President Maduro Calls CELAC-EU to Reject US Threats to Latin America
President of Colombia Gustavo Petro (c), accompanied by attendees at the opening ceremony of the IV CELAC-EU Summit, pose in the official photo this Sunday, in Santa Marta (Colombia). Photo: EFE/ Mauricio Dueñas Castañeda
November 9, 2025 Hour: 5:16 pm
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, this Sunday called on the member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to categorically reject any militarization of the Caribbean.
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“Today, faced with the threat of war in the Caribbean and the executions that have been denounced by the UN, we are obligated, in order to preserve the peace of the region, to join our forces as countries, and in a single voice demand an immediate cessation of the attacks and military threats against our people,” said president Maduro in a letter published on social media, regarding the IV CELAC-EU Summit being held in Colombia.
The head of the Bolivarian state also urged demanding an independent investigation into the executions denounced by the human rights mechanisms of the UN.
During the last two months, the United States Department of War has reported attacks against 20 fishing boats in the Caribbean, in events in which more than 66 people have died.
Maduro requested establishing regional mechanisms for humanitarian cooperation and collective defense that guarantee the protection of territorial waters, coasts, and communities.
“Brothers and sisters, historical memory and evidence compel us to a united response,” he emphasized.
Likewise, he maintained that the international community must demand accountability, that the attacks cease, and that the human rights of all people be respected, without exceptions.
Tensions between Venezuela and the United States have increased in recent months after the military deployment ordered by President Donald Trump in the Caribbean Sea, near the maritime border of the South American country, under the argument of combating drug trafficking.
President Maduro’s government has denounced that this military presence in the Caribbean is a plan to promote a regime change and impose a puppet authority with which the U.S. can seize Venezuelan natural resources, mainly oil.
