VENEZUELA SAYS US MILITARY CHIEF’S STATEMENT PROVES PLOT VS CARACAS

Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza has denounced US Southern Command Admiral Craig Faller’s admission that his country plans to violently overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, teleSUR reported on Friday.

On Monday, Faller commented at an online meeting organized by the business forum Council of the Americas that several international attempts to bring down Venezuela’s government have worked but not quickly enough for the Venezuelan people to realize.

He not only said that such efforts have not worked quick enough but also that it took an entire generation to get to this point and that it will take a while to unblock Venezuela's democratic framework. Faller also attributed certain external factors such as the help of Cuba, Russia, China and Iran to the alleged slow change within Venezuela.

Arreaza pointed out that this arrogant position of the White House is unacceptable and insisted that it violates the Charter of the United Nations and the most basic principles of international law through threats and blockades. This statement shows Washington's systematic and widespread attacks on Venezuela, which constitutes a crime against humanity.