The Chancellor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, denounced on Tuesday that the government of the United States (USA) intends to avoid the nation’s economic solvency, preventing through sanctions that two tankers who were sailing to Venezuela to load crude oil, would return.
“More concrete evidences of Washington’s criminal assault. They attack the heart of the Venezuelan economy to prevent the country from receiving incomes to import food”, wrote the Foreign Minister on Twitter.
He stressed that they attack the purchase of medicines, treatments and supplies, “And they do it fully amidst a pandemic. An attack against all Venezuelans”, he emphasized.
International media assure that Trump’s government studies to sanction dozens of oil tankers; In addition, thousands of boats have moved away this weekend from ports in the South American nation, in fear of being sanctioned by Washington, as indicates the Reuters News Agency.
The diplomat stressed that these are reliable evidences of the aggression to which the country is being subject, avoiding the sale of oil to other countries in the world, which would generate income for the purchase of food, medicine and essential supplies.
He indicated that these events represent crimes against humanity, which are exacerbated amidst the new coronavirus pandemic.
