Nicolás Maduro

Two of the four countries which were subject to military threats during Donald Trump’s recent speech before the world’s largest body dedicated to world peace, have responded to his provocative statements.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was called a “socialist dictator” by Trump who then launched into a rage against socialist politics while continuing to target Venezuela.
Maduro addressed Trump’s remarks during an event in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, saying,

(ZHE) — Did the doomsday clock on the petrodollar (and implicitly US hegemony) just tick one more minute closer to midnight?

(ANTIMEDIA) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday that Venezuela will be looking to “free” itself from the U.S. dollar next week, Reuters reports.

In an address to a new legislative superbody, Maduro said:

“I am announcing that Venezuela intends to introduce a new international payment system and to create a currency basket for the liberation from the dollar and, [we intend] to free ourselves from the clutches of the dollar, the currency that is strangling our country.”

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Maria Zakharova, the official spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry has given a lengthy answer to a question regarding Russia’s position on Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Venezuela.
Below is her full response:

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Recently, Russia declared its position steadfastly opposed to war and punitive measures against the government of Venezuela. Today, China has joined this call in support of Caracus against further US measures of fear, threats and intimidation.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying has stated,
“The present problem in Venezuela should be resolved by the Venezuelan government and people themselves.

On 25 August President Trump signed an executive order slapping Venezuela with the most sweeping economic sanctions ever. They practically paralyze Venezuela, threaten to plunge her into famine. It’s an economic coup of the worst kind. It’s outright financial warfare. For all those western nations for which such unilateral actions by the Zionist-led Washington regime has become the new normal – it is one of the highest criminal assaults a nation can impose on another nation.

As Venezuela attempts to re-start a political process based on the results of the recent vote to seat a new Constituent Assembly which will be the countries highest legislative body, the US continues to enact measures intended to disrupt the process.
Recent, the US issued sanctions directly on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other Venezuelan nationals and.