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Same thing that happened in Iran in the 50's when the CIA overthrew the democratically elected president of Iran.Took the liberty of changing the title from 'Trump' to 'U.S.', because this has obviously been happening since before Hugo Chavez even became president of Venezuela in 2002 and Donald Trump was busy renovating Trump Park Avenue' at the time.
Venezuela’s natural reserves, such as oil, gas, and gold, encourage the US to seek regime change there, President Maduro told RT, saying he won’t be remembered as a leader who showed weakness and ignorance to his people.
“What is Donald Trump’s ‘casus belli’ against Venezuela? The ‘casus belli’ is the oil of Venezuela, the riches of Venezuela, its gold, gas, iron, diamonds, other material riches,” Maduro said in an exclusive interview with RT Spanish. The remarks come as Western nations pile overwhelming pressure on the Latin American country.
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The US has steadily toughened sanctions on Venezuela in recent years in an effort to weaken the government and destabilize economy. Some international observers believe the sanctions and economic war hit Venezuela’s people in the first place, contributing to the lack of medicine, malnutrition and mortality.
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Maduro: Oil, gold & other riches behind Trump’s Venezuela crusade