The Ombudsman's Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its strongest condemnation of the recent action by the United States government, through its spokesperson, Pamela Bondi, which raised the alleged reward for the capture of the Head of State and democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro Moros to $50 million. This act constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the principles of sovereignty and non-intervention, as well as a reiteration of fabrications and lies intended to foment violence.

This unilateral measure threatens the integrity and security of the Venezuelan head of state, once again flouting and disregarding international law, the United Nations Charter, U.S. law itself, as well as the democratic and constitutional mechanisms through which

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