Xinhua and AFP
The newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, August 21, 2024, p. 27
Caracas. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil yesterday denounced the ongoing US conspiracy campaign against his country, led by the Under Secretary of State for the Hemisphere, Brian Nichols, with which they seek to interfere in the outcome of the presidential elections of July 28, and he said that he will investigate where the funds used to attack the Bolivarian government come from.
Gil said: “Nichols’ conspiracy against Venezuela failed again. However, he continues to bill for every post in the bag of the defeated, like a hitman of the lobby mayamero. Sooner rather than later this must be investigated. How much do they pay for each message? Who pays? And the darkest thing: Where do those dollars come from? “, he pointed out in his Telegram account, Globovisión reported.
He said the conduct of the undersecretary should be investigated by the nation, as well as the need to determine where the resources come from.
Gil added a post Nichols, who said it demonstrates U.S. interference in Venezuelan affairs, pointing out that the president Nicolás Maduro and his representatives continue to refuse to publish the original minutes of the presidential elections.
The United States will hold accountable those who allow electoral fraud and repression. The will of the Venezuelan people must be respectedNichols expressed on his social networks.
Following the approval –last week– of the law on supervision, regularization, performance and financing of NGOs and non-profit social organizations, by the National Assembly, Nichols described this initiative as Direct attack on civil society and freedom of association.
The Venezuelan foreign minister responded: We are sure that your dirty funds from the NED (National Endowment for Democracy) or USAID (United States Agency for International Development) will not continue to finance the terrorism of your lackeys, dedicate them to attending to the needs of the American people, who need it very much..
Meanwhile, Maduro stated that fascism failedduring a meeting with the national leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and its allies of the Great Patriotic Pole.
We will not allow fascism to seize power in VenezuelaMaduro emphasized, and urged Consolidate victory over hatred, lies and manipulation.
In an assessment of the political panorama after the elections, the president said: We are defeating a coup d’état.
He described the destabilizing attempt as cyber coupand he stressed: “poor is he who allows himself to be carried away by the story that seeks to justify the establishment of a violent regime.
The country is torn between love and hate, between tolerance and intolerance, between violence and persecution or dialogue and peace.the president stressed before his governing alliance.
Maduro stressed that the forces of the Bolivarian revolution represent the greatest force of guarantee for a country, for a people; fascism has failed in Venezuela, we have defeated it.