“We have many options
for Venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary” said US President
Trump last night. “We have troops all over the world in places that are very
far away. Venezuela is not very far away and people are suffering and they’re
dying,” he added.
It’s unlikely that Trump’s
declarations will be followed by an imminent invasion of Venezuela, but they
are sure to boost the anti-imperialist and nationalist rhetoric of the Venezuelan
government. The declarations will be presented as part of a “coordinated” hemispheric
plan led by the US government, and backed by other “rightist” governments in
the region and the local opposition, to put an end to the Bolivarian revolution
and its “accomplishments”.
These are the first
reactions by several government officials to President Trump’s declarations:
Defense Minister Vladimir
Padrino López told Venezolana de
Televisión: “This is an act of craziness, and act of extremism. There is extremist
elite now governing the United States.”
Information and
Communication Minister Ernesto Villegas, has said that the Venezuelan Foreign
Minister will issue and official communique later today. He wrote on Twitter:
Amenaza proferida por Trump une a todos los venezolanos de bien en rechazo a injerencia y en defensa de la Patria #TrumpHandsOffVenezuela
Delcy Rodríguez,
President of the newly convened National Constitutive Assembly, wrote:
Rechazamos las cobardes, insolentes e infames amenazas del Pdte de los EEUU @realDonaldTrump contra la sagrada soberanía de Venezuela
Translated by Telesur:
.@DrodriguezVen: We reject the cowardly, insolent, and vile threats from US President @realDonaldTrump against the sacred sovereignty of Ven
Both Rodríguez and Villegas re-twitted this response by Argentinian pro-chavista philosopher Fernando Buen Abad D.:
Nosotros también tenemos muchas "opciones" respecto al imperio y sus gerentes. Si quieren acelerar la lucha de clases nos encontrarán unidos
Abad added this picture:
Rechazamos las cobardes, insolentes e infames amenazas del Pdte de los EEUU @realDonaldTrump contra la sagrada soberanía de Venezuela
Translated by Telesur:
.@DrodriguezVen: We reject the cowardly, insolent, and vile threats from US President @realDonaldTrump against the sacred sovereignty of Ven
Both Rodríguez and Villegas re-twitted this response by Argentinian pro-chavista philosopher Fernando Buen Abad D.:
Nosotros también tenemos muchas "opciones" respecto al imperio y sus gerentes. Si quieren acelerar la lucha de clases nos encontrarán unidos
Abad added this picture:
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