The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Yván Gil, presented a letter from President Nicolás Maduro on Monday, December 22, from the Casa Amarilla “Antonio José de Sucre.” The letter, addressed to the heads of state of the world and the United Nations (UN), warns of an escalation of hostilities by the United States government under the pretext of anti-drug operations.

In the document, the Bolivarian Government denounces that, since August 14, 2015, Washington has deployed the largest naval and air operation in the region in decades, including the presence of a nuclear submarine off the Venezuelan coast as part of the so-called “Operation Southern Spear.”

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According to the letter, these actions lack legal justification and constitute a direct threat to the use of force, violating the Declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace and the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which prohibits nuclear weapons in the region.

One of the central points of the complaint is the occurrence of 28 armed attacks by U.S. forces against civilian vessels between September 2 and December 18, 2025, which allegedly resulted in the extrajudicial execution of 104 people, many of them after their vessels capsized and in a defenseless state.

Venezuela characterizes these events as a flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, describing such acts as “modern piracy.”

“If the unilateral use of force, the execution of civilians, piracy, and the plundering of resources from sovereign states are tolerated, the world is heading toward a scenario of global confrontation of unpredictable proportions,” warns the text read by the Foreign Minister.

Furthermore, the Venezuelan government emphasizes that the blockade and piracy against Venezuelan energy trade directly affect the stability of international markets and especially harm the most vulnerable economies.

“Energy cannot become a weapon of war,” the letter stated, reiterating that these aggressions transcend national borders.

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The letter, sent via diplomatic note to the 194 member states of the UN General Assembly, makes an urgent appeal to the international community to explicitly condemn these actions and activate multilateral mechanisms to sanction those responsible. At the same time, it reaffirms Venezuela’s commitment to peace and its determination to defend its sovereignty and resources against any attempt at military intimidation or colonialist plunder.

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