"The minister claimed US threats towards his country were aimed at allowing external powers to rob Venezuela's immeasurable oil and gas wealth. He also accused Washington of using vulgar and perverse lies to justify an atrocious, extravagant and immoral multibillion-dollar military threat. Earlier on Friday, US broadcaster NBC News reported that US military officials are drawing up plans to target drug traffickers inside Venezuela with air attacks, citing two unnamed US officials."
"US President Donald Trump said last week that US forces had carried out a third strike targeting a vessel he said was trafficking illicit narcotics. At least 17 people have been killed in the three attacks. Experts have cast doubt on the legality of US attacks on foreign boats in international waters, while data from both the UN and the US itself suggest that Venezuela is not a major source of cocaine coming into the US, as Trump has claimed."
Venezuela condemned an alleged illegal and immoral US military threat and accused Washington of seeking to appropriate the country's oil and gas. The Venezuelan foreign minister expressed gratitude to governments and people opposing attempts to bring war to the Caribbean and South America. He accused the US of using falsehoods to justify a multibillion-dollar military threat. US media reported military plans to target drug traffickers inside Venezuela, and the US president said forces struck vessels accused of trafficking narcotics, with at least 17 people killed. Experts questioned the legality of the strikes and data indicate Venezuela is not a major source of US-bound cocaine.
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