Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, December 18. - The National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (ANPP) vigorously condemned the recent escalation of aggressions by the United States government against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, following the assault on an oil tanker in international waters of the Caribbean Sea on December 10 and other aggressive actions.
In a statement published on its website, the deputies also rejected Washington's decision to impose a naval blockade to hinder the free trade of hydrocarbons, which they described as a grave violation of International Law and the United Nations Charter.
Given its importance, the ACN reproduces in full the ANPP's statement on the escalation of aggressions by the United States government against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela:
Statement of the National Assembly of People's Power on the Escalation of Aggression by the United States Government Against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
The deputies of the National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba vigorously condemn the recent act of piracy and maritime terrorism carried out by the United States government in international waters of the Caribbean Sea on December 10, when military forces of that country assaulted an oil tanker near the coast of Venezuela.
We also condemn the decision of the United States government to impose a purported naval blockade against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to hinder the free trade of hydrocarbons, which constitutes a grave violation of International Law and the United Nations Charter, while undermining peace in the region.
These actions are part of a pattern of provocations and aggressions by the current United States government against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which has escalated following its disproportionate and unjustified military deployment in the Caribbean Sea, endangering the peace, security, and stability of the region.
These are acts that blatantly violate the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and International Law, in particular, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation. They set a very negative precedent for free international trade and freedom of navigation among sovereign nations, harming the international community as a whole, including Cuba.
The seizure of the ship, the theft of its cargo, and the pretexts used to block oil shipments reveal the true objective that Washington pursues in its increasingly aggressive actions against Venezuela, which is none other than taking control of its immense natural resources through an increased United States military presence in the region and the use of force instruments, as part of its new National Security Strategy and the "Trump Corollary" that revives the nefarious Monroe Doctrine.
We recall that the Latin America and Caribbean region was proclaimed a Zone of Peace by all the Heads of State and Government of the region at the II Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held in Havana in 2014. This Proclamation remains fully valid and must be respected. It is an obligation of all governments to our peoples.
The deputies of the National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba call on the peoples and Parliaments of the world to firmly condemn this escalation of aggression against the Bolivarian nation.
It is our duty to mobilize in repudiation of these practices of modern piracy, in denouncing the threat and use of force, in calling for a halt to the criminal intentions of the White House against sister Venezuela, and in defense of the peace, security, and stability of Our America.
Havana, December 18, 2025. (Text and photo: ACN)
