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No to War!

Oct 27, 2025 Front Page Comment, News

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(Kaieteur News) – In the most alarming and provocative act of militarisation since the U.S. invasion of Grenada forty-two years ago, Washington has dispatched yet another aircraft carrier strike group to our region—this time under the flimsy pretext of combating drug trafficking. The Caribbean is being transformed into a staging ground for what increasingly appears to be an impending military intervention in Venezuela.

The United States’ ever-expanding flotilla, armed with advanced warships and surveillance aircraft, has been prowling our waters for months, carrying out extrajudicial strikes on vessels it claims are linked to narcotics. These are not the actions of a peacekeeper; they are the manoeuvres of a power preparing for war. And if history teaches us anything, it is that once the United States mobilises militarily in this region, the consequences are devastating and enduring.

This time, history must not be allowed to repeat itself. America must not be given a single excuse, or worse, an invitation, to invade Venezuela. Any such aggression, must be met with strident regional condemnation. The Caribbean must stand firm in defense of its sovereignty and in rejection of imperial adventurism.

Already, ten distinguished former Caribbean leaders—including Guyana’s own Donald Ramotar, along with Baldwin Spencer, Tillman Thomas, P.J. Patterson, Bruce Golding, and Kenny Anthony—have raised the alarm, warning that the deployment of foreign military assets in the Caribbean threatens to entangle our region in conflicts not of our making. CARICOM itself, save for one reservation, has reaffirmed the region’s long-held principle: the Caribbean must remain a Zone of Peace.

The notion that this massive U.S. military build-up is about fighting drug traffickers insults our intelligence. It is not narcotics that Washington seeks to seize; it is Venezuela’s oil that is the target. Venezuela holds the largest proven oil reserves on Earth, and the American appetite for control over those resources has never been disguised. What is unfolding before our eyes is not a war on drugs, but a war for wealth.

Guyana, tragically, stands in the crossfire. Should the United States launch an invasion of Venezuela, our nation will face the unbearable burden of a refugee crisis of unimaginable scale. Millions of Venezuelans could pour across our borders seeking refuge from the chaos of war. Brazil has already fortified its borders in anticipation. Guyana, by contrast, lacks the resources, the infrastructure, and the military capacity to manage such an influx.

Worse yet, beneath the chaos of war lurks a darker danger, the plunder of our own resources. As Venezuela burns, Guyana could become a playground for the very powers that covet the wealth buried beneath our soil and seas. The Caribbean must therefore speak with one voice: No to war. No to invasion. No to militarisation. Our region must not be drawn into the ambitions of empires. The Caribbean is, and must remain, a Zone of Peace, not a launching pad for another imperial conquest.

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One thought on “No to War!”

  1. habeeb

    With the deploying of Military ships nearby Guyana, Ali should never worry
    that The US will need a permanent military base in Guyana… there is no
    need, absolutely, since easy deployment is seen here…just in our back-front
    yard. Trump is working hard for next year’s Nobel Peace Prize since he did
    not win this year’s…he is trying scare tactics against Maduro

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