Mexico on Saturday condemned U.S. military action in Venezuela and the capture of that country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, warning that the operation “seriously jeopardizes regional stability.”
In a lengthy statement, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. strikes in Caracas violated Article 2 of the U.N. charter.
“Based on its foreign policy principles and its pacifist vocation, Mexico makes an urgent call to respect international law, as well as the principles and purposes of the U.N. Charter, and to cease any act of aggression against the Venezuelan government and people,” the statement said, according to an English-language translation. “Latin America and the Caribbean is a zone of peace, built on the basis of mutual respect, the peaceful settlement of disputes and the prohibition of the use and threat of force, so any military action seriously jeopardizes regional stability.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum posted on X the text of Article 2, paragraph 4, of the U.N. charter: “The Members of the Organization, in their international relations, shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
The removal of Mr. Maduro represents the most significant U.S. intervention in Latin America since its invasion of Panama and capture of that country’s leader, Manuel Noriega, in January 1990.
Mr. Maduro is expected to be brought to the U.S. to face a federal trial. He was indicted in March 2020 on “narco-terrorism” conspiracy charges in the Southern District of New York.
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