<\/span> The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro said this Friday, September 9, that the economic war against Venezuela, carried out by the US and the collective "West," began in December 2002 with the oil strike of the Venezuelan political right wing. | "Imperialism aimed for an economic collapse [of Venezuela]," the president commented during an official program at the Petrocedeño Industrial Complex. "The economic war began long before the sanctions. It began on December 6, 2002. That was when the intense economic war began. Targeting the principal wealth of the country in order to defeat Comandante Hugo Chávez. That…<\/span><\/p>\nRoger D. Harris<\/span> (2022-09-10)<\/span>.