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Cuba condemns US illegal confiscation of Venezuelan plane

Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated on Friday that the illegal confiscation of a Venezuelan plane by the United States confirms the disrespect of that country's government for the rules of international law.

On his X profile, the Cuban head of State pointed out that this act qualifies as modern piracy and is a new demonstration of the US administration’s commitment to the Monroe Doctrine, a neocolonial instrument of domination.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, in turn, repudiated the act that demonstrates the intention of Secretary of State Marco Rubio to become the ‘Sheriff’ of Latin America and the Caribbean.

He added that the United States is engaged in a reprehensible and arbitrary act of modern piracy, which violates international law and the United Nations Charter.

On Thursday, Rubio oversaw the seizure of a second aircraft belonging to the Venezuelan Government, held in the Dominican Republic since September 2024 at the request of the United States.

Donald Trump’s envoy left that country on Thursday, ending his first tour of Central American and Caribbean countries since he took office two weeks ago. Another official Venezuelan aircraft, a Dassault Falcon 900EX model, was confiscated in the Dominican Republic on September 2, 2024 and was transferred to Florida.

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