Venezuela accuses the U.S. of “theft and kidnapping” after the country boarded an oil tanker off Venezuela.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://swedenherald.com/article/venezuela-accuses-the-us-of-theft
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Two things can be true at the same time, the shadow fleet serving oil across sanctioned countries is breaking maritime agreements and trade protocols as ***the money from this ends up in the drug trade and bit in the hands of the Venezuelan people ***.
Major independent sources do not see these actions as theft and is contested as a trade embargo, and Venezuela is not exactly the Rebellion or resistance from anything.
I don’t understand the bit about “breaking maritime agreements and trade protocols”.
Countries can trade with each other even if the US doesn’t like it. There are no UN-mandated sanctions.
Might does not make right here. (Unless the Star Wars reference was hinting at sarcasm)