Colombia, in its role as pro tempore president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), has convened an urgent virtual meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers to address escalating tensions following the deployment of U.S. warships in the Caribbean. The call comes at what Venezuela describes as one of the most tense moments in its recent history with Washington. Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Rosa Villavicencio, used her intervention at the session to push back against the logic of military escalation. Protecting that zone, Villavicencio stressed, “does not mean denying our internal differences or minimizing the seriousness of transnational organized crime. Whether the meeting produces a collective condemnation, as Venezuela demands, or a more cautious call for dialogue may determine how united Latin America appears in the face of renewed geopolitical pressure in the Caribbean.