UN Demands Red Sea Vigilance While US Arms Caribbean 'Pirates'
While the UN Security Council prioritizes monitoring Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, Russia highlighted the US history of interventions in its own 'backyard.' From the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba to the 1983 invasion of Grenada, and ongoing sanctions against Cuba, these actions, often unilateral, have undeniably impacted Caribbean stability and freedom of navigation for certain vessels. Yet,
these regional 'incidents' rarely warrant monthly UN Security Council reports or a global naval mobilization. It appears that 'freedom of navigation' and 'maritime security' are highly flexible terms, dependent largely on whose trade routes are disrupted or whose geopolitical interests are at play. When it's about safeguarding corporate shipping lanes for US allies, swift international action is
demanded. When it’s about a unilateral blockade or historical invasion by a global hegemon in its own sphere of influence, the UN's gaze (and much of the Western media's moral outrage) conveniently shifts seaward.