Mexico City, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum today reiterated her rejection of any intervention in Venezuela and called on the UN to play a more prominent role in the face of US threats to the South American nation.
“What we have to say is that we do not agree with interventions, especially military ones. That is the Constitution in our country and that is what we will continue to defend,” the president said in response to a question about US pressure against Caracas.
When asked whether there should be a call in the region to support Venezuela, the head of the Executive Branch considered that “the United Nations has to take a much more leading role in these cases.”
The combination of attacks on vessels allegedly linked to drug trafficking and the hijacking of oil tankers near the Venezuelan coast has intensified Washington’s campaign in its undeclared war against that South American nation.
Added to this is the massive military presence in the area of the Southern Command, where the northern country deployed warships, marines, fighter jets and spy planes, in a show of power.
Caracas has denounced that Trump assumed on his social media that Venezuelan oil and other resources are his property, and reaffirmed sovereignty over all natural wealth, as well as the right to free navigation and free trade.
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