▲ Mexico’s ambassador to the UN participated yesterday in the meeting of the Security Council, called at the request of Colombia.Photo taken from networks
Iván Evair Saldaña
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, January 6, 2026, p. 7
The permanent representative of Mexico to the United Nations, Héctor Vasconcelos y Cruz, warned yesterday before the Security Council of the world organization that the United States military attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Nicolás Maduro, which occurred on the 3rd, represent a serious blow to the United Nations Charter and multilateralism.
During his participation in the session of the Security Council, convened at the request of Colombia to address this crisis, Vasconcelos assured that Mexico’s position is that it reaffirms its willingness to support any pacification, dialogue and accompaniment effort that promotes peace in the area.
“Despite the political differences between our governments, Latin America and the Caribbean have been forged as a zone of peace; collectively we have resorted for decades to the available political and legal mechanisms for the resolution of disputes. The current violation of this fragile balance puts the political stability and security of the region at serious risk.”
He reiterated that President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has already made explicit her position condemning the US military aggression in the territory of Venezuela.
“Those who justify these acts deny the independent history of Latin America and the Caribbean,” he stressed.
Two days after the events, he reproached the Security Council for holding the session until then, despite the fact that it was a serious situation that put international peace and security at risk.
“I reiterate the call of the president of Mexico for the UN to do more to solve this and other conflicts, including efforts by its secretary general,” he said.
