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2025-12-13 03:26:09
On December 12, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning the U.S. military's recent seizure of an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea. The statement asserted that this was a further escalation of the U.S. economic war against Cuba, calling the seizure an act of "piracy" and "maritime terrorism," a serious violation of international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Endangering the Safety of Maritime Navigation. The statement asserted that the U.S. government must bear full responsibility for this action, adding that the U.S. military action was an escalation of a series of U.S. actions aimed at preventing Venezuela from freely trading natural resources with other countries, with the goal of cutting off Venezuela's oil supplies to Cuba. The statement also noted that the U.S. had taken similar measures in 2019 to obstruct Venezuelan oil trade and interfere with ships transporting fuel to Cuba.
