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Maduro calls for a world free from imperialism at UN general assembly
In this photo taken from video provided by UN Web TV, Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Wednesday September 22, 2021
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro called for a new world free from colonialism and imperialism as he addressed the United Nations general assembly on Wednesday.
His speech appeared to take aim at the United States, which has imposed crippling sanctions on the South American country in an effort to overthrow Mr Maduro’s government.
The socialist leader said that it was time for “a new human community … free of hegemonic empires.
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