The US government has announced that Venezuela and Cuba along with some other countries have been included in a particular list of nations which Washington believes collaborate with terrorism.

The North American country says these foreign states are not cooperating fully with so-called US counterterrorism efforts.

However, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has decried the US announcement, saying that the American government pretends to absurdly categorize independent nations as promoters of terrorism without any legal power or evidence to do so.

Caracas says it will fight legally against the prohibitions derived from the US resolution which bans targeted countries from importing military defense items and services. Venezuelan officials have also warned that the US move is politically motivated.

However, the opposition says that Washington’s decision against Venezuela is a right one. On the other hand, experts say the US ruling is to make Venezuela weaker.

The US State Department on Wednesday renewed it classification of Venezuela as not fully cooperating with Washington’s global war on terrorism.

Venezuela dismisses US accusations of terrorism and drug trafficking against President Maduro and his cabinet. Caracas says Trump and his security team are diverting attention away from the tragic humanitarian crisis that the country is experiencing as a consequence of its authorities’ mismanagement in dealing with COVID-19.

SOURCE: PRESS TV