President Maduro asks Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela
- On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced during his weekly television program that he has appealed to Pope Leo XIV to assist in preserving peace in Venezuela.
- Maduro's appeal came amid ongoing U.S. military strikes targeting alleged drug-carrying vessels in waters near Venezuela since last month.
- The Trump administration informed Congress that it considered drug traffickers to be unlawful combatants and argued that using military force against them was justified.
- The U.S. military has conducted four deadly strikes in the Caribbean, with the latest strike on Friday killing four people.
- In a letter, Maduro voiced confidence that Pope Leo could assist Venezuela in maintaining peace and stability, while also accusing the United States of seeking to depose him.
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The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed that he sent a letter to Pope Leon XIV requesting his intervention to accompany, with his spiritual and diplomatic influence, the current situation facing his country. Maduro asked the pontiff to “extremely embrace Venezuela with his word, his blessings and the Vatican’s diplomacy” in order to contribute to a victory that, he said, would lead to national peace. The president made these statem…
By EFE Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Monday that he hopes the Vatican's "diplomacy" will help his country "preserve peace," in a context in which he denounces the US's intention to bring about "regime change" with its naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea, although US President Donald Trump claims it is to combat drug trafficking. In his weekly program "With Maduro +," the Chavista leader indicated that he sent a letter to Leo XIV, as…
By EFE Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Monday that he hopes the Vatican's "diplomacy" will help his country "preserve peace," in a context in which he denounces the US's intention to bring about "regime change" with its naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea, although US President Donald Trump claims it is to combat drug trafficking. In his weekly program "With Maduro +," the Chavista leader indicated that he sent a letter to Leo XIV, as…
Maduro sent a letter to Leão XIV asking that "help Venezuela preserve peace and stability", claiming that Venezuela is being "encouraged by the greatest military power in history".
Caracas.- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Monday that he has asked Pope Leon XIV for help in maintaining peace in the South American country. Maduro’s comments occur at a time when the U.S. military continues to attack boats that allegedly carry drugs off the coast of Venezuela, in what President Donald Trump has declared as an “armed conflict” against the cartels. Maduro pointed out that he sent a letter to the pontiff asking for hi…
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Monday that he has asked Pope Leon XIV for help to maintain peace in the South American country.
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