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Venezuelais regional Allies to pass public form Supported GovernmentCondemning an oil seizure by the Trump administration tanker Last week.
The incident involved a skipper tanker, which was detained off the coast of Venezuela last Wednesday, marking the first time the US has seized Venezuelan oil cargo since sanctions were imposed in 2019.
support for president Nicolas Maduro The voice was raised during a televised virtual meeting of the leftist ALBA bloc, comprising Caribbean and Latin American countries. This show of solidarity comes amid an increasing US military buildup in the southern Caribbean.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel underlined the seriousness of the situation during the summit, saying: “Latin America and the Caribbean are facing threats today that have no precedent in past decades.”
“They are thieves,” said Nicaragua’s co-president Daniel Ortega, referring to the US seizure of the tanker.
The impact of the seizure could spread across the region, with Venezuela’s oil exports falling sharply and Cuba, already under pressure to power its own grid, at risk of losing supplies.
us President donald trumpThe administration does not recognize Maduro, in power since 2013, as Venezuela’s legitimate leader. The region has become increasingly tense as the US has launched deadly strikes against suspected drug-trafficking boats off the Venezuelan coast and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Maduro has said that Trump is trying to remove him.
At the summit, Maduro called on the ALBA bloc to oppose unlawful interference in the region.
“There will be no colonization project,” he said. “We will be free.”