The Parliamentary Meeting of the Greater Caribbean for Peace was inaugurated in Caracas, Venezuela, with the aim of forging a collective response to the threat of US military aggression against Venezuela and Latin America and reaffirming regional sovereignty.The meeting, beginning on Friday, October 31, was attended by legislators and representatives from Cuba, Belize, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Discussions were held on the escalation of tensions in the Caribbean, the US military deployment, and the need to strengthen parliamentary diplomacy as a tool for peace.Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Minister Denis Moncada reaffirmed his country’s support for Venezuela’s sovereignty and the legitimate struggle of the Venezuelan people.He also extended his solidarity to Cuba, Iran, Palestine, which are also facing US aggression, and the Caribbean nations that suffered the onslaught of Hurricane Melissa.“We fight for the peace of free peoples. Long live Venezuela and the peoples of the Caribbean!” he declared.The vice president of the National Assembly of Cuba, Ana María Mari Machado, condemned the use of the false narrative of drug trafficking to justify domination and the plundering of resources in the region. She stated that the best way to win a war is to prepare to prevent it, calling for Caribbean unity in the face of external aggression.Venezuela Thanks Russia for Support Amid US AggressionMachado also urged Washington to redirect the resources used for warmongering toward combating poverty. In this regard, she recalled Fidel Castro’s words about the ongoing struggle against imperialism: “As long as there is imperialism and peoples fighting against it, their cause will be our cause in every corner of the world.”Colombian Historical Pact Senator Gloria Inés Flórez argued that the so-called war on drugs, carried out by the US, has failed and serves only as a pretext for intervention in sovereign countries.In her speech, she emphasized that the time for the Greater Homeland has arrived and called for regional cohesion and for solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela.The organizers of the meeting declared that the discussions focus on two main axes: condemning the escalation of aggression and the US military deployment, and the role of parliaments in defending international law, sovereignty, and the region’s natural resources. (Telesur)Translation: Orinoco TribuneOT/SC/SF