Venezuelan government expressed solidarity with the “fight” of the Americans to “resist” the country’s economic model
THE Venezuela congratulated this Monday (4.Jul.2022) the United States for the 246th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Through a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government of Mature defended diplomacy as a mechanism of relationship between nations and expressed the need to “redeeming the spirit of cooperation for mutual benefit”.
The South American country recalled the struggles to found its republics. In addition, Venezuela expressed its solidarity “with the struggles of the American people” for “resist” to the political and economic model of USAwhich he classified as “unsustainable that spreads poverty and backwardness”.
The United States and Venezuela have had a conflicted relationship since the late 1990s. In 2019, the then president Donald Trump recognized the former deputy Juan Guaidó as “interim president”. the management of Biden did not reconsider the official position of Washington.
With the war in ukrainethe White House announced that it intends to import Venezuelan oil. Washington is looking for a rapprochement to get out of the energy crisis caused by Russia’s oil and gas sanctions.
On June 27, a US delegation arrived in Caracas to address the bilateral agenda between the countries and continue with the dialogues started in March. After the 1st White House trip to Venezuela, the US lifted some oil sanctions to allow the chevron start negotiations with the Venezuelan state-owned PDVSA.
Here is the full translated statement (intactin Spanish):
“The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela congratulates the people of the United States of America on completing 246 years of their Declaration of Independence.
“Venezuelan and North American patriots, as was the case of our Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda in the US and US officials in Venezuela, were the ones who fought for the foundation of both republics. They managed to join forces for the noble cause of independence, rejecting the colonialist pretensions of foreign powers. In a world that still cannot overcome the covid-19 pandemic, which, in addition, is going through a deep systemic crisis that threatens peace and life on the planet, it is necessary to rescue the spirit of cooperation for mutual benefit and make diplomacy and respect are imposed as a mechanism for the relationship between two nations that face shared challenges.
“Venezuela stands in solidarity with the struggles of the American people, 1st in resisting the clashes of a political and economic model that has become unsustainable and that only propagates poverty and backwardness. May efforts from the popular field in both countries serve to mark the way towards the horizon of a new humanity, where understanding prevails and where there is no room for discrimination, exclusion and confrontation.”
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