According to a report by EFE on October 3, 10 member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas issued a statement on the 3rd condemning the "illegal and provocative invasion" of American warplanes near Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea. In addition, the Trump administration still maintains naval deployment in the waters near Venezuela.
The coalition said in a statement that the “systematic military harassment” was “part of a series of acts of aggression aimed at undermining regional stability, creating panic and imposing imperialist logic.”
At the same time, the alliance also warned: "The repeated occurrence of such acts not only violates the sovereignty of member states, but also endangers the safety of civil and commercial aviation in the Caribbean, posing unacceptable risks to regional stability."
On September 23, Venezuelan army tanks deployed in Caracas to support Venezuelan President Maduro.
On the 3rd, Venezuela filed a protest with Russia, which holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council this month, accusing U.S. warplanes of carrying out illegal incursions about 75 kilometers from the Venezuelan coast.
On the same day, the United States again sunk a ship in international waters near Venezuela, killing four people on board, which the United States accused of being “drug terrorists.”
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hagerseth informed on social platform X: "Such attacks will continue until drug trafficking and harm against the American people stop!"
The U.S. has carried out attacks on at least four so-called “drug-trafficking boats” in the Caribbean since September, three of which occurred near Venezuela and one near the Dominican Republic.
The United States deployed military forces in the Caribbean on the grounds of combating drug trafficking, a move that was condemned by the Maduro government of Venezuela. The Maduro government believes that this military deployment poses a threat of potential attacks on Venezuela. The United States deploys at least eight warships and one nuclear-powered rapid attack submarine in the Caribbean, carrying a total of more than 4500 soldiers. In addition, the United States has recently dispatched several of the latest F-35B stealth fighters to Puerto Rico.
The Trump administration submitted a memorandum to Congress on the 2nd, saying that the United States and drug trafficking groups designated by the United States as terrorist organizations are in an "armed conflict", which provides a legal basis for their military operations in the Caribbean.
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audit| Li Jian
Editor | Xu Luming