Washington is subjecting Caracas to the “greatest extortion” in its history, declared Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, after the United States announced a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers amid its military deployment in the Caribbean.

“We are facing a power that acts outside the bounds of international law, demanding that Venezuelans abandon our country and hand it over (...). This is the greatest extortion known in our history,” Samuel Moncada stated before the UN Security Council.

He asserted that the United States wants to impose a colony on Venezuela by blocking sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving the South American country.

The Venezuelan also referred to The US attacks on alleged “narco-boats” in the Caribbean, which have claimed the lives of more than 100 people, and the “armed attack” that the government “has been announcing for weeks.”

“This is the biggest extortion in our history; a gigantic crime of aggression unfolding outside all national parameters, legal logic, and historical precedent,” he stated.

He warned that Venezuela “is only the first target of a larger plan”: “(The country) intends to impose itself on the fundamental rights of all states in the Americas, even at the cost of destroying the UN.”

It was Venezuela that expressly requested this urgent meeting of the Council, a request prompted by President Trump’s blockade against sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving the Caribbean nation.

Moncada indicated today that his country requested this meeting “aware” that the US would veto any agreement in the Security Council “that puts an end to its plan.” sinister.”

“A war of plunder and pillage”

He also described the actions of the U.S.as “a war of plunder and pillage” of oil that constitutes an attack on the entire system of international relations and on the Global South, “considered inferior by the current US government.”

Moments before his intervention, the US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, took the floor and assured that his country will continue to impose sanctions on Venezuela “to the maximum” in order to “deprive” its president, Nicolas Maduro, of “financing” the Cartel of the Suns.

According to Waltz, the sanctioned tankers operate as “the main economic lifeline for Maduro and his illegitimate regime,” and also finance this cartel.

Tensions between the two countries increased this weekend after the US intercepted another tanker in the Caribbean, called the Centuries, which was transporting Venezuelan crude to refineries in China.

This is the second vessel intercepted in the Caribbean by the Trump Administration, which last week seized the The US seized the oil tanker Skipper and confiscated the crude oil it was carrying. Furthermore, on Sunday, the government launched an “active pursuit” to intercept a third tanker, the Bella 1, as confirmed to EFE by a US official. During today's session of the Council, countries such as Colombia condemned “the use of force” and the “unilateral coercive measures” applied by the US in the Caribbean, which “erode the rule of law and should not be a substitute for dialogue.” For his part, the Russian representative, Vasily Nebenzya, described the US blockade of oil tankers as “illegal” and asserted that “this ongoing intervention could become a model for future acts of force against Latin American countries.”On Sunday, the government began an “active pursuit” to intercept a third tanker, the Bella 1, a US official confirmed to EFE. During today's session of the Council, countries like Colombia condemned “the use of force” and the “unilateral coercive measures” applied by the US in the Caribbean, which “erode the rule of law and should not be a substitute for dialogue.” For his part, the Russian representative, Vasily Nebenzya, described the US blockade of oil tankers as “illegal” and asserted that “this ongoing intervention could become a model for future acts of force against Latin American countries.”On Sunday, the government began an “active pursuit” to intercept a third tanker, the Bella 1, a US official confirmed to EFE. During today's session of the Council, countries like Colombia condemned “the use of force” and the “unilateral coercive measures” applied by the US in the Caribbean, which “erode the rule of law and should not be a substitute for dialogue.” For his part, the Russian representative, Vasily Nebenzya, described the US blockade of oil tankers as “illegal” and asserted that “this ongoing intervention could become a model for future acts of force against Latin American countries.”