Caracas, Oct. 16 -- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Wednesday denounced the United States' "militarization" of the Caribbean Sea, which has claimed the lives of at least 27 civilians.
"We emphasise that there is no justification whatsoever for the militarization of our coasts," Gil said while addressing the midterm ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Uganda.
Gil condemned recent U.S. missile strikes on ships in the region as "extrajudicial executions," the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"These are murders committed with total premeditated malice, in international waters, thousands of kilometers from the U.S. coast, in actions that violate every norm of international law," Gil was quoted as sa...