Caracas, Dec. 10 -- The US government is waging "psychological warfare" against Venezuela following the failure of its economic sanctions, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil said Tuesday.

"They are now resorting to psychological warfare, to military psychological warfare," Gil said during the opening of the People's Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty of Our America, an event being held in Caracas.

As part of its new strategy, he said, the United States is using "economic power, military power and, above all, media power to wage an unprecedented psychological war" against Venezuela and the region.

We are facing "a very important challenge in the history of our republics in our region," Gil said, adding that more than 500 delegat...