Caribbean activists strategise to address risk to the region
A NUMBER OF ACTIVISTS from St.Vincent and the Grenadines were part of a recent virtual regional conference which saw 187 participants discussing the January 3, 2026 military strike by the US on Venezuela.
It was the first Regional Conference:The Voices of the Caribbean in Defense of Venezuela and International Law,’ that saw representatives from political and civil organizations, jurists, and from solidarity movements in Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Paraguay, Palestine, the Dominican Republic, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
There were also participants from other regions of the world as they joined an initiative to pool ideas and energies in defense of the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean that the Caribbean stands together against external threats and for lasting peace.
The meeting agreed on proposals and the development of strategies from a perspective of analysis and study of the different threats that put the region at risk, especially in light of the impact on the people of Venezuela of the January 3, 2026 strike in which President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were kidnapped.
The participants articulated proposals and actions between social and solidarity movements of the Caribbean, unifying criteria in the face of identified external threats that would destabilize the region.
Participants denounced the actions of President Donald Trump, the continued presence of military assets in the southern Caribbean, and the pressure applied by the US to countries to give up control of their natural resources.
The meetings aimed to promote regional cohesion and the defense of peace through public positions from each of the nations in the region, and to embark on interventions aimed at building an international solidarity network that allows for a defense of the sovereignty of the participating nations, and implement an action plan that seeks to influence the reformulation of the foreign policy of these countries.
The January 19, 2026 conference is part of a series of coordinated activities that include presentations by experts in international law, talks, and sessions of analysis. It is expected that through this work plan, participants will collectively be able to generate legal instruments and spaces for thoughtful discussions ensuring the unity and integrity of the entire Caribbean.
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