The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) has issued a forceful condemnation of United States military operations in the Caribbean, characterizing the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker as an act of “piracy” that threatens regional stability.
Member states including Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, and Saint Lucia jointly denounced what they described as the unlawful hijacking of a second vessel carrying Venezuelan petroleum. According to the alliance, US military personnel acting as “privateers” intercepted the ship in international waters and illegally detained its crew.
The organization asserts this operation violates multiple international legal frameworks, including the United Nations Charter, fundamental principles of international law, and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation. ALBA-TCP framed the incident as part of a broader pattern of neocolonial domination that seeks to impose an anarchic international order where force overrules established norms.
The alliance expressed full solidarity with Venezuela’s government and pledged support for diplomatic and legal actions through multilateral bodies. They demanded immediate cessation of these practices and accountability under international law. The declaration emphasized that such actions represent not merely an attack on Venezuela but a direct aggression against all nations, undermining the foundational principles of peaceful international coexistence.