Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro addressed the role of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in historical interventions in Latin America and the media war waged against its leaders this Wednesday.
“First, smear Chávez; then, smear Maduro; and with that campaign, justify anything against our country,” the head of state emphasized during a visit to the “General Rafael Urdaneta” Commune, located in Sector 3 of the Rafael Urdaneta Urbanization (La Segundera), in Cagua, Aragua state.
The Venezuelan leader referred to the invasions and overthrows of presidents of the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Chile, and Nicaragua, orchestrated by the US government through economic, psychological, and political warfare.
He mentioned actions carried out by the CIA in Latin American countries, stating, “dictatorship, 20 years, thousands disappeared, carried out by the CIA.” He added that, 50 years later, the Barack Obama administration “apologized to the people of Brazil because they had made a mistake; João Aguilar was a great democrat.”
Regarding Chile, he recalled that in “1973 the people of Chile elected a great president, one of the greatest leaders in Latin America, Salvador Allende, and they applied the same playbook to him, the same one they applied to us in 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008…” He continued, explaining that the people have defeated the actions of the CIA: “They have defeated them with the conscience and courage of the Bolivarian people,” he emphasized.
He also explained, regarding Chile, that on September 11, 1973, he was bombed, harassed, and assassinated, and detailed that “then came an atrocious dictatorship, with more than five thousand disappeared, with concentration camps.”
Regarding Nicaragua, he indicated that the war against the Sandinista revolution was financed with drugs from Pablo Escobar Gaviria, and affirmed that “they financed the guerrilla movement against the Sandinista revolution.”
President Maduro asserted: “They have not allowed our America to be itself,” but added that “America will find its way, and at the forefront will be Venezuela, ALBA, and the Bolivarian, Martí-inspired, Morazán-inspired revolution for all time.
IMAGE CREDIT: President Maduro inaugurates projects carried out through the National Popular Consultation in Commune 4000 of La Segundera, Aragua. Photo: Presidential Press Office
[ SOURCE: teleSUR ]
