00:00There is currently a great deal of Manichean thinking regarding the relationship between Venezuela and the United States.
00:08The first thing to say is that there is a stain on our relations, one that has never occurred in our history.
00:16But it must also be highlighted that the economic and commercial relations between the United States and Venezuela are neither extraordinary nor regular.
00:2871% of Venezuelan exports are concentrated in eight countries.
00:36And of that 71%, 27% of it, its destination is the United States of America.
00:43Venezuela's economic relations are diversified across various markets around the world, just as our geopolitical relations are also diversified.
00:53And that's how it should be. It's the right thing.
00:58To diversify relations.
01:00And Venezuela must have relations with all the countries of this hemisphere, as it must with Asia, with Africa, with the Middle East, with Europe.
01:14Those who have excluded themselves from any relationship with Venezuela are the ones who have lent themselves to attacking our nation.
01:22It has not been Venezuela, and that is why I have stated that Venezuela is not at war.
01:28Venezuela is a country of peace that was subjected to aggression by a nuclear power. That is the difference.
01:35There is currently a great deal of Manichean thinking regarding the relationship between Venezuela and the United States.
01:42The first thing to say is that there is a stain on our relations, one that has never occurred in our history.
01:51But it must also be highlighted that the economic and commercial relations between the United States and Venezuela are neither extraordinary nor regular.
02:0271 percent of Venezuelan exports are concentrated in eight countries, and of that 71 percent, 27 percent of it, its destination is the United States of America.
02:19Venezuela's economic relations are diversified across various markets around the world, just as our geopolitical relations are also diversified.
02:28And that's how it should be. It's the right thing to diversify relations.
02:34And Venezuela must have relations with all the countries of this hemisphere, as it must with Asia, with Africa, with the Middle East, with Europe.
02:49Those who have excluded themselves from any relationship with Venezuela are the ones who have lent themselves to attacking our nation.
02:57It has not been Venezuela, and that is why I have stated that Venezuela is not at war.
03:03Venezuela is a country of peace that was subjected to aggression by a nuclear power. That is the difference.
