At the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 + China during the 16th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad16) in Geneva, Switzerland, the Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Trade, Coromoto Godoy, denounced the interference and military deployment of the United States (USA) in the Caribbean Sea, against the sovereignty and peace of Venezuela.
“We call for solidarity and condemn this aggression, which constitutes a clear violation of human rights, of the declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace, of the Treaty of Tlatelolco and of the principles that govern the Charter of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the use of force or its threat against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State. Until when!”, stated the minister.
Likewise, he indicated that since 2014 more than a thousand unilateral coercive measures have been imposed by the United States, which have impacted strategic sectors of the national economy, particularly the oil industry. “Despite these restrictions, Venezuela has accumulated 18 consecutive quarters of economic growth, leads South American performance with 7.71% in the first half of 2025 and currently produces 90% of the food it consumes.”
Godoy highlighted that, to consolidate the economic recovery process, it is necessary to redouble the efforts of the Global South in order to achieve the cessation of extortion measures that affect the multilateral trading system, such as the blockade, unilateral coercive actions and tariff war. “We reiterate our commitment to the unity of the G77 and China, in defense of fair trade, South-South cooperation, the principles of multilateralism, sovereignty and equality among States,” he expressed.
The head of the aforementioned office reaffirmed that Venezuela, with resilience and a vocation for peace, is actively working on the construction of a multicentric and pluripolar world, by evoking the ideal of the “balance of the universe” formulated by El Libertador Simón Bolívar 200 years ago. The Vice Minister of Anti-Blockade Policies, William Castillo, also participated in the meeting; the Deputy Minister of International Trade Policy, Johann Álvarez, and the permanent representative to the UN-Geneva, Ambassador Alexander Yánez.
