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VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro yesterday wrote a letter to the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) condemning a “campaign of harassment” by United States President Donald Trump, stating that the US intends to seize the country’s vast oil reserves.

Maduro stated that he will not succumb to blackmail or threats and that the country will firmly defend its oil resources.

Maduro’s letter to OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais was shared by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on social media yesterday.