Venezuela Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns of the “unethical military threat” from us Conflict news

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Jill Pinto told the United Nations General Assembly that the United States has a “completely illegal and immoral military threat suspended on our heads”, with reports that the United States is planning to escalate attacks on the country of South America.

Pinto told the Gathering of the United Nations member states on Friday in New York that his country was grateful to support governments and people “who speak against this attempt to bring war to the Caribbean and South America.”

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The minister claimed that the US threats towards his country were aimed at allowing “external powers to steal the wealth of oil and gas that are not guided in Venezuela.”

Washington also accused the use of “vulgar lies and bending” “to justify a terrible and immoral military threat of billions of dollars.”

Earlier on Friday, US NBC News reported that US military officials are putting plans to target drug dealers inside Venezuela “with air attacks, citing an uninterrupted US officials.

US President Donald Trump said last week that the American forces had carried out Third blow Targeting a ship said it was “smuggling of illegal drugs.” at least 17 people were killed In the three attacks.

Experts threw doubts About the legitimacy of US attacks on foreign boats in international waters, while data from the United Nations and the United States itself indicate that Venezuela is not a major source of cocaine next to the United States, as Trump claimed.

In a letter to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump said of drug smugglers: “To every terrorist bullying escaping from toxic drugs in the United States of America, please warn us that we will explode you from existence.”

On the contrary, Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his UNGA speech to invite a “criminal operation” to open Trump on the attacks on ships in the Caribbean Sea, which killed the Venezuelan who did not owe any crime.

The United States has so far deployed eight warships in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, backed by F-35 combat outskirts that were sent to Puerto Rico, while it is called an anti-drug operation.

Washington also refused to appeal the dialogue from Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro, who was accused by the Trump administration of drug trafficking – a severe claim to Maduro.

Maduro and his late predecessor, Hugo Chavez, were day regular signs of UNGA annual meetings held in New York, but Maduro did not come this year, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio describing him as fugitive from justice to accuse the United States of the United States Drug tracking allegations.

At the home in Venezuela, Maduro called for the start of military exercises on Saturday, to test “people’s willingness to natural disasters or any armed conflict” amid “threats”.

“Our hunter is peaceful”

Venezuelan fishermen who spoke to the news agency told AFP that the American strikes on Venezuelan boats made them fear adventure away from the beach.

“It is very annoying because our country is peaceful, and our fisherman is peaceful,” Joan Diaz, 46, told AFP in the northern town of Carrabalida.

He said: “The fishermen go out to work, and they (the United States) took these measures to reach … the workplace to intimidate us, to attack us.”

Diaz said that most of the fishermen remain relatively close to the beach, but “to hunt fish for tuna, you have to go far, and this is the place they are (the American forces).”

Luis Garcia, 51, who leads a group of about 4,000 fishermen and women in the La Gaira region, described the American measures as a “real threat.”

“We have hunting boats, 10, 12 meters against the vessels that have missiles. Imagine madness. Madness, my God!” He shouted.

“We continue to contact everyone … especially those who go further,” he said.

“We report the authorities where we are going, where are we, and the time when our fishing operations will continue, and we also offer our fishermen councils,” said Garcia.

However, Garcia added, they will not be intimidated.

We say to him: “Mr. Donald Trump, we, Venezuela fisherman … We will continue to implement our fishing activities. We will continue to go out to the Caribbean Sea that belongs to us. “