Secretary of state of the US empire, Marco Rubio, during an interview with a cross on his forehead, on March 5, 2025. Photo: Fox News/file photo.
The secretary of state for the US empire, Marco Rubio, has rejected criticism of his state’s military deployment in the Caribbean, asserting that he does not care about multiple United Nations reports proving that Venezuela is not a source of drug trafficking.
“I don’t care what the United Nations says, I don’t care,” the US colony official said during a press conference this Thursday, September 4, in Quito, Ecuador, following a meeting with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa.
Rubio became emotional when questioned by a journalist, who referred to UN reports detailing that Venezuela is not the most problematic country in terms of drugs, since only 5% of narcotics even traffic through Venezuela at all, while 87% of drug trafficking to the US empire and Europe is done through the Pacific route, from the ports of Ecuador and Colombia.
🇺🇸🗣️"No me importa lo que dice la ONU"
Rubio sobre despliegue militar en el Caribe.
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— RT en Español (@ActualidadRT) September 4, 2025
The official’s reaction was to discredit the report, attack the journalist, lash out at the media outlet where he worked, and call Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a “drug trafficker” and “terrorist.” “A grand jury in the State of New York has found this out,” he claimed, without presenting evidence to support this serious accusation.
Rubio followed this up saying that it “may not be necessary” for the US empire to take similar action in countries that are “allies” of the White House, such as Ecuador, because they “will cooperate” with Washington.
The Trump administration representative’s statements come days after the US empire released video footage of an alleged operation in the southern Caribbean, which apparently left 11 dead. Although initially claimed to be a “drug vessel,” the footage showed the bombing of a small boat.
Venezuelan authorities questioned the authenticity of the recording, which they believe was made using artificial intelligence, and called the video a “plot” by Rubio to encourage a bellicose rhetoric against Caracas from the White House.
Fear in the region
So far, the US colonial government has not provided details about how the supposed operation unfolded, who the victims were, the quantity of drugs the boat was carrying, or how it was determined that the crew members were suspected members of a criminal organization.
Concern has also been raised in the region about the disproportionate conduct of the US empire’s military in the aforementioned alleged anti-drug operation. One of the most critical voices has been that of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who considered that, even if their claims were true, it would have been an unjust murder of civilians.
The president of Colombia—a country that, in 2024, reached a record seizure of 794.5 tons of cocaine—added that for decades, civilians transporting drugs have been captured “without killing them,” reiterating that “bombarding the boat violates the universal principle of proportionality of force and results in murder.”
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Last August, international media reported a US imperial military deployment in the southern Caribbean to supposedly combat drug cartels. The attorney general of the US empire, Pamela Bondi, had doubled the reward for information leading to the “capture” of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, on the unfounded charge of leading several drug cartels.
Caracas has condemned the hostile actions of the US empire as an attempt to carry out a “military terrorist strike” to depose President Maduro, after describing Washington’s military deployment as a “threat” to peace in Venezuela and the region.
Despite the increasing friction, President Maduro has maintained the “battered” channels of communication with Washington and expressed openness to dialogue with Trump, as long as Rubio’s “gunboat diplomacy” does not prevail.
(RT)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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