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.