Ander Charles, the Mayor of the Valdez Municipality of the Sucre State in Venezuela. In a battle of brute strength between an 8,378-ton cruise liner and a 1,453-ton military patrol boat, who would you expect would survive in a head-on collision? The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant crew prepares to moor in Golfito, Costa Rica, while on their 55-day counter-drug patrol Jan. 2020. A few weeks ago, two Guyanese fishing vessels were detained and taken to neighbouring Venezuela by the Venezuelan Coast Guard. The Resolute had no passengers onboard at the time, and was staffed by 35 crewmembers. The Navy destroyer USS Pinckney and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Northland sailed together in the Eastern Pacific on April 26. The vessel was constructed by Navantia in Cádiz, Spain beginning in 2008. But still a great post! Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you, FILE PHOTO. Naiguatá (GC-23) was a 79.9-metre (262 ft) littoral patrol boat of the Venezuelan Coast Guard. The USCGC James, described as the most technologically advanced ship in the US Coast Guard fleet, is fitted with modern surveillance and reconnaissance equipment. 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On April’s Fools Day, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a press conference where he announced a new “counter-narcotics effort” by U.S. Southern Command. Venezuelan President Maduro accused the captain of the Resolute of “terrorism and piracy”. “The USCGC James was encouraged to change its course and leave our jurisdictional waters. The MRCC advised the Resolute to resume passage, leaving the Venezuelan sailors to await rescue by another ship. The Venezuelan Navy released a statement on Friday, saying the incident took place on Thursday and involved a US Coast Guard vessel heading towards the Latin American country’s main port of La Guaira. Security forces patrol near the shore in the port city of La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan … Just last week, Washington reiterated that “any action we took in Venezuela would be lawful,” also urging Venezuelan service members to defect. The Guyana Coast Guard is expected to brief the government on the discovery and the details of the initial probe. Jerry Pinto's new poetry collection is warm and wise. A state’s territorial waters reaches up to 12 nautical miles, while a “contiguous zone” in which a state can enforce limited control for the purpose of preventing “infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations” can be set to up to 24 nautical miles. The Venezuelan warship, called the Naiguata, intercepted the RCGS Resolute off the coast of Venezuela shortly after midnight on March 30, according to statements from both parties. They said they were then subject to an “act of aggression” by the Venezuelan Navy in international waters. Before and after the failed coup attempt, Washington issued a flurry of unambiguous threats against Venezuela, including refusing to rule out the military option for the crisis-hit country. Information may also be posted to the U.S. Coast Guard homeport website, and the NGA broadcast warnings website ; select “broadcast warnings”). In the course of subsequent radio communications, the USCGC James agreed to turn away. Venezuela is demanding that the Dutch government open an investigation into the activities of the RCGS Resolute, a vessel presently docked in the Dutch Caribbean region island nation of Curacao for “serious aggression committed against the Venezuelan Coast Guard vessel Naiguata,” Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has announced.. If you like this story, share it with a friend! This website uses cookies. Twenty-three Venezuelan nationals have been detained by the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard in two separate incidents on Wednesday. The US vessel backed off after radio communication. The instruction was obeyed,” the Venezuelan Navy said in a statement. CEOFANB denuncia que buque RCGS Resolute está equipado con botes de comando para ejecutar incursiones rápidas#SigamosEnDisciplinahttps://t.co/8BEOTFmX1W pic.twitter.com/FsuXGG2M1y, On March 26, the US charged Maduro with drug offences, offering a $15 million bounty for information leading to his arrest. Â, (Top) The RCGS 'Ice Class' RCGS Resolute, (Bottom) The Guaicamacuto-class Naiguatá  |  One Ocean Expeditions, Instagram, Luis García Curado, Cádiz Â, Need to find ways for future emergency preparedness against emerging infections: Vardhan, RCB’s Padikkal says he is at ‘100 per cent’ after recovering from COVID-19, 'Major' team to wait for 100 per cent theatrical occupancy; calls digital release 'disservice', TCS Q4 net profit rises 14.9 pc to Rs 9,246 crore, UAE names its first female astronaut, set to train with NASA. According to Venezuelan state-run news outlet VTV, “The cruise ship RCGS Resolute, which attacked a Bolivarian Navy ship last Monday while patrolling northeast of La Tortuga Island, is equipped as evidenced by photographs published by the Strategic Operational Commander with inflatable boats capable of transporting up to seven commands to execute incursions in coastal areas.”. As the RCGS RESOLUTE was sailing in international waters at that time, the Master wanted to reconfirm this particular request resulting into a serious deviation from the scheduled vessel’s route with the company DPA,” the company said. The navy vessel continued to ram the starboard bow in an apparent attempt to turn the ship’s head towards Venezuelan territorial waters.”, “While the RCGS RESOLUTE sustained minor damages, not affecting vessel’s seaworthiness, it occurs that the navy vessel suffered severe damages while making contact with the ice-strengthened bulbous bow of the ice-class expedition cruise vessel RCGS RESOLUTE and started to take water.”. The U.S. has seized the cargo of four Iranian vessels believed to have been carrying an estimated 1.1 million barrels of gasoline allegedly bound for Venezuela. “While the Master was in contact with the head office, gun shots were fired and, shortly thereafter, the navy vessel approached the starboard side at speed with an angle of 135° and purposely collided with the RCGS RESOLUTE. The USCGC James was 14 nautical miles (16 miles) off Venezuela’s coast when Caracas sent a patrol vessel to intercept it. Pinckney is operating in the Caribbean Sea with other Navy and Coast Guard vessels on a counter-narcotics mission. In the process, the Naiguatá suffered serious damage and sunk itself. On Thursday, U.S. officials told the Associated Press they used legal means to seize the Iranian fuel shipments arranged between an Iranian businessman and Venezuela. The Naiguatá, with 44 crew members, started to sink in full sight of the Resolute it had tried to ram. According to the shipping liner, the Resolute waited in the area for one hour asking an international maritime body, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Curaçao, if they should rescue the Venezuelan sailors. The man was found clinging to a buoy near Aruba, an island off the coast of Venezuela, when the shark attacked him while a rescuer hanging from a helicopter tried to pull him from the water.