At UN, Venezuela says US has committed 'greatest extortion'
24-12-2025 22:23 via thehill.com

At UN, Venezuela says US has committed 'greatest extortion'

Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of committing the “greatest extortion known in our history” at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called over Washington’s seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers. “One of the countries sitting at this table has publicly stated that it wants to annex our...
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