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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
HAVANA, December 17 (Xinhua) — The Cuban government has expressed strong protest against the naval blockade imposed by the United States against Venezuela, local media reported on Tuesday.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated on social media that Cuba “firmly supports the President /of Venezuela/ Nicolás Maduro.”
In another post on social media, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla also expressed his full support for the Venezuelan government, calling the naval blockade of the country “an extremely serious violation of international law and an escalation of aggression against the Bolivarian government.”
US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ordered a complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela, escalating a months-long pressure campaign against the country's President Nicolás Maduro.
The Venezuelan government responded by saying that Trump had made a "grave and reckless threat" against the country, which violated international law, free trade principles, and freedom of navigation.
D. Trump declared Venezuela's oil, land and mineral resources to be U.S. property and demanded their immediate return, while simultaneously seeking to impose a naval blockade aimed at "depriving the country of its natural resources," the statement said. –0–
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