Managua – Speaking before the 25th virtual ALBA-TCP summit on Sunday, Nicaragua’s Co-President Daniel Ortega condemned Washington’s expanding military footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean and branded U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and his own country as “bites designed to paralyze nations with fear.”
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“The empire’s strategy hasn’t changed,” Ortega told heads of state. “They bark, they bite, they impose sanctions to terrorize the peoples—but we refuse to be intimidated.”
The Sandinista leader traced today’s resistance to the liberating campaigns of Simón Bolívar, noting that while 19th-century traitors pushed for Central America’s annexation to the United States, popular revolutions blocked those plans and secured independence.
ENVIVO | Copresidente de #Nicaragua 🇳🇮, Daniel Ortega, denuncia los intentos intervencionistas de Estado Unidos en Venezuela, bajo el falso pretexto de la lucha contra el narcotráfico, cuando sus verdaderos intereses están en apoderarse del petróleo
→ https://t.co/ROUUUfk9OP pic.twitter.com/i50KSNskFp— teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) December 14, 2025
He hailed the revolutionary leaders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez for later forging ALBA-TCP exactly 21 years ago, turning that historical defiance into a permanent alliance for peace and sovereignty.
“Our main objective remains peace—peace with justice, peace with identity,” Ortega stressed, invoking national heroes Benjamín Zeledón and Augusto César Sandino as eternal symbols of anti-imperialism.
He warned that Washington’s anti-drug narrative is merely cover for a regional militarization aimed at encircling Venezuela and “stealing its oil,” and urged ALBA nations to stay united and creative in the face of seemingly “invincible” enemies.
“Powerful foes can be defeated—firmness and courage without ever stopping the march,” he concluded, calling for renewed productive brigades, joint energy projects and the health missions first launched by Fidel and Chávez to shield the region from both sanctions and fear.
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