The Venezuelan government issued a statement this Saturday (20/12) in which it condemned the interception by the US military of an oil tanker that had left the South American country.
In the press release, the Venezuelan government also denounces the “forced” disappearance of the crew of the tanker which was in international waters of the Caribbean.
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounces and energetically repudiates what constitutes a theft and an act of international piracy, publicly announced by the President of the United States, who confessed to the theft of a ‘bucket’ of oil in the Caribbean Sea,” reads the first paragraph of the statement.
Throughout the text, the government of President Nicolas Maduro calls on the Venezuelan people to defend their sovereignty.
“Venezuela will not allow any foreign power to seek to take from the Venezuelan people what belongs to them by virtue of historical and constitutional rights,” reads an excerpt of the document which also accuses the United States of being interested in the country’s oil.
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Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced Saturday that the Republic of Venezuela rejected the U.S. government’s interception and “the disappearance of its crew.”
The interception of the Venezuelan tanker was the second in a week. The other happened on the 10th.
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The ship intercepted this Saturday was in international waters in the Caribbean Sea and belongs to a Panamanian company, but was transporting Venezuelan oil, as reported by the New York Times.
The order to intercept Venezuelan oil ships came from US President Donald Trump and comes amid escalating tensions between the two countries.
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