Delcy Rodríguez says they work to «rescue» Venezuelans sent to El Salvador

Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said Monday that Venezuelan migration is the product of the «economic asphyxiation» to which the country was «subjected», so she rejected that they are called «terrorists» or «criminals» in the United States.

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In a press conference, the Minister of Hydrocarbons said that most migrants left the country for the «criminal block» «requested» by María Corina Machado, who demanded «to face» for «supporting» the measures of the administration of Donald Trump against the «population.»

“When a migrant crosses our border, he did it for better perspectives and horizons of life against what caused the criminal block in our country. It is an economic migrant, they are not terrorists, they are not criminals, they are victims of the economic war, ”he said.

He pointed out that the Government of Nicolás Maduro has “open arms” so that the nationals return to the country and announced that they are working to “rescue” the “kidnapped” migrants in the US. UU. And sent to what it considers is a “Nazi concentration camp” in El Salvador.

«All government efforts are aimed at receiving and rescuing those who are kidnapped by these species of Nazi fields that have created to violate their human rights, and who consider human life as a merchandise, which can be put price and do business,» he lamented.

Expo Metal 2025

He also reported that more than 30 national and international companies are participating in the 2025 Expo Metal, which could be translated into several strategic alliances that drive the productive sector in Venezuela.

The minister stressed that this time more than 1,600 business appointments are confirmed, which described as an «extraordinary news» to boost production. “We are already prepared to sign several alliances with Sidor, Bariven, and in different areas such as iron, mining. We will receive both national and international investments to give a productive impulse and also to allow chain with other sectors, ”he said.

Rodríguez said that the Expo Metal will facilitate contracts in sectors such as construction, manufacturing and technology. He said that this project is framed in the planning of the first transformation that is part of the government project by 2030.

He mentioned that Venezuela records 15 continuous quarters of economic growth. «That allows us to defeat the effects of the criminal block,» he said. He reiterated that «defeated» sectors of the country «transferred their hatred» to the economic sector; However, he said that all his attempts will be «defeated» by public and private producers.

Government condemns the «criminalization» of migrants

The Venezuelan government rejected on Sunday the «infamous and unfair criminalization» of Venezuelan migration by the United States government, highlighting that the application of the law of the foreign enemy of 1798 against the nationals «evokes» the «darkest» times of humanity.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that this legislation violates the international legal system in human rights, as well as the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all migratory workers and their relatives, and the declaration on the human rights of individuals, which corresponds to a crime of “Lesa humanity”.

The Government pointed out that, in its «vast majority,» Venezuelan migrants are working, decent and honest citizens who do not belong to terrorist organizations or are criminals or «enemies» of countries.

Therefore, he condemned what he considers is a «persecution» against Venezuelans, as well as the expropriation of their assets, heritage, businesses, vehicles and bank accounts.