During an interview with Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet, President Nicolás Maduro addressed the people of the United States directly, distinguishing them from the actions of their government and affirming that Venezuelans are a friendly people. He denounced the excessive use of force by Washington as an international crime and argued that U.S. policy toward Venezuela is isolated, reflecting the failure of attempts to seize the country’s resources. Maduro concluded by assuring that the Venezuelan people remain firmly against war.
00:00Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent a direct message to the people of the United
00:04States, assuring them that they have a friendly government in Caracas.
00:08During an interview with Spanish writer and journalist Ignacio Ramonet, the Venezuelan
00:12leader distinguished the U.S. people from the actions of their government, while affirming
00:16that Venezuelans are friendly people.
00:19For his part, the head of state denounced the excessive use of force by the United States
00:22as an international crime.
00:24In addition, President Maduro argued that U.S. policy in the country is isolated and
00:28evidences the failure of Washington's strategy to take over the South American country's
00:33resources.
00:34Finally, the head of state assured that the people of Venezuela are convictively against
00:38war.
00:46To the people of the United States, I even tell you, here you have a friendly government.
00:53I know the United States well.
00:58Philadelphia, New Jersey, Queens, Manhattan, Washington.
01:02I have driven around a lot.
01:04I told the President of the United States that I know a lot.
01:08I know Constitution Avenue, which is beautiful, Pennsylvania Avenue, where the statue in Humanoe
01:17to Bolivar is located, the Lincoln Memorial, which is beautiful, and I have driven there a
01:22lot.
01:23And the people of the United States should know that they have a friendly, peaceful people
01:27here, and a friendly government, too.
01:31They should know that, and that our slogan is very clear, since that this is a gift I have
01:39here for Ramonet.
01:40Our slogan is very clear.
01:42No war.
01:43No war.
01:44Yes.
01:45Peace.
01:46No war.
01:47Yes.
01:48Peace.
01:49Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro asserted that the country is facing a cognitive war and
01:54defended the truth as the main weapon for guaranteeing the country's sovereignty.
02:00War is cognitive because war is for the brain.
02:05The brain manages emotions and concepts, and war is cognitive, and for a cognitive war, you
02:11have to create a force of consciousness, a force of value, spiritual strength, and fight
02:16the battle with the truth.
02:19Our greatest weapon is not a nuclear missile.
02:25Our greatest weapon is the truth about Venezuela, which is irrefutable, devastating, in which,
02:31when they open a breach like this for us to tell our truth, truly, the light comes on
02:41for good in our country.
02:43We defend our right to peace.
02:44We defend our right to national sovereignty, to international law that guarantees the self-determination
02:50of peoples.
02:51We defend the right to the future and to development.
02:58These are fundamental rights guaranteed by the United Nations and by all international
03:05treaties.
03:06The right to development of peoples, the right to the future, the right to peace.
03:09And we defend a glorious history, the history of the liberators of America.
03:16So I believe that this system of streets, networks, media, and walls will gain more and more
03:27strength, more substance, and will allow us in 2026 and in the years to come for Venezuela
03:33to be known for its truths and not force so much manipulation and so many dirty attacks
03:38that are made.
03:44On the other hand, they had a state defend the Venezuelan democracy model and defied its critics
03:49and the hegemonic media to go to the communes to defend directly with the people about the
03:53meaning of direct democracy.
03:55This year, we had four national consultations, but of course, for AP, CNN, AFP, and for the
04:04Western media, direct democracy doesn't exist.
04:08What exists for them is the permanent attack against the Bolivarian Venezuela.
04:17But here, I defy anyone who wants to debate, whoever, no matter their name or position, I
04:24defy them to go to any neighborhood in Caracas and debate with our people, not with me, with
04:30people so they can see how a new democracy is being built.
04:36We don't claim to be models for anyone, but we are proud of what we are building so that
04:41people are being empowered, forging themselves and training themselves.
04:49President Nicolás Amado also asserted that Venezuela's economic leadership in the region
04:53for the second consecutive year was driven by the country's entrepreneurship spirit.
04:58Well, this is the second consecutive year that Venezuela has led the real economic growth
05:08in Latin America and the Caribbean.
05:10We have had 20 consecutive quarters since we took off in 2021.
05:14I remember when I presented to you the economic plan for the interview you published on January
05:271st of 2022, which you can review.
05:29We were talking about how we had designed the plan of economic engines so that each one
05:34of them could start running with their own powers of truly Venezuelan origin relevant to reality.
05:40They were not things we invented and the development of each engine in their real growth capacities.
05:53Together with their articulation, we're already beginning to give results.
05:58The first two quarters of 2021, our economy was already showing a miraculous growth.
06:03We were in the midst of a pandemic and in the midst of a pandemic, I decided the method, which later became known as the 7x7 method, which allowed us to begin that growth.
06:20You should ask me, from a spiritual point of view, they say it was a miracle, but from a spiritual point of view from the Venezuelan identity, I will tell you that the growth of this new economy now with 14 engines is the growth of the entrepreneurial spirit and of the way in which the whole society was rebuilt and reinvented itself.
06:47The Venezuelan president also highlighted a 34% growth in trade and consumption and assured that this reflects a recovery in the purchasing power of the population.
07:06This year, trade and consumption grew by 34% and if there is an excess of supply of domestic and imported products,
07:16domestic products already count for 90% of all products on the domestic market.
07:29This means that there is a real purchasing power and real consumption capacity in Venezuelan families and this must be consolidated.
07:45Consolidated.
07:46– It's been a very, very interesting thing.
07:48The United States of Canada, as a massive market, are always coincidental and now the country that people have been personal and miojiminated.
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