On Saturday, lots of Chavistas mobilized in various Caracas and other parts of Venezuela to voice their opposition to the United States ' decision to seize an oil tanker and set up a military presence there under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking.

The ruling party's supporters staged small marches in the Cuban funds to protest what they saw as interference by the US. According to the state channel Venezolana de Television (VTV ), the same scene was repeated in the states of Sucre and Monagas, both in the northeast of the nation. In a joint function by the Department of Defense and the U. S. Coast Guard, the United States intercepted the crude ship Skipper off the coast of Venezuela last Tuesday. Due to its previous connections to the trafficking of Iranian oil, which is prohibited by Washington, the vehicle was seized by an American judge. According to the Colombian government, which did not specify the target nation, it was carrying 1. 9 million barrels of crude oil from the state-owned PDVSA on this occasion.

" Outrageous Theft"

On Wednesday, the Colombian state referred to the arrest as "outrageous theft," and President Nicolas Maduro claimed that the ship's crew members are "missing. "

The Skipper is currently going through" a forfeiture process" and will be transferred to a U. S. interface to continue with the arrest of its goods, according to the White House.

This incident is a fresh start to the growing conflicts between Venezuela and the United States, which has been conducting air and naval deployments in the Caribbean since August. Although the U. S. claims that the implementation is meant to stop drug trafficking, Caracas interprets it as an effort to "reform" the country.

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