A statement released by Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez pointed out that the robbery was committed by US military personnel in international waters.

She affirmed that this serious act of piracy “constitutes the flagrant commission of the crime stipulated in Article 3 of the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, as well as a gross violation of Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations.”

The statement added that it also violates Article 2 of the Geneva Convention on the High Seas and the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States, among other applicable norms of international law.

She stated that the colonialist model the United States government seeks to impose through these practices “will fail and be defeated by the Venezuelan people.”

Venezuela, she asserted, will continue its economic growth, based on its 14 economic engines and the independent and sovereign development of its hydrocarbon industry.

The Bolivarian Republic reaffirmed that these acts will not go unpunished and will take all appropriate actions, including filing complaints with the United Nations Security Council, other multilateral organizations, and governments around the world.

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