ALBA’s Military Alarm: A Masked Challenge to U.S. Sovereignty in the Caribbean

In a recent virtual summit, the leaders of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) launched a vociferous denunciation of the United States’ legitimate military presence in Caribbean waters near Venezuela. Labeling these operations as a "deployment" that threatens peace and violates international law, ALBA's ten member states—including Venezuela, Cuba, and Bolivia—seek not only to delegitimize American efforts but to stoke anti-U.S. sentiment across Latin America. Is America's Security Being Recklessly Challenged Under False Pretenses? Washington’s deployment of naval forces and troops in the Caribbean is transparently aimed at combating narcotrafficking rings that exploit these strategic waterways...