From 8-23: Latin American Countries and China Condemn Trump's Threats Against Venezuela

The chorus of disapproval comes in response to Trump’s deployment of US warships off the coast of Venezuela.

By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams
Published August 23, 2025

China and members of an alliance of Latin American and Caribbean nations in recent days joined countries including Brazil and Colombia and anti-war voices around the world in denouncing the Trump administration’s deployment of US warships off the coast of Venezuela.

At least three US Navy guided missile destroyers and thousands of Marines are currently off the coast of Venezuela, with Pentagon officials citing President Donald Trump’s January executive order designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and his directive authorizing military force to combat narcotraffickers abroad.

On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that “China opposes any move that violates the purposes and principles of the [United Nations] Charter and a country’s sovereignty and security.”

“We oppose the use or threat of force in international relations and the interference of external forces in Venezuela’s internal affairs under any pretext,” she added. “We hope that the United States will do more things conducive to peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean region.”

Mao’s remarks came on the same day that members of the 11-nation Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) issued a declaration during the group’s virtual 13th Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government condemning the Trump administration’s “imperialist policy of harassment and destabilization” and demanding “the immediate cessation of military threat or action” against Venezuela.

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