Cuba calls Venezuelan plane confiscation illegal and arbitrary

Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today called the confiscation of an aircraft owned by Venezuela illegal and arbitrary, by order of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “The US Secretary of State intends to become the ‘Sheriff’ of Latin America and the Caribbean with the illegal confiscation of a Venezuelan plane,” the foreign minister denounced on the social network X.

February 7, 2025
10:57

Rodriguez stressed that this action constitutes a reprehensible and arbitrary act of modern piracy, which violates International Law and the Charter of the United Nations.

The day before, the Secretary of State of the northern nation oversaw the seizure of a second plane belonging to the Venezuelan government, held in the Dominican Republic since September 2024.

Last September, an aircraft that was receiving maintenance in that country was seized by the US Department of Justice and transferred to the state of Florida.

The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the incident as an act of piracy and accused Washington of using its economic and military power to “intimidate and pressure countries like the Dominican Republic to serve as accomplices in its criminal acts.”

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