CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By ALBA-TCP, 20.Aug.2025, Words: 730) â The heads of state and government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), gathered in extraordinary session to issue an unanimously declaration:
Now more than ever, committed to the postulates of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, adopted by CELAC in Jan. 2014, as a historic and unavoidable commitment to the defense of the sovereignty, security, and stability of our peoples, the Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), gathered in extraordinary session, unanimously declare as follows:
1. We express our strongest and total support for the constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros, who is once again facing a brutal offensive of political and judicial persecution promoted by the United States. We denounce that groundless, mythomaniacal accusations with no legal basis, used as instruments of media and diplomatic harassment, are part of a strategy of judicialization of politics that seeks to delegitimize sovereign governments and pave the way for foreign intervention. These practices not only constitute a direct attack on Venezuela’s independence, but also a threat to the stability and self-determination of all the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.
2. We categorically reject the orders of the United States government to deploy military forces under false pretexts, with the clear intention of imposing illegal and interfering policies contrary to the constitutional order of the States of Latin America and the Caribbean.
3. We denounce to the world that the U.S. military deployment in Caribbean waters, disguised as anti-drug operations, represents a threat to the peace and stability of the region and constitutes a flagrant violation of International Law and the Charter of the United Nations, which enshrine respect for sovereignty, equality of States and the self-determination of peoples.
4. We demand the immediate cessation of any military threat or action violating the territorial integrity and political independence of the States of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as unrestricted respect for the international legal framework and multilateral mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes.
5. We also denounce the extreme intensification of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States government against Cuba, which, in addition to being contrary to International Law, cause serious harm to the well-being of the Cuban people.
6. We condemn the imperialist policy of harassment and destabilization, which, through unilateral coercive measures, blockades, diplomatic blackmail, and media campaigns, seeks to undermine regional peace and security, in open contravention of the spirit of cooperation, brotherhood, and dialogue that should prevail among free nations.
7. We reaffirm the anti-imperialist and solidarity-based nature of ALBA-TCP, reaffirming our decision to continue to be at the forefront of actively defending the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace of CELAC, and to work tirelessly for peace with justice, sovereignty, and equality.
8. We support the call by the President of the Colombia and CELAC Pro Tempore President, Gustavo Petro, for an urgent meeting of foreign ministers from the region to establish a joint, dignified, and sovereign position in response to threats of aggression and interference against Venezuela and any interventionist attempts to threaten peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.
9. We reaffirm the freedom and independence achieved more than two centuries ago and declare our unwavering determination to defend peace, unity, and regional security, free from any form of foreign intervention.
Our liberators SimĂłn BolĂvar, JosĂ© Marti, Antonio JosĂ© de Sucre, JosĂ© de San Martin, Joseph Chatoyer, Maurice Bishop, and Augusto CĂ©sar Sandino taught us that the only guarantee of freedom in the face of imperial powers is the firm unity of the peoples of the Great Homeland.
Today, as the vanguard of free peoples, we declare that true peace can only come from social justice, respect for the laws and sovereignty of nations, and the self-determination of peoples. In the face of imperialism that threatens with wars, violence and blockades, Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirm that they will follow the path of BolĂvar, Marti, ChĂĄvez, and Fidel, and reaffirm their irrevocable commitment to protect our region so that we may continue to be a Zone of Peace and coexistence.
Given and signed by the ten governments and peoples,
Caracas, 20 Aug. 2025
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