PSUV supporters march in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo: Correo del Orinoco.
Since Hugo Chávez was elected in 1998, Venezuela’s political opposition has received foreign financing to promote destabilization in the country and attack the revolutionary government, said the vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello.
This Sunday, June 9, during his participation in the discussion “Forms of Organization of the Bolivarian Revolution,” Cabello said that Venezuela currently enjoys full independence, which is why it makes decisions freely in accordance with the mandates of the people.
The sectors of the extreme right, which today are calling for elections, are the same ones that in the past have asked imperialism to invade and blockade Venezuela.
“It seems strange, but in Venezuela, promoted by the right, they burned human beings alive, and the excuse given was that they looked like Chavistas—humble and hard-working people,” added Cabello. “These neo-fascist groups had a violent plan and murdered people. They hung ropes and wires on the roads so that people would die by slitting their throats [when driving through on motorcycles or scooters]. We have had to fight against that violence, and today it is the same people who want to go to elections in sheep’s clothing.”
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Cabello highlighted how, confronted with these attacks, Venezuela has been able to defeat the violent opposition thanks to its civil–military–police union. The revolutionary leader said that Venezuela will not allow any country in the world to try to intervene, in a neocolonial fashion, and oversee the upcoming presidential elections on July 28.
“We flatly refuse that any country or group of countries come to supervise the elections in Venezuela,” said Cabello. “That is a matter for Venezuelans. Any person or group is welcome to witness the Venezuelan electoral process, added Cabello, as long as they respect the rules established by the National Electoral Council (CNE). Cabello made the statement in reference to the CNE’s revocation of the invitation to the European Union after the EU attempted to influence the CNE executive board with the threat of illegal coercive economic measures—euphemistically known as “sanctions.”
(Ăšltimas Noticias) by Gustavo Rangel with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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