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WILPF US says NO US WAR ON VENEZUELA TAKE ACTION NOW! WRITE, CALL, VISIT your members of Congress How many wars can the US launch at once? The United States is making false claims about drug trafficking by the Venezuelan government as an excuse to carry out regime change in the country and take its vast oil reserves. According to UN data, Venezuela is not a drug trafficking country.The deployment of 8 warships, 1,200 missiles, 10 F-35 fighter jets, and a nuclear submarine—all to threaten Venezuela—move our country dangerously close to war. WILPF members and the people of the US do not consent to the use of our country’s resources for yet another regime change war. President Trump and Secretary Rubio say that US forces blew up a boat carrying 11 Venezuelan drug traffickers, yet they have provided no evidence that the vessel was carrying drugs or even departed from Venezuela. As they describe it, however, the US strike would constitute murder on the high seas in violation of international law, and an act of war in violation of the authority of the US Congress. The truth behind the administration’s lies about Venezuela: · NO DRUG CARTELS: According to UN data, Venezuela is not a drug trafficking country and the “Cartel of the Suns” is a US-invented myth to justify sanctions, like the alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq in 2003, while Tren de Aragua is a small prison gang, not a state-sponsored threat. · NO DICTATORSHIP: Venezuela holds free and fair elections every year, and is giving more and more power to the people through local communes. The people decide how government resources are spent in a country that provides free healthcare and education and has eliminated homelessness. · RESOURCE THEFT: The U.S. seeks to plunder Venezuela’s vast oil and mineral resources. · DISTRACTION: A war with Venezuela would push Trump and his Epstein/pedophile guilt off the front page, wouldn't it? We demand respect for the Venezuelan people’s right to peace, development, and self-determination. All three branches of the US government must urgently act to prevent any illegal US attack on Venezuela, and to preserve peace.