Through the social media platform X, the president emphasized that such actions must stop to preserve Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.

The head of state shared on his profile a new statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warning that a “direct military aggression against Venezuela would trigger an armed conflict that would have incalculable consequences for the peace, security, and stability of Our America.”

The Foreign Ministry stated that the buildup of military assets in the Southern Caribbean, the illegal incursions of US combat aircraft into a Venezuelan Flight Information Region, the destruction of civilian vessels and the murder of their crews, and the announcement that military actions of this nature would be transferred to land areas, constitute an unprecedented escalation in the region.

These actions, the statement emphasized, are complemented by the notification that the United States is engaged in a non-international armed conflict against unlawful combatants.

In this regard, the Ministry emphasized that “the unusual notification, which attempts to legitimize and justify larger-scale military actions, could constitute a pretext for carrying out military action against Venezuela, in violation of the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.”

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