Maduro accuses US of trying to introduce puppet regime in Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States of trying to install a puppet regime in the Bolivarian Republic in order to seize its natural resources, Report informs via TASS.

"An imperial plan has been developed to change the regime in Venezuela to install a puppet government of the United States and steal our largest oil reserves in the world, the fourth largest gas reserves in the world, and the first gold reserves," the president said on the Venezolana de Television television channel.

Maduro said that for these purposes, the United States has concentrated warships and a nuclear submarine in the Caribbean and is making false accusations against Venezuela.

He stressed that "the United Nations, the European Union, the World Customs Organization and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have already rejected accusations of Venezuela [of drug trafficking]."

He said that even in "the United States, no one believes the lies that are being told about me and Venezuela."

The president said that Washington would not achieve its goal and Venezuela would remain an "independent, free and peaceful country."

The head of State said that the National Bolivarian Armed Forces are conducting three-day maneuvers "Caribbean Sovereignty 200" in the territorial waters of Venezuela.

"The peoples of the Caribbean and South America have the right to peace, and nothing should violate their sovereignty," Maduro stressed, expressing confidence that Venezuela has "a powerful state, a strong, consolidated, well-organized government, as well as a determined people, which guarantee victory in any circumstances."