Venezuela responds to looting

Non-aligned movement, China, Friends of Charter of United Nations, worldwide public opinion in general are still digesting news of a new era of piracy: widespread worldwide as United States seized a tanker operated by Venezuela, including its petroleum contents. Iran retaliated, doing same on a US vessel in Gulf of Oman. There is a general escalation: both diplomatically and on economic warfare. Maximum pressure is being progressively applied by United States. Maximum resistance is also being applied by Venezuela. OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned six merchant naval companies, that are associated with either Venezuela or Iran petroleum transportation. More than half of worldwide tanker fleet is already sanctioned. There are not too many non sanctioned vessels available. None of nonsanctioned vessels are willing to transport Iranian, Russian or Venezuelan petroleum.

United States is determined to end Venezuela's relationship with Caribbean countries, which so far has been strong through Alba. Blockade of Venezuelan oil would entail: severe shortages across Caribbean, and an obligation of Caribbean countries to purchase United States petroleum and gas. Similarly occurs in Europe, as Europeans must purchase more expensive American gas than Russian gas, which is sanctioned by European Union. United States refineries seem desperate for receiving Venezuelan crude. Such refineries are unable to purchase it due to OFAC sanctions. Department of Justice, Coast Guard, Department of Treasury, Department of War, they are all intertwined to seize Venezuelan oil and provide it for free to Gulf of Mexico refineries. Payment had already been received by Venezuela for those petroleum shipments. Now Venezuela must honor its commitment to provide such oil to clients.

We are already seeing signs of tankers, unwilling to either enter or exit Venezuela to take additional petroleum: in fear that they would be next one seized. Russian air force has been known to escort Russian tankers at Baltic Sea, North Sea and English Channel. Perhaps Venezuela will also need to provide military assistance, by accompanying petroleum tankers on their way out of Caribbean Sea into Atlantic Ocean. Seizures around Panama Canal so far have not been reported. Panama Canal is a focus of tension between United States and China. China has produced a document on how its relationship with Latin America and Caribbean should be a virtuous relationship of trade, growth, beauty and hope.

Chinese approach contrasts with United States security emphasis in Latin America, through horrendous methodology of carrot and stick. Nowadays carrot is just a minor stick, while stick becomes thicker. Carrot is increasingly being identified as sanctions relief, rather than incentives for Latin American and Caribbean countries to benefit from trading with United States. Benefits nowadays are just being seen: as reduced tariffs, or reduced sanctions. United States will continue being challenged by China as it cannot really offer anything. All United States is offering countries is an obsession to promote conflict between Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Like most other people, I used to think negatively about Cuba. I always repeated propaganda that they are: an oppressive regime, a repressive regime unable to produce anything. Now I am realizing that it is instead a country put to slow death or torture by United States blockade. Foreign policy of Cuba tends to excel: as they have learned how to always provide a sovereign opinion. Most recent example is their early condemnation of proposed change of borders plan by Israel: which would deprive Gaza from a lot of territory according to a ceasefire line, while state of Palestine continues not being allowed to control little land that has been allocated for them. Gaza reconstruction remains to be seen. West Bank colonization by Israel continues and Venezuela chose to run away from International Criminal Court: due to inaction on enforcing measures against genocide by Israel in Gaza.

It is likely that Venezuela will continue being tortured through lens of maximum pressure: so that we choke economically. United States is determined on not letting any Venezuelan oil flow into the market, until they are able to invade and rob us. Fiat currency is worthless. United States continues accumulating Treasury debt of thirty-eight trillion dollars. They seek to use Venezuelan hydrocarbons and rare earth reserves as collateral for macroeconomic spreadsheets in United States. Same would happen with Colombia or Mexico, as they start striking any of our countries. Perhaps Donald Trump has already established a war doom plan. He successfully confuses everyone, by constantly switching from one strategy to the other. Perhaps next week he will speak about dialogue again. Perhaps next week he will continue seizing tankers.

