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The United States intends to use sanctions in opposition to the Venezuelan president on the highest attainable stage Nicolas Maduro to deprive him of the sources that, in accordance with Washington, can be used to finance the Cartel de los Soles. This was said by the US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltztalking at UN Security Council on the state of affairs in Venezuela.

“The United States will impose and enforce sanctions to the maximum extent possible to deprive Maduro of the resources he uses to finance the Cartel de los Soles,” Waltz mentioned, noting that Washington has designated that group as a terrorist group. In his speech, the ambassador reiterated the US administration’s place that the Venezuelan authorities poses a grave menace to the area. “It is the actions and policies of the illegitimate Maduro regime that pose an extraordinary threat to the peace and stability of our hemisphere,” he mentioned.

“The United States will do everything within its considerable power to protect our hemisphere, our borders and the American people,” Waltz added.

Heavy criticism from Russia and China

The Security Council assembly was the scene of a diplomatic conflict between the United States and Russia. Since the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia declared that «the imposition by the United States of a blockade in opposition to Venezuela can solely be thought of an act of aggression. Moscow’s consultant additionally added that Russia “strongly condemns” the seizure of Venezuelan oil tankers by the United States, calling the operations a violation of worldwide regulation and an additional escalation of tensions. “The illegal blockade imposed by the United States off the coast of Venezuela is the clearest and most real act of aggression,” Nebenzia mentioned.

Also of the identical tone criticisms reaching the US from Chinawhich added its voice to that of Moscow to denounce earlier than the UN Security Council the navy and financial stress exerted by the United States on Venezuela, defining it as “cowboy behavior” and “intimidation” respectively. American Ambassador Mike Waltz replied that “the United States will do everything possible to protect our hemisphere, our borders and the American people”, in the course of the emergency assembly requested by Venezuela with the assist of Russia and China.