A statement from the organization cited the new declaration by the US president ordering “a total and complete blockade against all oil tankers entering or leaving” the Bolivarian Republic.

It affirmed that the measure shows that the world is facing a criminal and unscrupulous state logic on the part of the Donald Trump administration.

“Far from being reduced to mere delusion, it is clear that imperialism, in its thirst for resources, seeks to exercise power without limits or regard for international law, diplomacy, or the sovereignty of other peoples,” the statement indicated.

The REDH (Network of Human Rights) pointed out that this is “an arbitrary imposition that no longer even attempts to disguise its actions as piracy.”

It emphasized that, with open contempt for humanity and the norms of international coexistence, these actions unambiguously reveal the intention to plunder Venezuelan oil, even going so far as to refer to it in the declaration as “THEIR” oil and alleging the absurd and false excuse of “recovering” it.

“This discourse,” it stated, “not only exposes imperial voracity but also reveals the danger of a leadership that seeks to justify the plunder with implausible arguments.”

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