Bolivian President Luis Arce denounced on Friday the United States government’s offer of 50 million dollars for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, calling it an “unacceptable insult” and a “colonialist tactic.”

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On his social media, Arce stated: “We condemn the unacceptable insult from the U.S. government against our brother President Nicolás Maduro.” He also emphasized that “offering a reward for the capture of a democratically elected president is a colonialist act, an aggression against the sovereignty and dignity of Venezuela and its people.”

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday a 50 million dollar reward for information that helps arrest Maduro, doubling the 25 million dollars offered in January.

Bondi posted a video on social media calling this reward “historic,” alleging Maduro is one of the world’s largest drug traffickers and a threat to U.S. national security. She also claimed that the Department of Justice has seized over 700 million dollars in assets supposedly tied to Maduro, including two private planes and nine vehicles.

Earlier, former Bolivian President Evo Morales (2006-2019) condemned the “new threats” from the U.S. against Maduro, asserting that “the empire aims to act as the world’s policeman with the sole purpose of seizing the natural resources of a wealthy country like Venezuela.”

Morales, former leader of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS), had been an ally of Hugo Chávez’s and Maduro’s governments. Arce reaffirmed this alliance at the start of his presidency in 2020 and recently hosted Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil during Bolivia’s bicentennial independence celebrations.

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