Venezuela Strongly Rejects U.S. Unilateral and Illegal Coercive Measures Against Its Foreign MinisterThe Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly rejects the imposition of unilateral and illegal coercive measures announced today by the U.S. government against the Venezuelan Foreign Minister and a Judge of the Republic, as part of the failed strategy of Washington that seeks to intimidate, defame and persecute high officials of the Venezuelan State, in a systematic plan that seeks to undermine the institutions, the Constitution and the laws of the Republic, aimed at bringing about a change of government favourable to their interests.
With these new measures, the Trump Administration seeks to silence the voice of Venezuela in the world and, at the same time, hinder the independent, sovereign and legitimate administration of Justice in the country. The inadmissible inclusion of the Venezuelan Foreign Minister in the infamous OFAC list follows his appearance at the United Nations, where his denunciation, using concrete figures and examples of the serious effects the criminal U.S. blockade against Venezuela has had on human rights, made a big impact. Equally unacceptable is the inclusion of a Judge of the Republic in said extortive list, through which the United States government seeks to prevent the prosecution and punishment of the crimes of carrying out a coup d'état, sabotage, terrorism and conspiracy against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, a clear confession on its part of its instigation and protection of such acts. Just like on previous occasions, such measures will only strengthen the will of the patriotic civil servants, loyal to their oath to serve the people, and the dignity of an entire Nation that has decided to be irrevocably free. The Bolivarian Government demands once again the immediate cessation of the multi-faceted aggression and calls on the international community to take urgent action to respect the Charter of the United Nations in its fundamental principles and purposes, and thus stop this obsessive imperialist attack against the sovereign people of Venezuela. (Caracas, April 26, 2019. Translated from original Spanish by TML.)
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