Maduro: Venezuela will never be a colony
Venezuela’s preside has accused the United States of trying to impose a puppet governme on his coury, saying such a governme “will not last more than 48 hours.”
According to RCO News Agency, the Preside of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, said in a speech that Venezuela has achieved the highest level of national unity by respecting its sovereigy and independence, and emphasized that his coury will “never be colonized” and will coinue to trade with the world.
Maduro also called on Colombians to unite against what he described as violations of iernational law by “colonial governmes in the north.”
According to Al Jazeera News channel, the preside of Venezuela confirmed that he has no doubts about the unity of the people and the army “to guaraee our right to oil, minerals and all our land” and considers the demands of the United States “belligere, colonial and aimed at regime change”.
Meanwhile, Venezuela’s UN represeative accused the US governme of violating Article 2.4 of the UN Charter by threatening to use force, imposing a unilateral naval blockade that violates iernational law, and attempting to impose an air blockade that endangers civil aviation.
He added that the statemes of US Preside Donald Trump are “unprecedeed and violate our sovereigy and territorial iegrity” and called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss “the coinuous aggression of the United States”.
emergency meeting
On the other hand, diplomatic sources told Al Jazeera that the UN Security Council may hold a meeting in the coming days to discuss the situation in Venezuela, and perhaps even sooner, depending on developmes.
The Reuters news agency, citing a UN diplomat, reported that the meeting is likely to be held next Tuesday at the request of Caracas.
In the same coext, the website Politico reported that US oil companies have informed the Trump administration that they do not wa to return to Venezuela even after Maduro leaves, while the administration has talked with these companies about the possibility of returning in case of regime change.
Bloomberg News also reported that Venezuela’s oil storage facilities are nearing their maximum capacity due to US restrictions on crude oil exports. On Wednesday, Donald Trump ordered the seizure of all “sanctioned oil tankers” bound for Venezuela, saying he would not allow anyone to violate the embargo.
Venezuela expressed its opposition to the United States on Wednesday, emphasizing that the coury’s oil exports were not affected by Trump’s announceme to seize oil tankers subject to sanctions.
Venezuela’s state-owned oil company clarified that exports of crude oil and petroleum products are proceeding normally and tankers coinue to move safely.
Accumulated sanctions have reduced Venezuela’s production to below 1 million barrels per day, and imports to the European Union have fallen by 75 perce, Al Jazeera reported.
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