Cuban Foreign Minister Calls for Halt to U.S. "Aggression" Against Venezuela

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to halt its "aggression" against Venezuela and to cease "manipulating" terrorism as a "political weapon."

"We call on the United States to stop this aggression, to cease manipulating terrorism as a political weapon, and to put an end to double standards," wrote the head of Cuban diplomacy on the social media platform X, referencing recent acts of "piracy" committed by Washington against vessels carrying Venezuelan crude.

A recent session at the United Nations Security Council on the situation surrounding Venezuela—which threatens the peace and security of Latin America and the Caribbean—revealed the "serious concerns" of the international community regarding Washington's "repeated violations" of International Law and the Law of the Sea, as well as the "executions and extrajudicial killings" carried out by its military forces in the region, he noted.

According to Rodríguez, the Security Council meeting demonstrated that, despite the "insistent American lie, the war on drugs is an unfounded pretext to justify aggression against a sovereign nation, overthrow a legitimate government, and seize oil."

On Tuesday, the Venezuelan government denounced before the UN Security Council that the blockade imposed by the U.S. against oil tankers transporting its crude constitutes a "crime of aggression" aimed at imposing a colony in the Caribbean country.

Before Council members, Caracas' ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, stated that through its acts of piracy, Washington not only violates Venezuela's right to trade legally with the world but also seeks to disregard the right of all countries to trade with the South American nation.

The diplomat made this accusation during an emergency session convened by the Council at the request of Caracas, amid escalating tensions with the U.S. over military deployment in the Caribbean Sea, attacks on vessels, and the "assault" on oil tankers belonging to Venezuela.

Caracas had previously denounced the seizure of two private oil tankers and the forced disappearance of their crews by U.S. military forces in international waters.