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00:00Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro condemned the seizure of a Venezuelan

00:04government's plane by the United States in complicity with the Dominican

00:07Republic administration. The Bolivarian leader informed he talked with the

00:12Dominican Republic's president Luis Abinader to return the plane to

00:16Venezuela after what he described as a robbery by the United States and the

00:20Dominican Republic governments. Maduro also sentenced that the people of the

00:24Dominican Republic will settle their accounts with its president whom he

00:28called a thief. Who responds to the interest of the United States in

00:31paralysm?

00:40I am very much looking forward to tonight's debate. I am almost going there.

00:45Otherwise they would have stolen my plane in the Dominican Republic. I would

00:49have gone there. They left me without a plane. The thief of the president of the

00:53Dominican Republic, Abinader, who is a bandit, a thief, the people of the

00:58Dominican Republic will give him his bill in due time. Do not give me your

01:02little face if I did not go. I talked to him enough. Many times we talked. Many

01:06times. Face to face. So I cannot go to the debate.

01:15Venezuelan head of state celebrated that former President Donald Trump has

01:18acknowledged that the sanctions imposed on the country were a big mistake for

01:22the U.S. economy.

01:28But Donald Trump has recognized that the sanctions are a mistake, that they

01:33weaken the currency, the dollar, they weaken the economy of the United States.

01:42The sanctions against Venezuela were a shot in the foot that the United States

01:47gave itself. The times of imperialism, threats, blockade and sanctions are over.

01:58They cannot return to Venezuela, nor to any country in Latin America and the

02:03Caribbean.

02:08We were able to face the 930 sanctions. We were able to neutralize them, and

02:13Venezuela is already on the upswing. And nothing and no one is going to stop us

02:18in terms of economy.

02:22In Venezuela, the World Antifascist Congress is being held from September

02:2710th to 11th, a conference that gathers more than 200 delegates from 95

02:31countries around the world in support of the fight against imperialism,

02:35colonialism and fascism. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the

02:39event by expressing his firm commitment to combat fascism and highlighting the

02:44importance of implementing laws that protect the population from this type of

02:48dangerous ideologies. Precisely in this regard, the president applauded the

02:53initiative of the National Assembly to debate an antifascist law. The Congress

02:57is an important space for debate and reflection to continue strengthening the

03:02fight against the extremists' ideology and provides a chance to join efforts at

03:07the international level in the defense of democratic and humanitarian values.

03:16Precisely to kick off the World Antifascist Congress, the Venezuelan

03:20Vice President, Dulce Rodríguez, held an inaugural conference on fascism,

03:24neofascism and similar expressions in the national and global context. In the

03:28presence of representatives from more than 95 countries, Rodríguez recalled the

03:32nation's historical fight against fascism as the Venezuelan people have

03:36faced coup d'etat attempts, economic blockades and coercive measures led by

03:41right-wing fascists and backed by foreign imperialist powers. Furthermore,

03:46Rodríguez highlighted that the latest of these attempts occurred during the

03:50July 28th elections, when the far-right tried to delegitimize the victory in the

03:55polls of President Nicolás Maduro.

04:01So, fascism is not new, a new phenomenon. It was experienced on the people of the

04:10south in the dictatorships. We have met with fascism, we have suffered fascism

04:18and we know that the Venezuelan people have been facing actions which we have

04:28to admire because we have to face coup d'etat, assassination attempts,

04:35imperialist invasions, economic wars, economic blockades and most

04:45recently, some of you were here for the electoral process on July 28th. The plan

04:53was already set. We have mentioned that it was happening, it was

05:03about to happen, because we know that they wouldn't recognize the

05:10victory of President Nicolás Maduro. And so, because when we ratified the

05:20victory of President Nicolás Maduro, we ratified our peace, our sovereignty.

05:26Also, during the inaugural conference of the World Anti-Fascist Congress,

05:31Venezuelan Vice President Delsi Rodríguez asked for a round of applause for the

05:35resilience of the Palestinian people in the fight against fascism.

05:38I know that Venezuela, as well as Venezuela, is confronting an expression of far-right

05:49and fascism. I am aware that in other regions of the world there have been similar situations,

05:57symbolic situations, full of deep reflection. And I would like to ask a minute of applause

06:07for the Palestinian people, which is the expression, the most outstanding expression

06:15of resilient people in front of fascism, a people that never surrenders. The Palestinian

06:23people inspires the struggles of humanity. And how, in front of us, the coup-mongering media

06:36outlets promote and boost violence, death, hate, to an extent that we, as human beings,

06:45don't understand, because as it had happened in all countries of the world, are raising their

06:59voices for defending the injustices on the Palestinian people. Long live Palestine,

07:09and thank you very much, brothers and sisters.

07:13Also, the President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, offered statements during

07:19the World Anti-Fascist Congress being held in Caracas, the capital, from September 10th

07:24to 11th. During his remarks, Rodríguez referred to the psychological war Venezuela has been

07:29subjected to in the past weeks, and assured fascism is a political expression of the crisis

07:34suffered by capitalism, and it is manifested today in social media and in a space that

07:39allows the spread of hatred with the complicity of Western powers, who are the owners of the

07:44biggest technological and media emporiums. Fear and repression are two fundamental characteristics

07:50of the working class living under neo-fascist policies, a reality that Venezuela is fighting

07:55against, for it never to settle in the country, despite the ultra-right's attempts.

08:00The Republic of Abyssinia on Tuesday sent a letter to the Republic of Nicaragua on the

08:09occasion of the 15th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

08:14The letter was sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Asian country, in which it

08:20emphasizes that September 10th 2009 is a truly significant date in the modern history of the

08:26Republic of Abyssinia. It further notes that the establishment of diplomatic relations between

08:31the Republic of Abyssinia and the Republic of Nicaragua on that day was a pledge of the

08:37development of friendly and cooperative relations between the two peoples and states. The letter

08:42also emphasized that the Republic of Abyssinia is ready to contribute in every possible way to

08:48the further development of the whole complex of mutually beneficial and strategic partnership

08:53of inter-state cooperation for the benefit of its brotherly peoples.

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