The undersigned Communist and Workers’ Parties strongly condemn the criminal bombings carried out by the United States against the city of Caracas and other areas of Venezuela in the early hours of 3 January. This military imperialist attack constitutes a serious violation of the sovereignty of an independent state and is directed against the interests of the people of Venezuela and other peoples of the region.
The operation included the illegal and violent arrest, transfer, and imprisonment in the USA of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, an unacceptable and reprehensible act that violates every concept of international law, effectively rendering it meaningless. Consequently, we demand his immediate release.
This attack is not an isolated incident, but rather the culmination of years of sanctions, threats, blockades, and destabilization efforts. The real objective was never the defence of human rights, nor the supposed fight against drug trafficking, nor the rhetoric of “democracy”, all of which serve merely as pretexts. The true aim has been the direct imposition of the geopolitical and economic interests of US imperialism in Venezuela and the region, within the context of the struggle among capitalist powers for control over energy resources, strategic raw materials, trade routes, and markets.
In a cynical and shameless manner, Donald Trump declared that the United States would "run" Venezuela until a so-called “transition” was completed. This statement exposes the imperialist nature of his plan and confirms the real motives behind this aggression: the control of Venezuela’s oil and natural resources and the imposition of his plan for economic, political, and military control over the entire continent. We categorically reject this plan of imposition and this so-called democracy enforced through the use of armed force.
We warn that Venezuela is being used as an example, and that a strong response is required to confront imperialist aggression, which has been carried out in such a brutal manner and with barbaric military means against the people of Venezuela and all the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.
We demand an immediate end to the military aggression against Venezuela, the withdrawal of US troops from the Caribbean, and full respect for the sovereignty, self-determination, and territorial integrity of the Venezuelan people.
We call upon the revolutionary, working-class, and popular forces of the world to mobilize and express active solidarity with Venezuela against this new bellicose escalation of attacks by US imperialism.
We condemn the direct threats issued by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio against Cuba following the intervention in Venezuela, and we express our solidarity with the people and the Communist Party of Cuba.
Unity of the peoples against imperialist barbarity!
Proletarians of all countries, unite!
SolidNet Parties signing the Joint Statetement
PADS, Algeria
Communist Party of Australia
Party of Labour of Austria
Communist Party of Bangladesh
Brazilian Communist Party
Communist Party of Britain
New Communist Party of Britain
Communist Party of Canada
Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia
Communist Party of Bohemia & Moravia
Communist Party of Denmark
Communist Party of Ecuador
Egyptian Communist Party
Communist Party of El Salvador
Communist Party of Greece
Communist Party of India
Iraqi Communist Party
Communist party of Kurdistan-Iraq
Tudeh Party of Iran
Communist Party of Ireland
Workers Party of Ireland
Jordanian Communist Party
Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan
Lebanese Communist Party
Communist Party of Mexico
New Communist Party of the Netherlands
Communist Party of Norway
Paraguayan Communist Party
Palestinian Communist Party
Palestinian People Party
Romanian Socialist Party
Communists of Serbia
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
Sudanese Communist Party
Communist Party of Sweden
Swiss Communist Party
Syrian Communist Party
Syrian Communist Party [Unified]
Communist Party of Turkey
Communist Party of Ukraine
Union of communists of Ukraine
Communist Party USA
Communist Party of Venezuela
Other Parties
Argentinian Communist Party
New Communist Party of Australia
Revolutionary Brazilian Communist Party
Patriotic Movement Manuel Rodríguez, Chile
National Commission for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Ecuador
Communist Party (Germany)
Communist Front (Italy)
Organisation of Communists, Russia
Communist Workers' Platform USA
The Joint Statement is open for further signatures