"The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, urged the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday to "assume its role" and intervene after Trump labeled Venezuela's government ‘terror organisation’ and imposed an oil blockade on the nation. During her daily press conference from Mexico City, the leader made her call to the international organisation, recalling that on Tuesday US President Donald Trump designated the government of Nicolas Maduro as a "foreign terrorist organization," and ordered the blocking of all oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. Venezuela denounced the embargo and accused Washington of trying to steal the South American country's natural resources. "Due to yesterday's statement by President Trump and the situation in Venezuela, we reiterate Mexico's position, in accordance with the Constitution, of non-intervention, non-foreign interference. We call for dialogue and peace to be used in any international dispute and not intervention," Sheinbaum said. "And a call to the United Nations, that it assume its role. It has not been seen. That it assume its role. To prevent any bloodshed and to always seek the peaceful resolution of conflicts," she added. Likewise, the Mexican president reported that Mexico could serve as a "point of negotiation, of meeting," in the conflict between Venezuela and the United States "if the parties consider it so" and added that if it does not materialise it would be possible to "seek mediators that allow avoiding any conflict in the region." Since September 2, tensions between the United States and Venezuela have increased following attacks by the US government on alleged drug boats in Caribbean waters near the coasts of Venezuela, as part of its strategy to combat drug trafficking. The attacks have left a toll of 95 dead and 25 boats destroyed in 23 attacks carried out so far. Finally, Sheinbaum mentioned that the United States showed interest in learning about the modus operandi of Mexican criminal groups regarding drones, following a recent meeting between representatives of both countries on December 11 in Mexico City. After the meeting, the governments of the United States and Mexico agreed to strengthen security cooperation to respond to drone attacks by drug cartels on the border. In addition to improving joint work on extraditions and investigations into fuel theft, according to the State Department."