00:00Today, Venezuelans remember one month of the U.S. attack on the nation that led to the
00:06kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and also First Lady and Congressman Celia Flores.
00:11In this context, we want to invite journalist Bruno Lima Rocha, political scientist, also
00:18professor of international relations. Hello, Bruno, and welcome to From the South.
00:23Well, thanks for having me.
00:24Bruno, one month into this action, what is the Venezuelan people teaching to the world
00:32in the face of this unprecedented military attack?
00:37This is a very, I would say, sad but interesting situation.
00:43The kidnapping of President Maduro and the First Lady Celia Flores.
00:48If you see from one side, from one angle, it is a typical and classical imperialist attack
00:53in the Great Caribbean.
00:55On the other side, the U.S. troops did not invade the territory, did not try to do a regime
01:01change, did not try to do anything else than a naval blockade, like the British Empire used
01:08it to do, including Brazil, including Rio de Janeiro, where I am now.
01:12So I would say that even Marco Rubio is not challenging the stability inside of the Bolivarian
01:19Republic of Venezuela.
01:20By the way, if we have access to some public speech for his own defense by President Nicolas
01:29Maduro, he will say loud and clear that there is no involvement with the Bolivarian administration
01:35and the drug trafficking, besides denouncing and fighting against it.
01:42On the other way, to finish my intervention, if we take a look on Ecuador, on the Noboa and
01:49the Noboa trading, we have lots of evidence of very inside information of drug trafficking
01:55trafficking from the higher administration of Ecuador.
01:58In your opinion, what's the most urgent challenge for peace in the region after January 3rd?
02:05And in this matter, what's the role of the people in achieving this purpose, in achieving peace?
02:12I would say that the second part of the question is easier to answer.
02:19If we put millions and millions and millions on the streets and we demonstrate for the imperialists
02:27that this whole continent does not accept any more aggressions like what happened with the
02:35kidnapping of President Maduro and the First Lady, it will be much more easier for the diplomats,
02:42to take to them, take to Washington, that we're not accepting this anymore, but to have peace
02:49against the US. We must have integration between our countries and must have tools for this in the
02:57whole aspects like economy, finances and also defense. Otherwise, we'll be always a blank for the next
03:07president like Donald Trump, the J.D. Vance or other one who wants to take out our sovereignty.
03:14Thank you very much, Bruno, for your time hearing from the South.
03:18Thanks for having me.
03:20Thanks for having me.
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