“Jorge Arreasa has arrived at the International Criminal Court in The Hague to submit a complaint about crimes against humanity by the US government on behalf of the Venezuelan people,” the statement reads on the Foreign Ministry’s Twitter page.
#FOTOS | Por instrucciones del Pdte. @NicolasMaduro el canciller Jorge Arreaza llega a La Haya e introduce una denuncia ante la Corte Penal Internacional por los crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos por el gobierno de EEUU contra el pueblo de Venezuela. # JusticiaContraElBloqueopic.twitter.com / YHG0SkB6OZ
- Cancillería Venezuela 🇻🇪 (@CancilleriaVE) February 13, 2020On February 7, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the Venezuelan airline Conviasa and a number of its aircraft.
Later, the Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said that Caracas will appeal to international courts in connection with Washington’s sanctions against this airline.