Venezuela: Asset freeze by US equals economic terrorism
Tehran (KNA) - Venezuela says the United States is practicing “economic terrorism” against the Venezuelan people by ordering a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in America.
In a statement on Tuesday, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry strongly censured the US move as "another serious aggression by the [US President Donald] Trump administration through arbitrary economic terrorism against the Venezuelan people."
Trump issued an executive order on Monday blocking "all property and interests in property of the Government of Venezuela that are in the United States."
The measure, the first of its kind against a government in the Western Hemisphere in over 30 years, also banned transactions with the Venezuelan government.
Venezuelans are suffering from a lack of basic necessities under US sanctions. According to United Nations statistics, a quarter of Venezuela's 30-million-strong population is in need of humanitarian aid.
In its statement, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry further said that the move was an attempt by Washington to derail political crisis resolution talks between the Caracas government and the opposition.
Source: PressTV