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In Latin America, the condemnation was categorical. Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yvan Gil, and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel both labeled the action a “military aggression” that seriously violated international law. They warned of “irreversible consequences” for humanity if the hostilities did not cease immediately. Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs similarly called for an urgent return to “constitutional principles of foreign policy” and a “pacifist conviction,” urging all parties to prioritize the restoration of peaceful coexistence.
From the halls of the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV added a moral dimension to the crisis. During his weekly prayer with pilgrims, the Pope spoke of an “irreparable abyss” that war risks opening. He lamented that no “armed victory” could ever compensate for the terror felt by children or the stolen futures of the youth. His plea for diplomacy to “silence the weapons” served as a spiritual counterbalance to the military rhetoric coming from the White House and the Prime Minister’s Office in Israel.