Maduro called on States to condemn these actions against Venezuelan oil, demand the cessation of military deployment and the blockade, and activate the mechanisms of the multilateral system to investigate the facts. They say that the US seized approximately four million barrels of oil in two vessels
The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, warned that the actions that the United States is carrying out against Venezuelan oil with the seizures of ships will not only have consequences against the country, but will directly impact other countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and other international energy markets.
“We responsibly warn that these attacks will not impact only Venezuela,” Gil said this Monday, December 22, after reading a letter sent by Nicolás Maduro to denounce that the United States is imposing a blockade and committing acts of “piracy” against the nation’s oil, which he claims will affect the energy supply and increase the instability of international markets, which he says will hit the most vulnerable economies.
In the letter, Maduro denounces an “extremely serious escalation of aggression” by Donald Trump’s administration that, according to the document, transcends the bilateral sphere and represents a threat to regional stability and the international system as a whole.
The text denounced, once again, that on August 14, 2025, the United States had ordered the largest naval and air deployment in the Caribbean Sea in recent decades, including a nuclear submarine off the Venezuelan coast, under the justification of an anti-drug operation called “Operation Southern Spear.” Caracas considers this deployment as a direct threat of the use of force, prohibited by the United Nations Charter, and affirms that what Trump is really seeking is regime change in the country.
The letter also condemned the 28 armed attacks against civilian vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, resulting in the deaths of 104 people. These events, Caracas maintains, violate international humanitarian law and various human rights treaties.
In addition, Maduro accuses the United States of having seized two ships with approximately four million barrels of oil on the high seas and of announcing a naval blockade against tankers transporting the country’s energy, actions that he describes as “state piracy” and acts of aggression in accordance with UN resolutions.
Although the US said it has taken three oil vessels, Venezuela has only referred to two vessels.
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Maduro insisted that energy “cannot become a weapon of war or an instrument of political coercion” and warned that any forced interruption of Venezuelan energy trade would have knock-on effects on global supply and international economic stability.
Finally, Maduro called on States to condemn these actions, demand the cessation of military deployment and the blockade, and activate the mechanisms of the multilateral system to investigate the facts. “To defend Venezuela today is to defend peace, international legality and the stability of the world,” concluded the communication read by Foreign Minister Yván Gil.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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