Almost four months have passed since the start of the coup d'état in Venezuela inspired by the United States. Washington failed to overthrow Maduro, despite the fact that initially American propaganda claimed that the coup was a matter of days, at least weeks. In the logic of the hawks that control the Trump administration policy, this action was seen as the ultimate onslaught against left and progressive forces around the world. Today is Venezuela, tomorrow there will be Nicaragua, Bolivia or Cuba. It was an attempt to implement Trump's main election slogan: “Let's make America great again”! In a simple way: we will maintain the status of the United States as the undisputed world imperialist master.
But something went wrong. A direct attack in the UN Security Council failed - the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China vetoed the anti-Venezuelan resolutions proposed by the United States. Rome does not recognize oppositionist Juan Guaiido as interim president of Venezuela. Full support for Maduro was expressed by a number of countries: Iran, Syria, Egypt, the DPRK, Turkey, of course Cuba, Bolivia and others.
Maduro was strongly supported by the People’s Republic of China. Essentially necessary medicines are coming from China to Venezuela, we are talking about two million units, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment reported. So it turns out that Venezuela in 2019 for the United States is not at all the same as the "banana republic" of Guatemala in 1954.
The army is still loyal to the legally elected president Maduro. In many enterprises, distribution of food packages is organized. As the Deputy Chairman of the Venezuelan Unified Socialist Party, created by Hugo Chávez, said in an interview with TASS, the country's government sends about $ 120 million to social assistance every month. The ordinary people of Venezuela remember well all the good things that they received during the presidency of Chavez and Maduro, all that they had learned from friendly Cuba. Therefore, supporters of President Maduro dance from the heart in the streets of Caracas to the songs with the words Yankee go home. Caracas is collecting signatures against US interference in Venezuela’s affairs. The collection of signatures will be held "on every square, in every barracks, in every school and in every factory."
Former leader of the rock band Pink Floyd Roger Waters spoke about the political situation in Venezuela: “Stop this American madness, leave the Venezuelans alone. They have real democracy, stop destroying it so that one percent of the population can appropriate all the oil reserves. ”
Turning to the Americans, Maduro said: “We live in historical times. These are the days that will determine the future of our countries between war and peace. Those who represent you in Washington want to bring to our borders the same hatred that they have sown in Vietnam. They want to invade and intervene in the affairs of Venezuela - as they said then and say now - on behalf of democracy and freedom. The story of the alleged usurpation of power in Venezuela is as false as the story of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. ”
S.V. Khristenko
