Why it matters:
The confrontation underscores widening global divisions as Moscow and Beijing rally behind Caracas in defiance of U.S. military pressure. The situation has fueled concerns about an escalation in the Caribbean, a region already tense with geopolitical rivalry and energy interests.
The big picture:
Washington has intensified its operations near Venezuela under the pretext of combating drug trafficking. Russia, China, and Venezuela note that these maneuvers are a cover for U.S. interventionism and risk destabilizing Latin America. The standoff reflects a broader power struggle between the United States and its rivals for influence in the Western Hemisphere.
What they're saying:
“Just a few kilometers off Venezuela’s coast, large-scale U.S. military activity is taking place— a direct threat to regional and international peace,” said Russia’s U.N. envoy, Vassily Nebenzia.
“The U.S. must immediately end the escalation under these trumped-up pretexts,” he added.
China’s U.N. envoy Fu Cong said that U.S. operations “infringe on the right to life and freedom of navigation” and urged Washington to “cease acts that violate other countries’ sovereignty.”
Venezuela’s U.N. envoy Samuel Moncada accused Washington of promoting “a machine of propaganda and an industry of death and lies,” warning that peace in the region “is in grave danger.”
Key points:
- Venezuela and its allies dismiss those claims as fabricated pretexts for aggression
- Moscow has warned of potential “irreparable mistakes” if Washington escalates further
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M.Majdi - seyed mohammad kazemi
