VP says Venezuela will never become ‘51st state’ of US
Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has slammed US President Donald Trump's attempt to make Venezuela into its “State 51.”
Speaking at the National History Award ceremony in the capital, Rodríguez denounced the US for attempting to turn Venezuela into its “51st state.”
Rodríguez reaffirmed the Bolivarian nation's commitment to remaining an independent republic.
“We will never become a part of another country,” she declared, adding, “We will remain an independent republic; we will never be a state of any other country — never."
"And our people will never obey the orders of a handful of stateless traitors, bandits,” she further insisted.
Meanwhile, analysts familiar with US foreign policy maintain the Trump administration is orchestrating a “regime change” operation to topple the democratically elected government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
According to a former official from the Venezuelan foreign ministry, by leveling unsubstantiated drug trafficking accusations against Maduro and other top Venezuelan officials while deploying warships near the country's shores, Washington plans to overturn Maduro's leftist government.
Carlos Ron, a senior researcher at the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and the former Venezuelan deputy foreign minister, told Press TV that by accusing Maduro, the US is attempting to justify military actions against the Latin American country.
“Currently, what we're seeing is a 'regime change' operation that has been carried out or tried to be carried out by the United States,” according to the former diplomat.
“We see this because there's a new rhetoric that was created since this year, where the government of Venezuela, in particular President Maduro, is being accused of drug trafficking and is being accused of terrorism, even though there has been no evidence presented in this case.”
In the meantime, Latin American diplomats are preparing for a response to possible US aggression against Venezuela. Brazilian media reported that diplomats from several Latin American states were holding talks on preparing a joint declaration condemning the US's actions against Venezuela.
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