The Government of Venezuela reported this Sunday the departure from its country of a ship of the US company Chevron loaded with Venezuelan crude oil according to an announcement the executive vice president and minister of hydrocarbons, Delcy Rodriguez.
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Rodríguez announced on his Telegram channel the departure of the Canopus Voyager ship “with Venezuelan oil bound for the United States,” in “strict adherence to the regulations and in compliance with the commitments undertaken” by his nation’s oil industry.
The launch of the Canopus Voyager comes amid an active strategy of piracy by the US government, which deployed a military fleet in the Caribbean that has confiscated two tankers in the Caribbean Sea and today performs an “active pursuit” to intercept a third.
Chevron operates in Venezuela in association with the state-owned PDVSA thanks to a license from the Department of the Treasury that exempts it from the sanctions imposed on Venezuelan crude oil.
“Venezuela has always been and will continue to be respectful of national and international legality. Nothing and no one will stop our country on its path of progress and victory!” added Rodríguez, who shared a video showing the ship.
The Venezuelan government maintains that these actions strengthen energy cooperation and guarantee the continuity of hydrocarbon production and export under conditions of mutual respect.
The Government of Venezuela denounced the theft and hijacking of a Venezuelan private oil vessel, as well as the forced disappearance of its crew, accusing US military personnel of perpetrating these acts in international waters.
The Venezuelan vice president described the action as an act of piracy, in the context of a US aggression to appropriate the country’s oil and other resources. The Venezuelan government considers this incident a violation of international conventions and the Charter of the United Nations.
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