US airstrikes in Caribbean, Latin America violate international law

The ongoing lethal strikes carried out by the United States in the Caribbean and Latin American region, which have killed more than 60 people, have provoked a response from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Airstrikes by the United States of America on boats in the Caribbean and in the Pacific violate international human rights law.

The US must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats.

Ravina Shamdasani, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Colombia in crosshairs of US hostility
  

  Colombia in crosshairs of US hostility

  Trump’s Secretary of War has announced new operations targeting vessels in the Pacific Ocean as part of what the administration claims are anti-drug operations, as the naval buildup continues around Venezuela.

Colombian human rights advocate David Porras says these attacks constitute an even wider threat.

This constitutes, first and foremost, a violation of these people's human rights, especially their right to life and due process.

But we also have a major problem today.

They are violating the sovereignty of our states because foreign troops, in this case American troops, are present without authorization from our governments in the territorial waters of Colombia, Venezuela, and, the Caribbean in general.

David Porras, American Association of Jurists

• Washington's 'War on Drugs' targeting Colombia, Venezuela
  

  Washington's so-called 'War on Drugs' targeting Colombia, Venezuela

  Colombia has been subjected to a long-standing US military campaign in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Analysts say that the attacks against Colombia come as President Petro has made strides to dismantle criminal structures.

President Gustavo Petro's anti-drug policy directly targets the leaders of drug trafficking organizations, directly attacks illegal economies and replaces those illegal economies with legal ones.

But we also have the other side of the coin: drug consumption.

The United States is doing practically nothing to control drug use among its population, to reduce it, and, above all, to treat it as what it truly is, a public health problem in the country that consumes the most legal and illegal drugs.

David Porras, American Association of Jurists

• US ‘fabricating’ war as naval strike group nears Venezuela
  

  Maduro says US ‘fabricating’ war as naval strike group nears Venezuela

  Venezuela’s president says the US is “fabricating” a war against him as the world’s largest aircraft carrier nears the South American nation.

Perhaps Petro's main infraction, as far as Washington is concerned, is having reversed the hostile policy towards neighboring Venezuela imposed under the former administration of Ivan Duque, a close US ally.

More than 600,000 Colombians on the Colombian-Venezuelan border were affected by Iván Duque's infamous diplomatic blockade starting in 2018 and 2019.

Because it's not just a border; they had historical, commercial, social and familial ties.

During that period, criminal organizations were strengthened and ended up taking over businesses on the border, and that's part of what we want to dismantle.

From the very first minute Petro's new government took office, one of the first accomplishments was the restoration of Colombia - Venezuela relations.

This government's sovereign position has been that it will not cooperate in a potential US military invasion of Venezuela.

Shameel Thahir Sila, Analyst

• US revives abandoned Cold War base in Caribbean amid buildup near Venezuela
  

  US revives abandoned Cold War base in Caribbean amid buildup near Venezuela

  The United States armed forces are refurbishing a long-abandoned former Cold War naval base in the Caribbean.

A new YouGov survey finds that support for US Naval deployment around Venezuela has dropped since September.

Only 19% of US citizens support the US military attacking land targets in Venezuela, while only 28% support covert operations by The CIA in Venezuela.

• US military strikes another Caribbean vessel, kills three
  

  US military strikes another Caribbean vessel, kills three

  The US armed forces have launched another attack on a ship in the Caribbean, killing at least three men aboard the vessel.

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