00:01Venezuela is denouncing a series of attacks from the United States targeting different places, putting at risk its civilian population.
00:15That is part of the official statement of Venezuela that you see now on screen.
00:21Once again, Venezuela denouncing the U.S. military aggression on its territory.
00:30The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and population in the civilian and military localities of the city of Caracas, capital of the republic and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.
00:59This act constitutes a flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, especially Articles 1 and 2, which enshrine respect for sovereignty, the legal equality of states and the prohibition of the use of force.
01:15Such aggression threatens international peace and stability, specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean, and puts the lives of millions of people at serious risk.
01:27The objective of this attack is none other than to seize Venezuela's strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals.
01:35In an attempt to forcibly break the nation's political independence, they will not succeed.
01:41We continue reading at the official statement of Venezuela.
01:45After more than 200 years of independence, the people and their legitimate government remain steadfast in defending their sovereignty and their inalienable right to decide their own destiny.
01:58The attempt to impose a colonial war to destroy the republican form of government and force a regime change in alliance with the fascist oligarchy will fail like all previous attempts.
02:12Since 2011, Venezuela has faced and defeated empires when foreign powers bombarded our coasts.
02:20In 1902, President Zipirano Castro proclaimed the insolent foot of the foreigner has profaned the sacred soil of the fatherland.
02:30Today, with the spirit of Bolivar, Miranda and our liberators, the Venezuelan people rise again to defend their independence in the face of imperial aggression.
02:41The Bolivarian government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and condemn this imperialist attack.
02:52The people of Venezuela and its Bolivarian National Armed Forces in perfect popular military police fusion are deployed to guarantee sovereignty and peace simultaneously.
03:04Bolivarian peace diplomacy will file the corresponding complaints with the UN Security Council, the Secretary General of that organization, CELAC, the NAM, demanding condemnation and accountability from the U.S. government.
03:22President Nicolás Maduro has ordered that all national defense plans be implemented at the appropriate time and under the appropriate circumstances.
03:32In strict accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Organic Law on States of Emergency and the Organic Law on National Security.
03:45In this regard, President Nicolás Maduro has signed and ordered the implementation of the decree declaring a state of external commotion throughout the national territory in order to protect the rights of the population,
03:58the full functioning of republic institutions, the full functioning of republic institutions, and to immediately move to armed struggle.
04:06The entire country must mobilize to defend this imperialist aggression.
04:11Similarly, he has ordered the immediate deployment of the command for the integral defense of the nation and the organs of direction for integral defense in all states and municipalities of the country.
04:28In strict accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, Venezuela reserves the right to exercise legitimate defense to protect its people, its territory, and its independence.
04:40We call on the peoples and governments of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the world to mobilize in active solidarity against this imperial aggression.
04:50As Supreme Commander Hugo Chavez Frías pointed out, in the face of any new difficulties, whatever their magnitude, the response of all patriots is unity, struggle, battle, and victory.
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