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- The Cuban government condemned the U.S. naval blockade against Venezuela, calling it a violation of international law, according to local media reports.
- U.S. President Donald Trump announced a total blockade on all sanctioned oil tankers bound for Venezuela, escalating tensions with the Maduro government.
- The Venezuelan government, led by Nicolás Maduro, denounced Trump's declaration as a 'grotesque threat' and claimed sovereignty over its resources.
- U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro noted that a naval blockade is an act of war not authorized by Congress, emphasizing a need to prevent escalation.
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'Unquestionably an Act of War': Trump Declares Naval Blockade Against Venezuela
US President Donald Trump declared a blockade on "all sanctioned oil tankers" approaching and leaving Venezuela, a major escalation in what's widely seen as a march to war with the South American nation.
The Cuban authorities have condemned on Wednesday the “complete and total” naval blockade imposed by the US government against all oil tankers who enter and leave Venezuela, while showing their support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in the face of what they understand as an “aggression.” “We strongly support President Maduro, the Bolivarian and Chavista revolution and his popular-military union. Our full support for the communiqué publ…
The Bolivarian government called the statement of the U.S. president on social networks, where he demanded the delivery of Venezuelan natural resources under the threat of a naval blockade, "fear and grave."
The Cuban president supported the statement published by the Venezuelan government, which again denounces that Washington's "true intention" has always been "to appropriate Venezuela's oil, land and minerals" through "giant campaigns of lies and manipulations."The post Cuba repudiates the US naval blockade against Venezuela first appeared on Cubadebate.
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