Politics

Russia warned this Friday that a U.S. military action against Venezuela would constitute an “irreparable mistake” and would confirm Washington’s view of Latin America as its “backyard.” The alert occurred during a meeting of the UN Security Council, where the Russian representative, Vasily Nebenzia, denounced the deployment of more than 4,000 U.S. personnel in the southern Caribbean, including destroyers, nuclear submarines, and patrol aircraft.

A group of senators is once again bringing the debate about the limits of presidential military action to the table. A coalition of senators, headed by Adam Schiff, Tim Kaine, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, Jeff Merkley, and with the support of Republican Rand Paul, introduced Resolution 83, which seeks to end the use of the Armed Forces for operations in the Caribbean without explicit Congressional authorization.

The Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, stated in a post on X that the action is part of a series of similar operations carried out in recent weeks. According to the official, this is at least the fourth such attack in a month.