China and members of an alliance of Latin American and Caribbean nations in recent days joined countries including Brazil and Colombia and anti-war voices around the world in denouncing the Trump administration’s deployment of US warships off the coast of Venezuela.

At least three US Navy guided missile destroyers and thousands of Marines are currently off the coast of Venezuela, with Pentagon officials citing President Donald Trump’s January executive order designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and his directive authorizing military force to combat narcotraffickers abroad.

On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that “China opposes any move that violates the purposes and principles of the [United Nations] Charter and a country’s sov

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