CARACAS, December 11. /TASS/. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has urged the United States to abandon its policy of interference, change of regimes and state coups in Venezuela and Latin America.
"We demand the US government cease its illegal, tough interference [into the domestic affairs] in Venezuela and Latin America, abandon its policy of regime changes, state coups and invasions," he told a mass rally in downtown Caracas that was televised by Venezolana de Televisión.
Venezuela "belongs to the noble sovereign and courageous people <…> and will never be any empire’s colony," he stressed. "The riches of the Venezuelan soil will never be plundered either by gringo invaders or by any empire."
He warned that people "who are working in Venezuela’s fields will take up arms, will use missiles and tanks to defend the country from any aggressive empire." "Peoples of the world support Venezuela" and "the Venezuelan people will ensure peace, stability and development of the country," he pledged.
Prior to the rally, Maduro took part in a grassroots march along Caracas’ streets.
