Madrid November 14 (Europe Press) –
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this Friday addressed the American people to “stop the crazy hands of those who order wars in the Caribbean” within the framework of the military operation launched by Washington in the region, claiming the fight against drug trafficking, which caused an increase in tensions between the two countries.
“I want to take this moment to tell the American people (…) to stop the crazy hands of those who order the bombing, killing, and waging of war in South America and the Caribbean. Let’s stop the war. Let’s not stop the war,” he declared at a conference of jurists advocating international law in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.
President Maduro insisted that “the American people have a leading role at this moment in preventing what could be a tragedy” for the entire continent. Similarly, he believes that “the vast majority of Americans do not want war in the world, much less in America.”
Similarly, Venezuela’s head of state defended in his speech that “we cannot allow militaristic and colonialist trends to rise up and come to impose themselves and kill innocent people.”
President Maduro’s statement came a day after the Pentagon announced the “Spear of the South” operation against “narco-terrorists” in Latin America, in the framework of bombings against suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, which left more than 70 people dead after the deployment of a new aircraft carrier.
The governments of Venezuela and Colombia, as well as the United Nations, condemned the acts as extrajudicial killings, noting that the victims would primarily be fishermen. Caracas is concerned about the possibility of U.S. military intervention, and Bogotá is also warning of that extreme situation.
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