America subjecting Venezuela to illegal and immoral military threat: Venezuelan FM
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto says the United States is subjecting the Latin American country to “an immoral military threat” in order to gain full control of the Bolivarian nation’s vast oil and gas resources.
“America is subjecting us to illegal and immoral military threat,” Gil Pinto said, addressing world leaders at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on Friday.
Pointing to the US military buildup in the region, Venezuela’s top diplomat warned that Washington’s actions could destabilize the broader Latin American and Caribbean Sea.
Pinto told world leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly that the US military was making preparations for “an attack on Latin America” in the name of defending its interests.
He also asserted that Washington’s pressure on Caracas is an attempt to gain access to Venezuela’s “gigantic wealth in oil and gas.”
The Venezuelan diplomat maintained that the US government is trying to exert control over the country’s natural resources through intimidation.
He also accused Washington of using “vulgar and perverse lies” to “justify an atrocious, extravagant and immoral multibillion-dollar military threat” looming over the nation.
“As they can’t accuse Venezuela of having weapons of mass destruction or nuclear weapons, they’re making up vulgar and perverse lies that no one believes, neither in the United States nor around the world, to justify an atrocious, extravagant and immoral multi-billion-dollar military threat.”
“We would like to thank the governments and peoples of the world, including the United States, for denouncing this attempt to wage war,” he said, adding that his country was grateful for the support of governments and people “that are speaking out against this attempt to bring war to the Caribbean and South America”.
Meanwhile, media reports say the US military is getting ready to strike “drug targets” in Venezuela.
According to media sources, Washington plans to escalate tensions with Caracas under the pretext of fighting drugs.
So far, the US military has deployed eight warships to international waters off Venezuela’s coast, backed by F-35 fighter jets sent to Puerto Rico, in what it calls an anti-drug operation.
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