Russia, China and Iran are individually targeted by United States, commercially through tariffs or sanctions. Our alliance needs to devise more unified strategies against enemy. BRICS is a group of countries led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to which have joined United Arab Emirates, Iran, Ethiopia and Egypt. They have traditionally prioritized economic trade. This new issue of United States: believing they have a right to militarily seize property from other countries, will require specific attention from BRICS as a novelty. It is likely that BRICS will need to assume a more political and military role: as an alternative to NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO is also being challenged, as United States is withdrawing support from Europe to shift resources for harassing Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

United States alliances may not hold much longer. Europe is obsessed with engaging into war against Russia. Free trade between Europe and Russia would be more preferable to Europe than submission to a United States that is increasingly betraying them. However, European politicians find it attractive for their corruption schemes: to continue sanctioning and vilifying Russia. Venezuela's portrayed friendship with United States, as advertised by enemies of Iran, China or Russia, would require an imposition to Venezuela to only trade with United States and betray its allies: Russia, China, and Iran.

Comments by Democratic Party senators and representatives, seeking to help Venezuela avoid war, always detail that Venezuelan petroleum should not be sanctioned, or that Venezuelan petroleum transportation logistics should not be seized. They continue claiming that harassing Iran's trade is a virtuous role of United States. Venezuela must cherish its alliance with Iran, China, and Russia.

Venezuela strives to successfully become admitted to BRICS countries, once Brazil solves a recent impasse that blocked Venezuela's entry to such block in 2024. President Lula of Brazil pretends to be helping Venezuela, but he has not done enough. President Lula's interpretation of election results in Venezuela last year produced a veto against Venezuela, preventing admission into BRICS. Vladimir Putin on that occasion explained that Russia would like Venezuela to be part of BRICS. However, Venezuela and Brazil must solve our regional differences first, while outward expression of solidarity against United States invasion to South America is expressed by Lula. Much more bilateral work between Brazilia and Caracas is needed.

President Petro of Colombia continues every once in a while, alluding to presidential elections in Venezuela to be held ahead of time: which would violate Venezuelan constitution. President Petro has great ideas, but every once in a while he speaks too much. Donald Trump must be credited for pointing that out. Idea of Great Colombia is excellent, but would not be applicable if Colombian president purposefully injects distractions to a common defense strategy that Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and perhaps Mexico are supposed to be exerting.

Alba countries remain Venezuela's most powerful alliance. Antigua & Barbuda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, Cuba, Nicaragua remain Venezuela's closest allies. We should strive to increase economic opportunities for Alba, without limiting our contribution as allocation of petroleum at preferential prices. Venezuela and Pdvsa should actively seek investment in various petroleum and gas fields available in Caribbean islands. Many discoveries have been made below territorial waters of most Caribbean islands. No suitable investment opportunities for extraction and commercializing of those resources has been made. Those sovereign countries would be happy to be producing their hydrocarbons. A unified oil and gas strategy with Venezuela would make all of us stronger.

Venezuela would be a competitor of petroleum majors at unfair conditions, because Venezuela remains sanctioned. It is unlikely that any of our allies could increase their economic trade with Venezuela: because of fear of secondary or tertiary sanctions from United states. It is necessary to redefine military protection for worldwide assets that may be seized by United States. Commercial protection of our trade would accelerate by abandoning fiat United States dollar system, and substituting with new financial alternatives. This has been repeated thousands of times, so action has become urgent. Venezuela cannot remain in this economic limbo of explicit threat of full economic choke, until United States fulfills a desire for regime change. United States seeks to use Venezuelan natural resources as collateral for their domestic Department of Treasury debt. Venezuela's subsoil holds sizable resources that must be protected. Our sovereignty allows us to exploit them as we see fit.

United States aggressive methods of piracy further provide disincentive for Venezuela to trust United States deals, which will always be detrimental to national interest of Venezuela. While other Latin American and Caribbean countries are increasingly facing dilemma: of either trade with Venezuela and receive retaliation from United States, or abandon Venezuela and comply to United States expectations of giving away their sovereignty and resources. Argentina might be a test case on how far this would go. It seems that Javier Milei's government is realizing that an invasion into Venezuela would also threaten Argentine sovereignty. A U-turn of Argentina's hostile foreign policy to Venezuela would be possible, as Argentina digests terrible terms it had to accept from United States, in order to receive a recent billionaire loan.

Shootings of speedboats seem to have diminished recently, as United States is expected to prioritize new method of seizing tankers. Venezuelan military continues preparing. Specific reports on preparations in every state and community within our country have been made available. Unity among people, police and military remains stronger than ever. Massive evidence is documented of maintenance and improvement in our military forces. Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino Lopez has warned United States that even though we are looking for peace: should aggression start, our armed forces would comply with our constitutional duty of protecting our country. American taxpayers would receive, as compensation, bodies of their military units coming back to United States in body bags as corpses.