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STORY: UN / VENEZUELA UNITED STATES
TRT: 02:44
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 OCTOBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Widel shot, exterior, United Nations
16 OCTOBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Venezuelan Ambassador Samuel Moncada walks up to stakeout podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Samuel Reinaldo Moncada, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Venezuela:
“We respectfully ask the Council to first, investigate the series of assassinations that the government of the United States of America has been perpetrated in our region and determine their illegal nature. Second, confirm the threat that these illegal actions pose to the preservation of the zone of peace character of the Latin American and Caribbean region, including, as a result of the extrajudicial executions; the concentration of the US military forces near the Venezuelan coast; the bellicose rhetoric of the government of the United States against Venezuela; and the clandestine operations of the CIA, with a license to commit political assassinations in Venezuela and the region as a whole. And third, lastly, issue a statement reaffirming the principle of unrestricted respect for the sovereignty, political independence, and territorial integrity of states, including Venezuela, as an indispensable basis for maintaining international peace and security.”
4. Wide shot, Moncada at the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Samuel Reinaldo Moncada, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Venezuela:
“The Guardian newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago denouncing the killings of two humble fishermen yesterday or the day before, in Trinidad. I mean, there is a killer roaming around the Caribbean; it is bloodthirsty, is killing everyone who is in the sea working. And people from different countries Colombia, Trinidad, etc. are suffering the effects of these massacres.”
6. Wide shot, Moncada at the podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Samuel Reinaldo Moncada, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Venezuela:
There is no escalation on our part. We are living in peacefully and unity in our territory. We are not messing with anyone, but there are forces trying to attack - as they just announced - Venezuelan territory. Not just international waters, but also Venezuelan territory, which should be a new scale, totally different in gravity and seriousness. Our message is, there is time to stop this madness. We want to work with everyone. We don't want war. And we know that the American people don't want war. Even less against Venezuela, with all the history among our countries.
8. Wide shot, Moncada at the podium
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Samuel Reinaldo Moncada, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Venezuela:
“There is no justification at all. They are fabricating a war. And everybody should stop pretending that this is a complicated matter and face the truth. The emperor is naked. Nobody dares to say it, but the emperor is naked. They are going for war for no reason.”
10. Pan right, Moncada walks away
Venezuelan Ambassador Samuel Moncada today (16 Oct) described the contents of a letter sent by Venezuela to the Security Council and said, “there is a killer roaming around the Caribbean.”
Moncada said the letter to the Council raised three points; “first, investigate the series of assassinations that the government of the United States of America has been perpetrated in our region and determine their illegal nature. Second, confirm the threat that these illegal actions pose to the preservation of the zone of peace character of the Latin American and Caribbean region.”
These actions, he said, included, “extrajudicial executions; the concentration of the US military forces near the Venezuelan coast; the bellicose rhetoric of the government of the United States against Venezuela; and the clandestine operations of the CIA, with a license to commit political assassinations in Venezuela and the region as a whole.”
Third, the Ambassador continued, Venezuela requested that the Council “issue a statement reaffirming the principle of unrestricted respect for the sovereignty, political independence, and territorial integrity of states, including Venezuela, as an indispensable basis for maintaining international peace and security.”
Showing the cover of a newspaper from Trinidad and Tobago, he described an article “denouncing the killings of two humble fishermen yesterday or the day before, in Trinidad.”
Moncada said the United States “is killing everyone who is in the sea working. And people from different countries Colombia, Trinidad, etc. are suffering the effects of these massacres.”
Responding to questions, he said, “tere is no escalation on our part. We are living in peacefully and unity in our territory. We are not messing with anyone, but there are forces trying to attack - as they just announced - Venezuelan territory. Not just international waters, but also Venezuelan territory, which should be a new scale, totally different in gravity and seriousness.”
The Venezuelan Ambassador said, “our message is, there is time to stop this madness. We want to work with everyone. We don't want war. And we know that the American people don't want war. Even less against Venezuela, with all the history among our countries.”
He said, “there is no justification at all. They are fabricating a war. And everybody should stop pretending that this is a complicated matter and face the truth. The emperor is naked. Nobody dares to say it, but the emperor is naked. They are going for war for no reason.”
According to news reports, the United states has approved covert operations in Venezuela, and President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of an attack on land. Venezuela yesterday sent a letter to the Secretary-General and the Presidency of the Security Council bringing this issue to their attention.
