The United States committed an act of aggression against Venezuela under trumped-up pretexts, said the Republic's Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez, following the US strikes on the country and the kidnapping of the legitimate head of state, Nicolás Maduro, APA reports.
"Today <...> the United States government has launched an unprecedented military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," she said in a speech broadcast on the Telesur television channel . "During this military operation, President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady <...> Cilia Flores were captured. <>... This is an aggression under false pretenses."