Maduro counterattacks: "They underestimated me, 10 years later, here we are"

• Venezuela 10 years after the death of the 'supreme commander', Hugo Chávez

"Ten years later we can tell you that

in the remainder of the 21st century,"

stressed after rejecting the extension of the US decree declaring

a "threat unusual and extraordinary."

The counterattack by the "people's president" was carried out on the eve of the revolution commemorating the tenth anniversary of the "sowing" (death) of

Added to the annual extension of the decree launched by

in 2015 was the forceful report delivered by the

administration to Congress, in which it concluded that the Maduro regime is increasingly

to stay in power.

The

maintains that Venezuela has become a country that produces illicit drugs and not just a transit country.

Since last year, the Colombian guerrillas of the

and

iron allies of the Bolivarian revolution, have been fighting open fire with the

which were also part of the FARC. , for control of the great corridor of drug trafficking that has the

and

as its final destination.

"Imperialism underestimated us, they underestimated the leadership of the revolution. Ten years ago they underestimated the people, they underestimated me and ten years later here we are," Maduro boasted during his visit to the basic industries of Guayana, in the southeast of the

country .

According to the statement made public by the Chavista Foreign Ministry, the White House reveals "once again its authoritarian, cruel, and lying character, its disrespect for the sovereignty and self-determination of the peoples, and its essentially colonialist condition."

The new broadsides from

call into question the "thaw" that began last year after the Russian invasion of

The negotiations in

between the government and the opposition are paralyzed and the return of the multinational

to improve oil production has not just started either.

From Caracas it has been denounced that the US has not released the

to improve public services, which are part of the social agreement reached in the Aztec capital.

And from Washington no step forward is perceived to achieve free and fair elections.

Nor in terms of human rights, despite the exchanges of prisoners carried out last year.

Meanwhile, the "architect of peace" (one of the names used by Bolivarian propaganda to exalt the figure of Maduro) received this week at the Miraflores

Nikolai

secretary of the

one of the hawks of his ally

at the beginning of his tour to counter the calls for

by the Ukrainian president, V

The next few months are essential for Maduro in his attempt to launder money, in addition to the fact that he is also seeking to attract more funds from the oil industry to face next year's electoral campaign.

"The best scenario is to break the vicious circle and restore a negotiation environment that opens spaces to obtain partial political and economic flexibility. The worst scenario is to go back to all or nothing. And it seems that we are there," warned Luis Vicente León, president

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