Trump would evaluate making Venezuela the 51st state of the US; Delcy Rodríguez rejects the proposal
The president maintained that the South American nation has millions of dollars in oil, insisting on the strategic value of the country
Donald Trump affirmed this Monday that he is “seriously” considering turning Venezuela into the 51st state of the American Union, declaration ones that prompted a rapid response from the Venezuelan interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, who rejected any possibility of annexation.
According to a post on the social network He is “seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st state” by ensuring that Venezuelans “love Trump.”
In the same conversation, the American president maintained that the South American country possesses “40 million dollars in oil”, insisting on the strategic value of Venezuelan energy reserves.
The statements occur in a context of tension and political reconfiguration in Venezuela after the capture and transfer to the United States of the exmandatar io Nicolás Maduro in last January, operation confirmed by Washington and which led to the installation of an interim government led by Rodríguez.
Delcy Rodríguez rejects annexation of Venezuela
From The Hague, where he participated in hearings related to the Essequibo territorial dispute before the International Court of Justice, Rodríguez outrightly ruled out the possibility of Venezuela becoming part of the United States.
“That is not foreseen, would never be foreseen, because if something we Venezuelans have, it is that we love our independence process,” he declared before Venezuelan media.
The president defended Venezuelan sovereignty and assured that the country's history has been built thanks to the “glory of men and women who gave their lives” to make Venezuela “not a colony but a free country.”
Rodríguez also insisted on maintaining cooperation channels with Washington after the fall of the Maduro regime, especially in economic and oil matters.
This is not the first time that Trump has mentioned the possibility of annexing foreign territories to the United States during his campaign and in recent months. es, the republican has launched similar comments about Canada and Greenland, although in ambiguous tone between the joke and the political provocation.