Trump claims the tanker off the coast of Venezuela was seized for "a very good reason"

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, stated that the seizure of a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, carried out amid the escalation of U.S. aggression against the Bolivarian Republic, was carried out for "a very good reason". The president offered no explanation or details about such a step, limiting himself to indicating that his Administration will soon disseminate more information about it. "I suppose the photos will be published very soon. They will discuss it with the right people later," the president indicated to the press. Trump was also asked by journalists about the fate of the oil the ship was carrying. "Well, we keep it, I guess", the president replied. At the same time, the US president refused to disclose to which port the tanker will be taken. "You're a good journalist," Trump said to the correspondent who asked him the pertinent question. "Just follow the oil tanker. Get a helicopter and follow the oil tanker," he replied. "The largest ever seen"
During his announcement about the seizure of the tanker off the Venezuelan coast, Trump boasted about the dimensions of the ship. "A large tanker. Very large," declared the US president. "The largest ever seen, and other things are happening that you will see later," he added. Previously, Bloomberg reported that US forces "intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker" in the Caribbean Sea. The United States carried out a "judicial enforcement action against a stateless vessel" that was last docked in Venezuela, according to a senior Trump administration official cited by the agency.

Venezuela's Calls in the Face of Military Aggression

In the previous day, the Venezuelan Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, asked Latin America to be "alert" to the U.S. military deployment, whose purpose is to "subjugate the peoples of the region" to maintain political control and the resources of Latin American countries. The also sectoral vice president of Defense and Sovereignty stated that "imperialism wants to dominate and make this continent its own", therefore he called to "defend the concept of sovereignty, under the precept of national self-determination". "I say: Alert, Venezuela, alert, Latin America!", he expressed.

The US aggression in the Caribbean, in short

• Military deployment: since last August, the U.S. maintains a significant military force deployed off the coast of Venezuela, justifying it as part of the anti-drug fight. Washington announced later the 'operation Southern Spear', with the official purpose of "eliminating narco-terrorists" from the Western Hemisphere and "protecting" the U.S. "from the drugs that are killing" its citizens.
• Lethal operations: as part of these operations, bombings have been carried out against alleged drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific, with a balance of more than 80 people dead and without proof that they were actually trafficking drugs.
• Accusations and reward: Washington has accused without presenting evidence the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, of leading a drug trafficking cartel and has doubled the reward for his capture.
• Caracas's position: Maduro denounces that the real objective of the U.S. is a "regime change" to seize the immense oil and gas riches of Venezuela.
• Lack of support: the UN and the DEA itself point out that Venezuela is not a main route for drug trafficking to U.S. soil, since more than 80% of the drugs use the Pacific route.
• International condemnation: Russia, the High Commissioner of the UN for Human Rights and the Governments of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil have condemned the U.S. actions. Experts describe the attacks on vessels as "summary executions" that violate international law.