Venezuelan first vice-president Diosdado Cabello delivers a speech during a session to appoint the new magistrates of the Supreme Court at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas on April 26, 2022. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP)

CARACAS - The United States is bent on invading Venezuela and has not relaxed its sanctions against the South American country, Diosdado Cabello, first vice-president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, warned Monday.

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"It should be known and discussed daily in every corner of the country: imperialism has not stopped its efforts to invade our country," Cabello said during the Party's weekly press conference.

Former US officials recently acknowledged plans to destabilize Venezuela, and the White House has not abandoned that objective, he said.

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Venezuela is not a submissive nation, Cabello said, "we are rebels."