*Analyst say handing over the plane to U.S. shows Dominican government's submissive attitude
*The context of this act is part of a strategy of permanent aggression against Venezuela
*President Abinader blames U.S. judiciary for seizure of Venezuelan plane
*Govt. addresses confiscation of Venezuelan state aircraft without transparency
*Venezuelan govt. calls on international community to condemn this new violation of its sovereignty
*The context of this act is part of a strategy of permanent aggression against Venezuela
*President Abinader blames U.S. judiciary for seizure of Venezuelan plane
*Govt. addresses confiscation of Venezuelan state aircraft without transparency
*Venezuelan govt. calls on international community to condemn this new violation of its sovereignty
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00:00On February 6, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounced before the world an outrage
00:05against its sovereignty the theft of a state-owned aircraft carried out by order of the U.S.
00:10Secretary of State with the complicity of the government of the Dominican Republic.
00:13A correspondent in that country tells us more.
00:20This is the second Venezuelan aircraft that the Dominican government has retained in its
00:24territory and delivered to the United States.
00:27The delivery took place at the airport of La Isabela, Santo Domingo, in the presence
00:32of the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, an act that, according to analysts, demonstrates
00:38the servility of the Luis Abinader administration towards the interests of Washington.
00:46In the case of the two airplanes, we were talking about a double theft.
00:49The fact that it was handed over to someone else does not exempt guilt.
00:58In this case, it aggravates it, because it was handed over to the imperial power of the
01:02United States of America, and that implies a crime steeped in servility, very typical
01:06of a president with the vocation of a colony governor.
01:17Analysts state that the delivery of the aircraft to the United States not only violates international
01:22law, but also exposes the submissive position of the Dominican government in the face of
01:27Washington's pressures.
01:33The media show that Marco Rubio made is even more humiliating, because he exhibited the
01:37president of this country, acting as a colony governor.
01:45Handing over the airplane to the United States of America is a form of humiliation, to accept
01:50that is very typical of colonial governors.
02:00The context of this act is part of the strategy of permanent aggression against Venezuela,
02:05which has intensified after the recent elections in the South American country.
02:09Various countries and media outlets have tried to legitimize these actions with a fierce
02:14disinformation campaign.
02:19After the elections held in Venezuela, where there was a media campaign by the United States
02:23and its allies, and the Dominican Republic is not exempt from that, we know that the
02:27Dominican government has handled its foreign policy in a way that is very bad.
02:40From my point of view, I see it that way because it has not been a government that
02:44instead of looking for solutions, what it is doing is aggravating the problem.
02:47I always give as an example the doctrine that Mexico has in its foreign policy of not interfering
02:52in the internal affairs of other nations, and yet it is looking for solutions and dialogue
02:57to solve the same.
03:03Recently, during his weekly press conference, the Dominican president was asked about the
03:10seizure of the second Venezuelan airplane, but he limited himself to blaming a U.S. court
03:14without further details.
03:17A plane was confiscated from Venezuela. We know the U.S. justification for the confiscation,
03:25but we want to know what was the protocol that the country used to confiscate the aircraft
03:28from the U.S.
03:36They filed a lawsuit in court, and there was a judge's order. That was the legal procedure
03:41that was followed.
03:42The secrecy and lack of transparency regarding the confiscation of Venezuelan state-owned
03:51airplanes in the Dominican Republic has not only been applied in this case. The same happened
03:56with the first airplane, where the Dominican foreign minister assured that neither the
03:59public prosecutor's office nor the Dominican government participated in the investigation.
04:04Today, September 2, a new court order was received authorizing the delivery of the aircraft
04:13to the requesting state, in this case the United States, and therefore the public prosecutor's
04:22office delivered the aircraft and the U.S. government transferred it to its country.
04:26Neither the Dominican government nor the public prosecutor's office have participated in the
04:30investigation process of the United States. Only this international legal cooperation
04:39was required and since the indicated norms were complied with and judicial orders were
04:43obtained, the public prosecutor's office complied with what was ordered by the courts.
04:51For analysts, what is presented today as a simple confiscation is, in reality, a new
05:01episode of the economic and political war against Venezuela. Meanwhile, the Bolivarian
05:06government reiterates its rejection of these actions and calls on the international community
05:11to condemn this new violation of its sovereignty.