A Pretext for Military Action Against Venezuela is Being Fabricated

Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.

As the Revolutionary Government warned on September 18, the escalation of actions by the United States government to justify military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has persisted and intensified.

An extraordinary accumulation of military assets in the Southern Caribbean, recent illegal incursions by US combat aircraft into a Venezuelan Flight Information Region, the repeated destruction of civilian vessels and the killing of their crews, and the announcement that military actions of this nature would be extended to land-based areas are now being complemented by a notification that the United States considers itself to be in a non-international armed conflict against illegal combatants.

This unprecedented notification, which attempts to legitimize and justify larger-scale military actions, could constitute the pretext for executing a military operation against Venezuela, in violation of the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and International Law.

A direct military aggression against Venezuela would unleash an armed conflict with incalculable consequences for the peace, security, and stability of Our America.

We reiterate Cuba's firm and unwavering support for the Bolivarian and Chavista government of Venezuela and for the Civic-Military Unity of the Venezuelan people. Military aggression must be halted to preserve peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Havana, October 3, 2025.