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Antigua PM Warns Against Military Buildup as U.S. Forces Escalate in Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne warned Friday that the Caribbean must remain a “zone of peace,” voicing alarm at a surge in U.S. military deployments in the region.
“While Antigua and Barbuda stands ready to work with all partners against traffickers, we are concerned with the buildup of military assets, including a nuclear submarine, indicating the possibility of military conflict,” Browne told the U.N. General Assembly.
“We remind everyone that our hemisphere should be respected as a zone of peace, not a theater of military conflict”.
The comments came as Washington has bolstered its presence in the southern Caribbean with at least seven surface warships and a fast-attack submarine, part of what the Trump administration calls a crackdown on “narco-terrorist” cartels.
In early September, U.S. forces struck a Venezuelan vessel alleged to be carrying narcotics, killing 11 people, in an operation that drew protests over legality and sovereignty.
Venezuela responded by scrambling F-16 jets near a U.S. destroyer in a tense encounter officials described as provocative.
Analysts say the scale of the U.S. buildup raises broader questions about its purpose.
While the Pentagon has framed the deployment as a counter-drug mission, experts note that many trafficking routes avoid the Caribbean altogether, suggesting a show of force directed partly at Venezuela’s government.
Regional leaders have warned the buildup risks destabilizing smaller states caught in the middle.
Browne’s call, though brief, underscored a longstanding Caribbean position that peace and cooperation — not militarization — should guide hemispheric security.
His remarks came in a speech that otherwise focused on climate change, global financing, and international law.
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The issue of narco trafficking is not the only reason the US has decided to make their presence felt in the Caribbean. The US is bent on seeing and bringing about regime change in Venezuelan. The shenanigans that we are now witnessing are just a prelude and a precursor to that event.
That’s rite Gaston, speak the truth, the Caribbean should be a zone of peace, who give America the rite to be messing up our waters?
It might be a useful exercise for our lame- duck “journalists” to find out the extent to which our brave PM’s stance reflects that of the wider Caribbean with the exception of that “coo”l T&T PM. I guess that’s too much to ask of our clearly untrustworthy, compromised newsroom “journalists”!
Not sure of d laws but y is it so easy for dem to jus come in our waters an form a base but wen we do it we are in violation this is crazy
Wow wow wow It is all about regime change it will have serious consequences United Satan will not standby to see another Global South Country is part of the BRICKS ORGANIZATION these are serious times The Chinese have made significant investment in Venezuela would they defend their investment Now the Russian warships are making there way across the Atlantic So St. Croix, Puerto Rico a large military buildup by the US What is next for the Caribean Antigua will the US target any Chinese interest Do we believe that the Embassy will be targeted Do you think that it is under Scrutiny
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