From Washington Examiner: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a consistent opponent of President Donald Trump on foreign policy since the beginning of his second administration, made an explicit call for the United Nations to intervene against U.S. military operations in the region.
Trump’s saber-rattling against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has exasperated political divisions in South America, with some leaders welcoming military action and others pleading for international protection.
Trump designated the Venezuelan government as a foreign terrorist organization on Tuesday, accusing the Maduro government of supporting “terrorism, drug smuggling, and human trafficking.”
Trump has enacted a “total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into, and out of, Venezuela” as a means of leverage against the Maduro regime, citing the 2007 nationalization of oil assets owned by the United States and other foreign nations by Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chavez.
Sheinbaum asked the UN to step in to prevent bloodshed.
“I call on the United Nations to fulfill its role. It has not been present. It must assume its role to prevent any bloodshed,” she said Wednesday morning during a press conference. “The entire world must ensure that there is no intervention and that there is a peaceful solution.”
“Because of President Trump’s declaration and the situation in Venezuela, we reiterate Mexico’s position, in accordance with the Constitution, of non-intervention or foreign interference, self-determination of peoples, and peaceful resolution of disputes,” Sheinbaum explained.
She added, “This is our position, based on conviction and the Constitution. It must be the position of any Mexican president, regardless of the opinions of the Venezuelan regime and the Maduro presidency.”
🚨 Sheinbaum, del lado de Maduro
Pide a la ONU intervenir ante el bloqueo petrolero anunciado por Trump
Cuestiona a Naciones Unidas: “No se le ha visto, que asuma su papel”
Pero omite que la ONU ha documentado el fraude electoral y violaciones a derechos humanos en Venezuela pic.twitter.com/8uOMcHRDe2
— Manuel Lopez San Martin (@MLopezSanMartin) December 17, 2025
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