U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean undermines regional peace and cooperation.
On Wednesday, Venezuelan scientists issued a statement rejecting threats by U.S. President Donald Trump against Venezuela and calling on the international scientific community to oppose military actions that could lead to a breakdown of peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Science and Technology Minister Gabriela Jimenez informed that the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) called on universities, academies and researchers around the world to “firmly defend that academic cooperation cannot be curtailed, subordinated or fragmented by imperial ambitions.” The following is the statement that Venezuelan scientists addressed to the peoples of the world:
“U.S. president’s recent public statements, which include explicit threats of military siege, naval and air blockade, collective sanctions on energy flows and the criminalization of the Venezuelan state, worsen an already delicate situation that was deliberately and illegally created by his own administration.
This unfounded proclamation has immediate material consequences, regardless of whether it is ultimately carried out, as it increases uncertainty, hinders legitimate commercial and scientific cooperation, and serves as justification for other vassal governments of the empire to impose new restrictions out of fear of secondary sanctions or of further damaging their already deteriorated reputations.
Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on whether Venezuela poses a threat to the US:
“It’s not even a significant drug source. The boats aren’t even headed to the US. This is entirely concocted — about as truthful as Hitler’s claim that the Poles attacked him in 1939." pic.twitter.com/9Kpl9gaAQj
— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) December 12, 2025
For the noble Venezuelan people, the cumulative impact has been tangible and quantifiable. Restrictions on financial transactions and maritime transport have made it difficult to acquire medicines, medical equipment, laboratory reagents, food production inputs, spare parts for basic services and for power generation and water systems, access to essential supplies for food production, among a long list of exceptional and everyday impacts.
From the realms of science, technology, innovation and their applications for the common good, the disruption of oil exports and the paralysis of the maritime logistics chain undermine the technical sustainability of critical infrastructure and weaken the capacity to maintain, modernize and safely operate complex systems.
Energy revenues finance not only the ambitious social policies of the Bolivarian government, but also national research, development and innovation programs, postgraduate professional training, and applied technological development for the direct benefit of the Venezuelan people.
Their coercive obstruction causes long-term structural damage not only in our country, but also destabilizes the entire region, with effects that cannot be measured through short-term macroeconomic indicators.
It is essential to emphasize that restricting access to knowledge, equipment, mobility and cooperation contradicts the spirit and the letter of international commitments that recognize science and technology as instruments for peace, sustainable development, collective well-being and, most importantly, as a human right.
We categorically reject the attack on the national sovereignty of our natural resources when the U.S. claims as its own all the oil, land and other wealth. The legacy of Bolivar belongs to the Venezuelan people, and we will never bow to any threat.
We issue an urgent call to the international community, multilateral organizations, academic networks and scientific institutions around the world to recognize the high human, scientific and technological costs of the criminal unilateral coercive measures and the hostile rhetoric once again hurled by the U.S. president.
VETS SAY NO!
Los Angeles marches against the Trump administration’s threat to wage a new war against Venezuela. No more blood for oil! pic.twitter.com/mZcbu8aX1x
— ANSWER Coalition (@answercoalition) December 7, 2025
We demand respect for international law, for the protection of life, and for the preservation of open scientific exchange as a universal public good.
We reaffirm, with patriotic pride, that the Venezuelan people know how to confront adversity with dignity, intelligence and an unbreakable commitment to independence.
As the Liberator Simon Bolivar warned: ‘The United States seems destined to plague America with misery in the name of freedom,’ and today, as yesterday, they will encounter the moral resistance of a people that recognizes its right to self-determination.
Today, we close ranks to defend peace, legality and national dignity, convinced that science is an act of patriotism and that, like its independence, Venezuela’s future will be forged through reason, cooperation and an unbreakable commitment to the well-being of its people.
At this crucial hour for the homeland, we express our absolute support and unwavering loyalty to Nicolas Maduro, the constitutional President of Venezuela. We recognize his firmness, courage and leadership in the defense of peace and national sovereignty in the face of imperial aggression.
Under his leadership, the scientific and technological community remains united and mobilized, ready to guarantee the nation’s comprehensive independence and to protect the future of new generations of Venezuelans.
The imperialist wolf is hungry for vast resources and has judged that the most defenseless, closest and most lucrative victim in its backyard is Venezuela. We call on all peoples, governments, and democratic actors around the world to raise their voices and say that Venezuela is not alone, that it is a free and sovereign people, and that it will not be recolonized again by any empire.
Down with imperialism!
Down with the methods of colonial domination perpetuated in the present!
Long live Venezuela! Long live Bolivar!”
It’s not just US piracy against Venezuela that has people in South America worried. The Trump administration’s announcement that it’s bringing back the bloody Monroe Doctrine has set off alarms across the continent. My story @telesurenglish pic.twitter.com/wudMYrzvdM
— BrianMier (@BrianMteleSUR) December 18, 2025
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