31territory
26:32we
26:32will
26:32continue
26:33defending
26:35in
26:36perfect
26:36fusion
26:37people's
26:39military
26:41and police
26:42and also
26:42with our
26:43own
26:43life
26:44our
26:45liberty
26:45our
26:45independence
26:46and our
26:47sovereignty
26:48in
26:49our
26:50beloved
26:50homeland
26:51as
26:52simon
26:52bolivar
26:53said
26:53it
26:53that
26:55october
26:567th
26:58of
27:001818
27:01it's
27:02the
27:02same
27:02for
27:02venezuela
27:03to
27:04combat
27:04spain
27:06than
27:08to
27:08face
27:09the
27:09entire
27:10world
27:10if
27:10the
27:10entire
27:11world
27:11will
27:11face
27:12it
27:12do
27:14not
27:14make
27:15any
27:15mistakes
27:15with
27:16venezuela
27:16chavez
27:17is
27:17alive
27:18the
27:18homeland
27:19continues
27:20independence
27:21and
27:22socialist
27:23homeland
27:24the
27:25south
27:26of
27:26venezuela
27:26is
27:26born
27:27in
27:27the
27:27exequible
27:28loyal
27:30always
27:31treasures
27:32never
27:32we
27:33will
27:33win
27:34you
27:35I
27:36I
27:37I
27:37I
27:38I
27:38I
27:39I
27:39I
27:39I
27:40I
27:41I
27:44I
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