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Venezuela responds to Colombia and reaffirms control of its economic policy

Venezuela's Vice Ministry for Latin America issued a statement responding to Colombian Vice President José Manuel Restrepo's comments on bilateral trade, asserting that economic policy decisions are exclusively national.

Venezuela's Vice Ministry for Latin America issued a communiqué on Sunday.

The communiqué responds to Colombian Vice President José Manuel Restrepo's statements on bilateral trade reactivation.

Venezuela asserts that economic and commercial management decisions are exclusively national.

Venezuela 'takes note' of Restrepo's remarks and his meeting with the designated ambassador in Caracas and Antioquia businessmen.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Reviewed and approved by a human editor on 2026-08-12. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.