”Venezuela will be great because of our effort, because of our work, because of the Venezuelans. Whatever President Trump does there,” he explained.
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroreferred this Saturday to the recent victory of Donald Trump in the United States elections. Last Wednesday, the president congratulated the American after the results of the elections, predicting ”a new beginning” in relations between both countries.
In this way, Maduro spoke again about Donald Trump’s return to the White House: ”Let’s leave don’t worry to the president-elect to define his steps and his plans. I see a lot of nervous people, and I know of many nervous people trying to get there so that Trump takes revenge against Venezuela and attacks us”, he explained in a press conference.
In that sense, he asked Venezuelan citizens to have ”calm, sanity and nerves of steel”. Immediately afterwards, he cited the greatest hero of Uruguay, José Gervasio Artigas: ”What I always say to the people of Venezuela, as the great liberator of the Banda Oriental of Uruguay, José Gervasio Artigas, said: Let us make the philosophy and conviction of Artigas our own. Let us expect nothing but ourselves.
”Venezuela will be great because of our effort, because of our work, because of the Venezuelans. “There is what President Trump does, who has a set of plans for his country, and there is what other presidents do,” he added. And he concluded: ”We in Venezuelan territory guarantee peace, harmony, work, freedom, democracy and coexistence.”
The crossing between Maduro and Gustavo Petro for privatization in Colombia
This Saturday, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petroreleased a public letter to his counterpart Nicolás Maduro, where “comprehensively” rejected the Venezuelan idea of privatizing the Monómeros companymanaged by Petrochemical de Venezuela (Pequiven), and located in Barranquilla.
In the post he wrote: “I am completely opposed to a privatization of the Monómeros company located in Barranquilla. I already do it Dapre de Duque tried insanely“, Minister Saab now repeats.” The latter is an alleged front man for Maduro, accused of money laundering and who was imprisoned in the United States.
“Agriculture in Colombia and Venezuela is cornerstone to move from an extractive economy system to a productive system that generates wealth,” he added.
In that sense, the questioning of the company began this year after the controversial presidential elections that granted re-election to Maduro. Then, Rumors arose that Monómeros had wired US$30 million to Pequiven, its parent company, which is “sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury, so it is prohibited from receiving this type of income.” In response, the company that is in the eye of The controversy responded that, ”as a private company”, it is governed by local legislation and complies with “procedures and standards” that ensure its “business suitability.”
Source: Ambito
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