The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, reaffirmed this Monday that “Venezuela is irrevocably free and independent” and emphasized that the country’s fundamental values ​​are based on the ideals of the Liberator Simón Bolívar.

In a message posted on the Telegram social network, the president stressed that “the principles of freedom, equality, justice, and international peace are part of the nation’s moral heritage” and constitute inalienable rights.

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The Bolivarian leader warned that extremist sectors of the Venezuelan opposition based abroad seek to force the country to renounce its historical rights and accept a subordinate position.

In this context, he recalled that independence, sovereignty, self-determination, territorial integrity, and national immunity are enshrined in the 1999 Constitution and represent a mandate that must be defended by both the State and the people.

The president’s message coincides with an escalation of hostile actions by the United States in the Caribbean Sea, including a sustained military deployment, bombings of vessels—linked without evidence to drug trafficking—and the seizure of Venezuelan oil tankers.

Last week, the U.S. stole the Skipper, and on Saturday it detained the Centuries off the Venezuelan coast, in what Caracas denounces as an illegal campaign to impose unilateral sanctions on oil transport.

The Venezuelan government reiterated its full sovereignty over its natural resources and described as “absolutely irrational” the U.S. attempt to impose a naval blockade of a military nature to seize national wealth.

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