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We survived that day.
MAX BLUMENTHAL: Jaime Bayly said the plot emanated from Miami.
NICOLAS MADURO: Correct. The intellectual authors, the financiers, and the people who directed the operations via video conferences, they live in Miami. They are protected by the US government and are part of the networks established by the White House in this case, by John Bolton.
I can't accuse President Trump, I can't do it at this time, but I do have all the evidence to accuse and ask for a landmark investigation into John Bolton. A criminal. He's a criminal. He failed.
What went through my head at the time? I was focused on the speech I was giving. I thought it was nothing, I didn't think it was an assassination attempt.
After, my security personnel protected me and the second drone exploded. That's when I realized it was an assassination attempt. At the time I was worried about the safety and life of the families, the soldiers there.
Fortunately they dispersed because more bombs could have come. There were seven injured among the troops there.
Later, when I withdrew from there, my mind was focused on the people and their worries. That's why I was quick to speak after, because I knew the people were worried. They wanted to know what happened.
I'm a man of faith. I believe in God very much. A man of action and prayer, a Christian. I believe that there was an event that day, that God saved our lives.
Because they planned it to perfection, with so much evil, to assassinate us. And Venezuela would have entered a new phase the revolution would have been radicalized. You can be sure of that, Max.
The revolution would have gone from the phase we've been in for 20 years, into a more radical phase, a deeper one. A stage of armed revolution. It would have backfired.
Thank God and our good fortune, we are alive and triumphant. More triumphant than ever.
MAX BLUMENTHAL: We hear so much in our media in the US about corruption in your government. We hear very little of course about corruption in the Honduran government, where the president is under DEA investigation, and where $300 million were stolen from the public health services.
But nevertheless, we hear these constant allegations. And having spoken to grassroots Chavistas here, and even government officials, there are complaints about public officials who are harming the revolution by theft and embezzlement, these kinds of things.
I also know that you've taken, your government has taken steps to crack down on corruption, for example against Rafael Ramirez, the PDVSA executive who was an ambassador and is now still in the US. I think he's accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars.
What could you tell the US public about about these allegations of corruption, and about efforts you're undertaking against them?
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