He made the statement at a rally held in front of the Venezuelan diplomatic headquarters in Montevideo.

Sassone described what he called an “unprecedented military action by the United States in terms of violating the constitutional and international law of nations.”

He denounced that President Nicolas Maduro is being held hostage by invading US troops and must be freed.

It was also learned that the Association of Cuban Residents in Uruguay condemned what it called imperialist aggression against sister nation Venezuela.

The statement urged Cubans residing in Uruguay to join the Uruguayan people this afternoon in the rally called by the PIT-CNT labor union and various social organizations in the capital.

In the rally will be repudiated US interference and intervention in our sovereign countries, the text states.

It will also be to express “our solidarity and support for the brotherly Venezuelan people, who will not be alone in their struggle for freedom and self-determination.”

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