Namibia and Venezuela have reinforced their commitment to preserving Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace, calling for an end to military aggression in the region.
During talks at State House, Venezuela's Ambassador to Namibia, Dr. Malagay Henriquez, briefed President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on the situation and emphasised the need for diplomatic solutions over military action.
"We really understand what is happening there; we talked about it even in my statement at the UNGA, and a solution has to be found. We really need peace and stability in the world," said Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah.
The U.S. said it is fighting drug trafficking and has deployed what Venezuela describes as a disproportionate military force, including a nuclear-powered attack submarine, maritime patrol aircraft, and fighter jets off the Venezuelan coast.
Venezuela says the U.S. military carried out extrajudicial executions of civilians in boats in international waters. Two days ago, the US launched the seventh strike on boats in the Caribbean.
Dr. Henriquez noted that despite the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) confirming that Venezuela is free of illicit crops and is neither a key producer nor a major actor in trafficking, the country remains the target of military aggression.
"This UNODC report discredits the pretext of the U.S. to be fighting narcotics or illicit drugs in Venezuela. This therefore leaves the only objective that this is a regime change and not a narco-trafficking war and also to have access to our natural resources, our petroleum, because Venezuela has the biggest natural oil reserves in the world, and the U.S. has always looked for opportunities to get hold of these resources, and that is why Venezuela is a country that calls for peace."
The 2025 World Drug Report, released by the UNODC, further states that 87% of cocaine is smuggled through the Pacific, not through the Caribbean.
"And that is why we ask ourselves, why are there military warships in the Caribbean when only 5% of these drugs attempt to cross the Caribbean, while the majority go through the Pacific Ocean? And as such, Venezuela finds itself preparing for an imminent attack on its territory and people, and the civil population, the doctors, students, and teachers, have all enlisted together with the armed forces to fight against this invasion. We are a country of peace; we do not want war, but we will also not hand over our country."
Ambassador Henriquez also revealed that the Trump administration refused calls by President Nicolas Maduro for dialogue.
Since 2014, Latin America and the Caribbean have been recognised as a zone of peace, based on respect for international law and its guiding principles.