In the context of the fourth anniversary of the anti-blockade law, the Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, recalled that “in the middle of the pandemic they intensified the blockade against the people,” which led, she added, to seeing the face of international “fascism.”
Vice President Rodríguez said that the economic, financial and commercial blockade against Venezuela is the face of international fascism and that “they are the countries that around Washington have this vision of dominating the world, of dominating it through suffering, crime and destruction.” ”, he stressed.
He insisted that the blockade It is the true face of fascismeconomic blockades; because through them, “human rights to food, health and education are massively violated.”
Year 2020: Evidence of the criminal actions of some Governments
Delcy Rodríguez highlighted that the year 2020 was very particular, as the criminal actions of some Governments were evident that “they go against the people, that they do not care about boys and girls, the elderly, women and what to talk about if they murder right-handedly.” and sinister in live broadcast to the children of Palestine.”
Is it that we don’t know what face fascism has? the official asked herself. He noted that it was very “significant that during a pandemic more economic asphyxiation has been established against the Venezuelan national body.”
Along these same lines, he highlighted that after 4 years of the approval of the Anti-Blockade Law in the National Constituent Assembly, President Nicolás Maduro subsequently “masterfully exposed the truth of the blockade with real figures on the impact against Venezuela”, which affected 99%. of the country’s foreign exchange earnings.
“Our Republic had never experienced a similar situation,” he reflected, while the entire world was experiencing the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, he emphasized.
He detailed that about the countries that have sanctioned Venezuela “of the 948 Unilateral Coercive Measures (MCU); 785 are direct sanctions from the United States, the European Union, Canada, Switzerland, directly against our homeland.” The vice president pointed out that this sought to end a “social promotion and protection system that Commander Hugo Chávez upon coming to political power focused on overcoming the poverty and misery left by the Puntofijista governments.”
The vice president welcomed the presence of the ambassadors of Russia, Iran, China and Cuba; in Venezuela, also victims, he added, of the US Government’s MCU.
Rodríguez also highlighted the importance of strategic alliances with brother countries such as Cuba, Russia and Iran, who face similar challenges; ensuring that these relationships are based on solidarity and mutual respect, thus strengthening resistance against external aggression.
Rodríguez concluded his intervention by reaffirming the commitment of the Bolivarian Government to the defense of the sovereignty and rights of the Venezuelan people.
