Since 1999, the U.S. has waged a hybrid war against Venezuela

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Special envoy Brian Mier in Caracas, Venezuela, provides details into the relations between the United States and Venezuela and how they come into play during the upcoming elections. teleSUR

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00:00In this context, the candidate of the Great Patriotic Poll also expressed his rejection

00:05of the intentions of the extreme right to privatize education and give away the country's

00:10oil to its U.S. allies.

00:17Do you want a coward to come in as president and privatize education?

00:26Do you want a coward to come and privatize the right to health?

00:35Do you want a coward to come and privatize and give away Venezuela's oil and gas?

00:43If the gringos want oil, it falls here, cash, cash.

00:53Of course we are going to produce more oil every time.

00:57Of course we are going to produce gas.

01:00And if the gringos want it, they will pay me in cash, at the market price.

01:06It is over.

01:07Nobody is going to privatize the oil.

01:13And the Ministry of Defense of Venezuela met with the electoral representatives of the

01:17United Nations in view of the upcoming presidential elections on July 28th.

01:23The defense minister, Vladimir Padrino López, highlighted the importance of international

01:27relations during the presidential election process.

01:31In turn, the official pointed out that the armed forces will be accompanying the electoral

01:35process on July 28th.

01:39He also indicated that the republic plan will guarantee the order, the security of the voters,

01:45the custody of the infrastructure of the National Electoral Council, and will take

01:49care of the electoral material.

01:57And we continue on topic as we go into the relations between the United States and Venezuela,

02:02and how they come into play during these elections.

02:04All the information with our special envoy in Caracas, Raya Mir.

02:10For the past 25 years, the United States has waged a hybrid war against Venezuela.

02:16From failed coup attempts and financing violent far-right opposition groups, to crippling

02:21sanctions that killed tens of thousands of people by blocking life-saving drugs like

02:25insulin from entering the country, one constant between democratic and republican governments

02:31alike has been constant aggression against the socialist government of Venezuela.

02:35Basically, there are two imperatives, two objectives that sometimes conflict with one

02:41another.

02:42The U.S. needs Venezuelan oil, particularly due to the conflicts currently raging in the

02:49Mideast and in Ukraine.

02:51But the other imperative is to bring about regime change in order to teach the region

02:57a lesson that progressive governments don't work.

03:01When the Biden administration announced it was restarting dialogue with the Venezuelan

03:05government this month, some viewed it as a positive sign the U.S. government is going

03:10to respect the results of this month's presidential elections.

03:13But experts on the history of relations between the two governments have their doubts.

03:20I think the idea of reopening dialogue is part of a greater process because the United

03:26States is characterized by a foreign policy of doublespeak.

03:30The United States often says something publicly while doing something different behind the

03:35scenes and this is what is happening today.

03:41Venezuela's presidential elections will be held on July 28.

03:45Brian Muir, TELUSUR, Caracas.

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