Parlatino denounces the threat to life and peace experienced by the United States in Latin America and the Caribbean

Published at: 29/11/2025 08:12 PM

The president of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino), Rolando González Patricio, denounced the threat to life and peace to which Latin America and the Caribbean is subject due to the “disproportionate” military presence on the part of the United States.

In a statement, the Parlatino reiterated that the organization opposes the use of force and recalled that dozens of people have died through extrajudicial executions aboard ships in the Caribbean and in the Pacific due to lethal attacks carried out by United States forces.

“The disproportionate magnitude of American personnel, military techniques and naval assets in the Caribbean, including a nuclear submarine, is a serious threat to the peace and security of the entire region, and threatens the sovereignty and self-determination of our peoples and against the status of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace and a Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons,” he emphasized.

He also insisted that there is still time to prevent bloodshed with unpredictable consequences.

“After several months of tension, it has become clear that the real intention is the violent overthrow of the Venezuelan government by U.S. military force, and then seize that country's natural resources,” he said.

He stated that the pretext of the fight against drug trafficking is denied by the official US sources themselves. In its 2025 report, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) does not mention the Venezuelan government as one of the authors or facilitators of drug trafficking operations.

He insisted that challenges such as illegal drug and arms trafficking or irregular migration must be addressed through joint action, based on dialogue, non-interference in the internal affairs of States, sovereign equality, cooperation and shared responsibility.

In that regard, he invited the U.S. government to resume dialogue with Venezuela and to restore relations with Latin American and Caribbean states whose peoples will never accept the imposition of the Monroe doctrine.

The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament has historically opposed the threat or use of force. “Its permanent and unalterable principles also include non-intervention; the peaceful, just and negotiated solution of international disputes; and the prevalence of the principles of international law relating to friendly relations and cooperation between States, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,” he said.

In the context, he called on international and regional public opinion, and especially the North American people, to multiply their demand for peace and prevent the use of American force from shedding Latin American or Caribbean blood again.

He also invited North American congressmen of good will, defenders of justice and human rights, to use parliamentary diplomacy to, together with their Latin American and Caribbean peers, articulate actions that, along the path of respect for our diversities, lead to safeguarding life, peace and a decent future for our peoples.

Mazo News Team