Venezuela accuses the United States of hypocrisy in global drug war: Video
Venezuela’s Minister of the Interior and Justice, Diosdado Cabello, has accused the United States of hypocrisy over its anti-drug operations in the Caribbean, claiming Washington launders the very drug money it blames others for trafficking.
Speaking from the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela, Cabello argued that the US uses the fight against narcotics as a political tool to attack his country. “Where is the money from the drugs that come out of Colombia laundered? In the United States. The biggest launderer they receive all the drug money. They are hypocrites. Very hypocritical,” he said.
Cabello went on to describe the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as “the biggest drug cartel in the world”, and dismissed accusations about the so-called Cartel de los Soles — which Washington alleges is led by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and senior military officials — as an “imperialist narrative” aimed at justifying US interference in the region.
Last August, the United States government offered a reward of up to $50 million for information leading to the arrest of President Maduro, a move Caracas has repeatedly condemned as an act of aggression.
Cabello’s remarks come amid heightened tensions between Venezuela and the United States, as Washington expands its operations in the Caribbean Sea under the pretext of countering drug trafficking and transnational crime.
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