Venezuela's democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro sent this open letter to the people of the USA, calling for peace and no war and sanctions.

He warns that the Trump admin is trying to launch a war, based on lies about drugs, to distract from the coronavirus disaster.

Maduro writes: "The people of the US and Venezuela are not as different as their lies intend us to believe... The dream of Martin Luther King is also the dream of Venezuela and its revolutionary government. I invite you to struggle together in order to make that dream come true."

Facing threats of military attacks by Trump admin, Venezuelan President Maduro says: "I call upon the people of the United States to stop this madness, to hold your officials accountable and to force them to focus their attention and resources on urgently addressing the pandemic"

Maduro added: "I also ask, together with the end to military threats, the end to the illegal sanctions and blockade that restrict the access to humanitarian goods that are so necessary."

The US blockade has devastated Venezuela, killing tens of thousands https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/11/life-resistance-venezuela-ben-norton-us-blockade/