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The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America–Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) held an extraordinary summit Wednesday, voicing support for Venezuela as U.S. warships head toward the southern Caribbean.

The virtual meeting, hosted from Caracas, brought together heads of state and representatives from Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Lucia. Honduras participated as a guest.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the deployment of U.S. naval and air assets under the command of Southern Command represented “a strategic move” beyond counter-narcotics, warning it could destabilize regional peace. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro described the alliance as “an alliance of warriors for peace” and thanked ALBA members for their solidarity.