Venezuela asks the UN Security Council for measures to curb US military aggression in the Caribbean

Published at: 10/10/2025 05:00 PM

The ambassador permanent representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations (UN), Samuel Moncada, denounced this Friday before the Security Council of the multilateral entity the threat to peace posed by the military deployment of the United States (US) in the Caribbean.

During his participation in the emergency meeting requested by Venezuela, Moncada noted that “for years the United States government has been carrying out a propaganda and disinformation campaign against” the Bolivarian nation “, and, “currently, it is carrying out a growing deployment of military forces a few miles from the Venezuelan coast.”

He explained that “military escalation consists of the offensive mobilization of more than 10,000 military personnel, combat aircraft, missile destroyers and missile cruisers, assault troops, assets used in special operations and covert missions, and even of a nuclear submarine.”

In this regard, the Venezuelan diplomat stressed that “the actions and the bellicose rhetoric of the U.S. government objectively indicate that we are facing a situation in which it is rational to think that in the very short term an armed attack will be carried out against Venezuela. That is why we are here, because this Security Council has the necessary means to prevent a further aggravation of the situation,” he stressed.

He noted that the UN Charter provides the necessary means, “not only to confirm the existence of a threat, but also to preserve regional and international peace and security. If this body has the political will to carry out its mandate, it can use those means. The world is seeing them today,” he said.

Moncada emphasized that this is the right time for the UN Security Council to “fulfill the mandate entrusted by the Charter of the United Nations and to avoid a catastrophe that could convulse the entire region for generations”, so he proposed three concrete actions.

“First, that the existence of a threat to international peace and security be determined by the current military escalation of the United States government in the Caribbean. Second, that the necessary measures be taken to prevent the situation on the ground from worsening further. And third, that a Security Council resolution be approved in which all its members, including the United States, commit themselves to respecting the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,” he said.

Mazo News Team