The Venezuelan government has strongly condemned remarks by United States President Donald Trump, accusing him of issuing a direct threat against the country’s sovereignty, natural resources, and maritime rights.

In a statement released late on the night of December 16, 2025, Caracas said Trump’s comments violated international law, free trade principles, and freedom of navigation, describing them as reckless and destabilizing.

According to the statement, the U.S. president used social media to assert ownership over Venezuela’s oil, land, and mineral wealth, an approach the government said amounted to an open claim over assets that do not belong to the United States.

Venezuelan authorities said Trump had “assumed that Venezuela’s oil, land, and mineral wealth are his property,” adding that such claims implied the country must “hand over all its wealth immediately.”

The government warned that Trump’s announcement of an alleged naval military blockade was not only irrational but also aimed at forcibly appropriating Venezuelan resources.

The statement said the blockade was being proposed “to steal the riches that belong to our Homeland,” and stressed that, “Venezuela would not accept threats targeting its economy or territorial integrity.”

Sovereignty and Maritime Rights Reaffirmed

Venezuela said it would respond by fully exercising its rights under international law, its constitution, and national legislation.

In the statement, the government reaffirmed its “sovereignty over all its natural resources,” while also defending “the right to freedom of navigation and free trade in the Caribbean Sea and the world’s oceans.”

Officials emphasized that any attempt to restrict shipping or trade would contradict the United Nations Charter.

The government said it would act “in strict adherence to the United Nations Charter,” while exercising its “freedom, jurisdiction, and sovereignty above these warmongering threats.”

Authorities insisted that Venezuela would not be intimidated by military pressure or economic coercion.

As part of its response, Caracas announced immediate diplomatic action at the global level.

The statement confirmed that “our Ambassador to the United Nations will proceed to denounce this serious violation of International Law against Venezuela,” signaling a formal complaint before international bodies.

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Call for Global Rejection of U.S. Threats

The Venezuelan government appealed directly to foreign publics, urging international opposition to Trump’s remarks.

It called on “the people of the United States and the peoples of the world to reject by all means this extravagant threat,” arguing that it exposed what Caracas described as the true intentions behind U.S. policy toward Venezuela.

The statement linked Trump’s comments to what it said were long-running efforts to justify intervention through misinformation.

It said his words once again revealed an intention “to steal the riches of the country that gave birth to the United Liberating Army of South America and to our Liberator, Simón Bolívar.”

Venezuela directly quoted Trump’s assertion that pressure would continue “until all the oil, land, and other assets that were previously stolen from us are returned to the United States,” describing the remark as “interventionist and colonialist.”

Authorities said such language confirmed that the objective had “always been the appropriation of the country’s oil, land, and mineral resources through massive campaigns of lies and manipulation.”

Context of U.S. Blockade Announcement

Trump’s remarks followed an earlier announcement in which he declared a total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela.

In that statement, he said the country was “surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” warning that “it will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before.”

The U.S. president accused the Maduro government of using oil revenues to finance criminal activity, claiming the administration was involved in “Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping.”

He further stated that Venezuela had been designated a foreign terrorist organization, a claim Caracas has categorically rejected.

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Unity, Peace, and Resistance

In response, Venezuelan authorities stressed national unity, saying the people remain in “perfect popular, military, and police unity” and are prepared to defend their rights.

The statement declared that Venezuela “will never again be a colony of an empire or any foreign power” and would continue along “the path of building prosperity and the unrestricted defense of our independence and sovereignty.”

The government concluded by invoking the words of Simón Bolívar, stating, “Fortunately, it has been seen that a handful of free men can defeat powerful empires,” while reaffirming its commitment to peace, territorial defense, and diplomatic resistance to external pressure.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at previous press. PHOTO/ Trump X