*proposed by the Communist Party of Venezuela
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!
Communist & Workers Parties signing the Joint Statetement
- PADS, Algeria
- Argentinian Communist Party
- Communist Party of Australia
- New Communist Party of Australia
- Party of Labour of Austria
- Communist Party of Bangladesh
- Brazilian Communist Party
- Revolutionary Brazilian Communist Party
- Communist Party of Britain
- New Communist Party of Britain
- Communist Party of Canada
- Patriotic Movement Manuel Rodríguez, Chile
- Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia
- Communist Party of Bohemia & Moravia
- Communist Party of Denmark
- Communist Party of Ecuador
- National Commission for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Ecuador
- Egyptian Communist Party
- Communist Party of El Salvador
- Revolutionary Party - Communists (France)
- Communist Party (Germany)
- 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
- Communist Party of Israel
- Communist Front (Italy)
- 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
- Organisation of Communists, Russia
- Russian Communist Party (Internationalists)
- 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 Workers' Platform USA
- Communist Party of Venezuela
The Joint Statement is open for further signatures