He Cuba government He denounced on Monday the military deployment of “naval and aerial forces” of the United States in the south of the Caribbean Sea and rejected that the operation aims to fight against drug trafficking posters.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said on social networks that Military movements respond to “the corrupt agenda” of the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
Rodríguez Parrilla recalled that Latin America and the Caribbean should be respected as a conflict -free region.
We denounce the presence of naval and aerial military forces of #USA In the south of the Caribbean that, under false pretexts, respond to corrupt agenda of the Secretary of State.
Latin America and the Caribbean must be respected as #ZonAdepaz. pic.twitter.com/bdoudtdqbb
– Bruno Rodríguez P (@brunorguezp) August 18, 2025
“We denounce the presence of United States naval and aerial military forces in southern the Caribbean that, under false pretexts, responds to the corrupt agenda of the Secretary of State. Latin America and the Caribbean must be respected as a peace zone,” said the chancellor.
Last week, the CNN chain revealed that Washington started the deployment of about 4 thousand troops —It’s most of Navy – in Latin American and Caribbean watersas part of an operation against drug trafficking.
US orders to deploy military forces in the south of the Caribbean Sea
The operation includes recognition aircraft P8 Poseidon, destroyers, a war boat with missiles and even a nuclear submarine, the agency said EFE.
According to a letter from the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, known months ago, The US army would have among its missions the defense of the national territory.
Hegseth said that among the objectives of the deployment are, in addition, “sealing borders, repelling all forms of invasion, including mass immigration, drug trafficking, smuggling of human beings and other criminal activities.”
Cuba recalled that in 2014 the heads of state and government of the community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC) signed a proclamation that the region declared as a “peace zone”, commitment that Havana claims against what he considers a new military threat in the Caribbean.
