Original article: Maduro llama a protesta mundial de trabajadores petroleros contra la pirater\u00eda de Trump<\/a><\/p>\n In a worldwide appeal, Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro urged the \u00abglobal oil workers\u2019 class\u00bb to engage in a major, ongoing protest against what he termed the \u00abpiracy of the United States Government,\u00bb following the recent seizure of a vessel transporting Venezuelan crude oil in Caribbean waters, allegedly ordered by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n Maduro made the call during the closing session of the Workers\u2019 Constituent Congress held on Tuesday in Caracas, emphasizing that the mobilization should not be a one-time event but rather a continuous effort.<\/p>\n \u201cThe oil workers\u2019 class, through the international constituent commission, must defend the right to free trade of Venezuela\u2019s main export product, oil, in all international forums\u2014from multilateral agencies to unions. We need to engage with shippers in every port around the world to prepare a massive protest of oil, gas, and merchant marine workers against the piracy of the U.S. government, which seeks to impose their \u2018patent of corso\u2019 globally,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n The progressive leader asserted that \u201cdefending the right to free trade and peaceful relations in the Caribbean and Venezuela\u201d is also \u201cabout protecting global peace and free trade.\u201d<\/p>\n This call for global protests is contextualized by Maduro\u2019s recent denunciation on December 11, concerning the \u201cmilitary assault, kidnapping, and theft of an oil tanker by the United States north of Trinidad and Tobago, as the vessel was \u00abentering the Atlantic.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis act constituted piracy against a merchant, commercial, civil, and private ship,\u00bb the president emphasized, noting that \u00abthe ship was private, civil, and was carrying one million nine hundred thousand barrels of oil, which they purchased from Venezuela\u00bb via state oil company PDVSA.<\/p>\n Drawing historical parallels, Maduro recalled that the Caribbean was heavily targeted by corsairs and pirates. <\/p>\n \u201cThe corsairs are hired by an imperial state. They are an army of pirates with a patent of corso,\u00bb he claimed. In this context, he affirmed it is the responsibility of workers to globally organize protests \u201cagainst those who believe they possess patents of corso.\u201d<\/p>\n The seizure of the vessel triggered renewed criticism of U.S. foreign policy, widely viewed as an attempt to economically suffocate Venezuela and provoke a potential armed conflict.<\/p>\n In response to the controversy, Donald Trump<\/a> was asked by reporters about the fate of the oil being transported by the ship, to which he responded, \u00abWell, I guess we\u2019ll keep it.\u00bb <\/p>\n Calling for international unity, the Venezuelan president appealed for collaboration and awareness to strengthen the protest\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will be millions saying no to imperialism and piracy,\u201d he stressed, as reported by TeleSUR<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maduro also warned about what he perceives as the ultimate goal of these actions, drawing on historical references to conflicts initiated under false pretenses: \u201cThey create a pretext \u201cto create another Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq,\u201d he stated while reiterating \u201cno more Vietnam.\u201d<\/p>\n He concluded his remarks by cautioning, \u201cIt would be a colossal sin for the U.S. to decide to massacre a Christian people like Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n Simultaneously with the international appeal, the president announced actions within the Venezuelan labor movement and called for a second plenary meeting with over 66,000 delegates. He also urged progress on the approval of the 2026 action plan in the first week of January.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Seizure of a Vessel Carrying 1.9 Million Barrels of Venezuelan Crude<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\nMaduro: \u00abWe Will Be Millions Saying No to Imperialism and Piracy\u00bb<\/span><\/h3>\n