‘This constitutes an act of piracy,’ President Diaz-Canel stressed.
On Wednesday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel reiterated his support for the complaint filed by the Venezuelan government over an attack on the oil tanker Skipper by U.S. military forces.
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“Cuba expresses its full support for the Venezuelan government’s denunciation and strongly condemns the assault on an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, carried out by the U.S. Armed Forces. This constitutes an act of piracy, a violation of international law and an escalation of aggression against that sister nation,” he said.
Earlier, the Venezuelan government had described as a “blatant theft” the U.S. confiscation of the oil tanker off the country’s coast, warning that it will take the case to international bodies to denounce a grave international crime.
“This new criminal act adds to the theft of CITGO, an important strategic asset belonging to all Venezuelans, seized through fraudulent judicial mechanisms outside any legal standard,” the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry said.
🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: Footage of US military capturing Venezuelan oil tanker.pic.twitter.com/SzbOUSG9Rp
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A few hours earlier on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States had intercepted and seized a “large, very large tanker — the largest ever seized, actually.”
According to the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry, the illegal seizure of the tanker reveals the true motives behind a prolonged campaign of aggression against Venezuela. “It’s not migration, it’s not drug trafficking, it’s not democracy, it’s not human rights. It has always been about our natural resources — our oil, our energy, the assets that belong exclusively to the Venezuelan people,” it said.
Venezuelan diplomats said the act of piracy aims to distract public attention and cover up “the resounding failure of the political show staged in Oslo,” where the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan far-right activist Maria Corina Machado.
“Venezuela calls on all citizens to stand firm in defense of the homeland and urges the international community to reject this vandalic, illegal and unprecedented aggression that some seek to normalize as a tool of pressure and plunder,” the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.
The Venezuelan government also warned that it will turn to all international institutions to denounce the tanker’s seizure and defend its sovereignty, natural resources and national dignity. “Venezuela will not allow any foreign power to try to take from the Venezuelan people what belongs to them by historical and constitutional right,” it said.
Executive Vice President of #Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, thanked the delegates on the second day of the People’s Assembly for their support of the Venezuelan people in spite of the blockade and U.S. attacks. pic.twitter.com/uTxLoNCo6h
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Sources: VFAM – EFE
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