Arreaza in Russia
The Venezuelan foreign minister, who is in Russia, said at a press conference at the Venezuelan Embassy in Moscow, after the meeting with his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, that the «criminal blockade» of the Donald Trump Administration «seeks a change of power in the Venezuelan government based on the suffering of the people». «We are going to insist on diplomacy, in the dialogue to unblock the Venezuelan economy», he said, referring to the billions withheld in international banks «that seek to stifle the Venezuelan economy».The complaints of users
After these affirmations of the Foreign Minister, the users have shared information through this label about the consequences of economic and financial sanctions. The Spanish political scientist Arantxa Tirado asked her followers to ask themselves the reason for the coercive measures on an economy supposedly «poorly managed» and that «does not work».In the same way, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister said that the «illegal blockade» prevents the Venezuelan economy from mobilizing millions of dollars «necessary to pay for imports of food and medicine».Cuando te digan que es el socialismo lo que no funciona o que el Gobierno de Maduro ha gestionado mal la economía del país, pregúntate por qué hace falta bloquear a #Venezuela si supuestamente su economía ya era un desastre por méritos propios… #TrumpDesbloqueaVenezuela
— Arantxa Tirado (@aran_tirado) May 6, 2019
Some netizens asked to join this initiative and disseminate the data they had on punitive measures and others expressed their support for the initiative.El Bloqueo ilegal de la Administración Trump priva a la economía venezolana de miles de millones en divisas, necesarios para pagar por las importaciones esenciales que salvan vidas: salud y alimentación #TrumpDesbloqueaVenezuela #TrumpUnblockVenezuela pic.twitter.com/Nm6cUJzLkW
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) May 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/elangell999/status/1125379633761914881 It was also used to post images of people abroad who support the Maduro government and who reject restrictions by the US. On the other hand, the Twitter account @DesbloqueaVe was created to upload information about the financial and economic siege that the South American country is going through. Among the shared trills, there is one of the Venezuelan foreign minister where he affirms that the «blockade or sanctions» are «an unprecedented violation of international law and a new form of war».Que el mundo conozca las consecuencias del bloqueo criminal en contra del Pueblo venezolano, alcemos la voz para denunciar con datos, pruebas y cifras el daño causado.
— Yndira Torregrosa (@YndiTorregrosa) May 5, 2019
Únete al gran tuitazo mundial #TrumpDesbloqueaVenezuela #TrumpUnblockVenezuela este lunes 06 de mayo a las 11am. pic.twitter.com/j48npACkoV
In this account, which until now has almost 500 followers, the amount that a group of international banks have withheld from the Venezuelan State was published. https://twitter.com/DesbloqueaVE/status/1125373108741988354 Other trills refer to issues of health and reproductive control, which have also been affected.El bloqueo o las “sanciones”de la administración Trump, son ilegales desde todo punto de vista, una violación sin precedentes del Derecho internacional y una nueva forma de guerra contra los pueblos que han decidido ser libres. #TrumpDesbloqueaVenezuela #TrumpUnblockVenezuela pic.twitter.com/htG3JmYVsn
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) May 6, 2019
#TrumpUnblockVenezuela Este es el principal problema que tenemos en #Venezuela, una arremetida económica empleada por EEUU desde que Obama firmó el Decreto pero Trump como foca de la Casa Blanca le ha dado seguimiento #PrimeraPagina#FelizLunes
— BLINDAJE ROJO (@BlindajeRojo2) May 6, 2019
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Panamá pic.twitter.com/uyILO57pkD
An user uploaded an infographic where it is asserted that nine million boxes of food, subsidized and distributed by the State, have not been able to enter the country, as a consequence of the sanctions, as well as 300,000 doses of insulin. https://twitter.com/LaBunkeT/status/1125421313017950209 Another graph shows that Venezuela has lost 300 million dollars in the food sector since 2014. For its part, the Latin American Geopolitical Strategic Center (Celag) has stated in a report that the total losses since 2013 would correspond to GDP of a year and a half. https://twitter.com/DesbloqueaVE/status/1125424513435435008Trump vulnera los derechos humanos de niñas, adolescentes y adultas en nuestro territorio#TrumpDesbloqueaVenezuela #TrumpUnblockVenezuela pic.twitter.com/wLs2LNfCgj
— A.A. Torrealba (@Segulac1) May 6, 2019