The Cuban Government has strongly rejected the recent deployment of United States military forces in the Caribbean Sea, describing it as a grave threat to regional peace and an aggressive violation of the sovereignty and self-determination of Latin American and Caribbean nations.
In a statement issued by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Havana said the move disregards the declaration by the 33 Member States of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which designated the region a “Zone of Peace.”
Cuba dismissed Washington’s claims linking Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his government to drug trafficking as “absurd and unfounded,” noting that the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) had not cited Venezuela in its 2025 report as a major player in narcotics operations.
“The United States once again resorts to lies to justify violence and plunder, reviving the Monroe Doctrine as a tool of interventionism,” the statement said, drawing parallels with the US-led invasion of Iraq under the pretext of weapons of mass destruction.
Havana further accused Washington of hypocrisy, stressing that the United States remains the world’s largest narcotics market and a hub for drug trafficking networks, while its powerful arms industry fuels organized crime in the region.
The government also denounced what it called the “manipulative use of irregular migration” as a pretext to militarize the Caribbean, arguing that the deployment of nuclear submarines, combat materiel, and large naval forces cannot credibly be justified as anti-drug or anti-crime operations.
Reaffirming its commitment to sovereignty, regional peace, and the fight against drug trafficking, Cuba urged Latin American and Caribbean nations to resist what it described as a “new imperialist show of force,” echoing President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez’s call at the 13th Extraordinary Summit of ALBA-TCP earlier in August.
