Venezuela assures that crude oil exports continue “normally” after Donald Trump’s blockade

PDVSA noted that Venezuela’s oil industry has been subject to sanctions, “sabotage”, “cyber attacks” and, more recently, “international piracy” for the “oil theft“, in reference to the confiscation, on December 10, by the United States of a ship transporting Venezuelan crude oil.

“None of these attacks have managed to dent the operational capacity or determination of PDVSA’s workforce, which enjoys the unitary and full support of the Venezuelan people.“, underlines the statement.

The state oil company ratified its commitment to the “defense of energy sovereignty” of Venezuelathe fulfillment of his “legitimate commercial commitments and the protection of their maritime operations”.

This Tuesday, Trump assured in his Truth Social account that Venezuela “is surrounded” by “the largest armada ever assembled in the history of South America” and that the commotion will be like never before until “return all the oil, land and other assets they previously stole” to USA

The Republican announced in this way the “total lock“against oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in a significant escalation of the military operation that began in the international waters of the sea Caribbean which supposedly had the central objective of combating drug trafficking organizations that operate in the region.

He added that “The illegitimate Maduro regime is using the oil from these stolen fields to finance itself, narcoterrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping.”.

Last week, the United States Southern Command which since August has attacked more than 30 boats allegedly linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific took a turn in its operations in international waters by seizing the Skipper tanker which transported Venezuelan crude oil.