“We reaffirm our support for the homeland of Bolivar and Chavez,” he wrote.

For his part, the island’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, reiterated his rejection of the escalating aggression against the Bolivarian nation and clarified that this attack “contravenes the rules of free trade and freedom of navigation, in blatant violation of international law.”

According to the statement issued by the Bolivarian government, this new and extremely serious step in the escalating aggression comes after the announcement of the US National Security Strategy, which seeks to reaffirm, 200 years later, the abominable Monroe Doctrine.

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