“The U.S. welcomes the decision by interim President Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuela to withdraw from the ICC,” it said in a post on US social media company X.

It also praised the new Venezuelan government’s cooperation with Washington’s efforts to “dismantle” the Hague-based court.

The agency accused the ICC of failing to produce results from its investigation into former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro while directing resources toward countries with “competent, independent judicial systems” that had not accepted the court’s jurisdiction.

“This is blatant overreach, political bias and selective enforcement,” it said, describing the court as neither credible nor legitimate.

The agency said Maduro is facing justice before a US court for crimes he allegedly committed, crediting President Donald Trump and US service members.

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    12 days ago

    the marxists keep insisting that it’s a strategic retreat, but the signs like this keep suggesting to a defeat for the bolivarian revolution.

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      And the other team keeps ignoring that the communes are as strong as ever (and they stand with the government).

      But that’s not what internationl media reports on so it must not part of the bolivarian revolution, I guess.

      The facts are that Venezuela began the process before Maduro was kidnapped and Delcy Rodriguez was “installed”

      https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-estatuto-roma-corte-penal-internacional-ley-cpi-ce2de4668e0e1cade8e1214943dde15a

      ICC is also still “investigating” Venezuela for resisting the 2017 coup attempt

      https://www.icc-cpi.int/venezuela-i

      Frankly, it would be foolish of Venezuela not to take this opportunity of Trump’s own cruscade against ICC to officially withdraw from the colonial court.

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        La CPI es un tribunal de última instancia que investiga crímenes de guerra, de lesa humanidad y otros delitos graves cuando las naciones no pueden o no quieren hacerlo, un sistema conocido como de complementariedad.

        sure sounds like the ap. lol