Foreign ministers of ALBA-TCP after the meeting of the bloc's Political Council in New York, September 25, 2025. Photo: Foreign Affairs Ministry of Cuba.
The member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) condemned the US military deployment in the southern Caribbean targeting Venezuela under false pretenses.
On Thursday, September 25, as part of the 24th Political Council meeting of the bloc, held in New York on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, ALBA-TCP reaffirmed its commitment to the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.
The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Grenada, who highlighted the inspiration that the bloc draws from the struggles of liberators and revolutionaries Simón Bolívar, José Martí, Augusto C. Sandino, as well as from the legacy of Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro Ruz.
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The bloc categorically condemned the United States’ military deployment in the Caribbean, which includes destroyers, missile cruisers, and nuclear submarines. ALBA-TCP stated that these actions violate both the Zone of Peace Proclamation adopted by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in 2014 and the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which establishes Latin America and the Caribbean as a region free of nuclear weapons.
The foreign ministers denounced the incident involving the US warship USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) intercepting the Venezuelan fishing vessel Carmen Rosa in waters of the Venezuelan exclusive economic zone and detaining nine fishermen for eight hours. ALBA-TCP considered the action as a violation of maritime sovereignty, food security, and human rights.
They also criticized the extrajudicial executions in the Caribbean Sea, acknowledged by the US government itself, and warned that Washington is trying to turn the region into a scene of confrontation and militarization.
The ALBA-TCP Political Council dismissed the US State Department report accusing Venezuela of being a drug-producing and transit country, noting that it contradicts reports from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and even the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), none of which places Venezuela in that category.
They also expressed their full support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, denouncing the accusations of drug trafficking against him as “unfounded and without legal basis.”
The bloc demanded the immediate cessation of unilateral coercive measures against Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and the removal of Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism.
ALBA-TCP condemned the genocide perpetrated by “Israel” in the Gaza Strip, demanding an immediate end to the Zionist occupation of Gaza and reaffirming its support for the Palestinian people’s right to a sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital. It also condemned Israeli attacks against Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, and Qatar.
The countries of the bloc called on CELAC to adopt a common position against any foreign intervention that threatens regional peace. Additionally, they announced the formation of a Special ALBA-TCP Mission to travel across Latin America and the Caribbean in defense of the Zone of Peace Proclamation.
Finally, ALBA-TCP convened a Great Peace Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean, reviving Simón Bolívar’s vision and the Amphictyonic Congress of Panama, with the aim of strengthening the unity and self-determination of the peoples of the region.
(Telesur)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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