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US Seizes Ship Filled With Food For Venezuela (Will Trump Use Monroe Doctrine To Justify?)
Now comes word that in accordance with its total blockade of Venezuela, the US has seized a ship carrying 25,000 tons of Soya earmarked for the people of Venezuela.
That’s Fifty Million Pounds.
Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez denounced the seizure which took place as the ship was transiting the Panama Canal. The Vice President called the seizure an act of “serious aggression,” and demanded that the United Nations Security Council move immediately against the US.
“Venezuela denounces before the world that a boat that holds 25 thousand tons of Soya, for food production in our country, has been seized in the Panama Canal, due to the criminal blockade imposed by Donald Trump,” tweeted the Vice President.
“Venezuela calls on the United Nations to stop this serious aggression by Donald Trump’s govt against our country, which constitutes a massive violation of the human rights of the entire Venezuelan people, by attempting to impede their right to food.”
The Vice President also explained that the owner of the vessel was informed by its insurance company that it was prevented by the US from moving its cargo to Venezuela.
This is the first such seizure since…
