US imperialism blocks Venezuela and aims for a coup d'état – international solidarity is needed
Using the hackneyed argument of the fight against drug trafficking, in which US imperialism is a strong ally and leader, US imperialism is closing Venezuela's airspace and establishing a naval blockade with dozens of ships and its largest aircraft carrier, mobilizing special forces in several countries in the region. In total, it has mobilized around 15,000 soldiers. More than 20 ships have already been bombed and more than 100 people killed, many of them fishermen of various nationalities, without evidence and without any legal proceedings.
At the same time, this operation, which began in August and continues to expand, is offering rewards of millions of dollars for the capture of President Maduro and several leaders of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's government.
All of this already constitutes an extremely serious intervention, preceded by many provocations over the years. The goal is to increase pressure as much as possible to bring down the current Venezuelan government and, if that does not happen, to be able to use missile strikes, drone attacks, and other military means directly against government leaders, high-ranking military personnel, and strategic infrastructure.
These measures would be carried out in support of a coup d'état, for which they need part of the Venezuelan armed forces and on which the CIA and other US agencies are actively working through corruption and other means. According to various media outlets and experts in the field, it is highly unlikely that the US will withdraw from the region without carrying out these attacks after undertaking such a large military mobilization, which also involved high economic costs.
The situation in Venezuela, Colombia, which is now also threatened by the fascist Trump, and all Caribbean countries, including Cuba, is very serious. US imperialism is the main enemy of the working class and the peoples of the world, and we condemn the possibility of subjecting Maduro to lawfare, as they have done with legitimately elected presidents in the region, as well as the possibility of direct military intervention.The real goal of this new aggression by US imperialism is clear. It remains the world's leading economic, political, and military power, but its hegemony is in decline and it is engaged in a fierce power struggle with China and in a multipolar world. It intends to expand its political, economic, and military control in Latin America and the Caribbean as far as possible, thereby returning fully to the Monroe Doctrine, as it openly states in its National Security Strategy report from last November.
The Yankees' problem with Venezuela is not drug trafficking, but essentially control over its riches, especially oil, but also gold and rare metals, and the disruption of its close relations with China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba.This could even lead to a world war if US imperialism and Russia, China, and Iran clash militarily in Venezuela as its direct opponents.
Faced with this situation, the Venezuelan government and the heroic Venezuelan people are preparing for military resistance against US intervention and the fascist coup. It is our duty as working class and peoples of the continent and the whole world to develop the greatest possible solidarity with the Venezuelan people in their struggle against US aggression. If war breaks out, an international movement must be organized to support Venezuela.
This solidarity must be expressed immediately through action, through a strong mobilization of the population, which, in the face of concrete attacks, may include statements, rallies, demonstrations, and even strikes, depending on the situation. Solidarity should also be directed against complicit silence and any support for US aggression.
Yankees out of Latin America!
Long live the struggle of the Venezuelan people and international solidarity!
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CPSA (ML) Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist)
PPDS Parti Patriotique Démocratique Socialiste (Patriotic Democratic Socialist Party), Tunisia
SPB Socialist Party of Bangladesh
SPB(M) Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist)
CPI (ML) MassLine Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) MassLine
NCP (Mashal) Nepal Communist Party (Mashal)
RUFN Revolutionary United Front of Nepal
CPA/ML Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist)
Krasnyj Klin Аб'яднання беларускіх камуністаў «Чырвоны Клін» (Association of Belarusian Communists «Red Wedge»), Belarus
БКП Българска Комунистическа Партия (Bulgarian Communist Party)
PR-ByH Partija Rada - ByH (Party of Labor - Bosnia and Herzegovina)
MLPD Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands (Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany)
UPML Union Prolétarienne Marxiste-Léniniste (Marxist-Leninist Proletarian Union), France
BP (NK-T) Bolşevik Parti (Kuzey Kürdistan-Türkiye) (Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey))
KOL Kommunistische Organisation Luxemburg (Communist Organization of Luxemburg)
RM Rode Morgen (Red Dawn), Netherlands
MLGS Marxistisch-Leninistische Gruppe Schweiz (Marxist-Leninist Group of Switzerland)
TKP-ML Türkiye Komünist Partisi – Marksist-Leninist (Communist Party of Turkey – Marxist-Leninist)
MLKP Marksist Leninist Komünist Parti Türkiye / Kürdistan (Marxist Leninist Communist Party Turkey / Kurdistan)
KSRD Koordinazionnyj Sowjet Rabotschewo Dvizhenija (Coordination Council of the Workers Class Movement), Ukraine
OAPCM Organización Apoyante del Partido Comunista de México (Supporting Organization of the Communist Party of Mexico)
PCP (independiente) Partido Comunista Paraguayo (independiente) (Paraguayan Communist Party (independent))
PC (ML) Partido Comunista (Marxista Leninista) (Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)), Dominican Republic
PCR-U Partido Comunista Revolucionario del Uruguay (Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay)
APR Ação Popular Revolucionária (People’s Revolutionary Action), Brazil
SUCI (C) Socialist Unity Center of India (Communist)
Chinese Communists (MLM) Chinese Communists (Marxist Leninist Maoist)
PCPCI Parti Communiste Proletarien de Côte d'Ivoire (Proletarian Communist Party of Ivory Coast)
PCT Parti Comuniste du Togo (Communist Party of Togo)
ORC Organisation Révolutionnaire du Congo (Revolutionary Organization of Congo), Democratic Republic of the Congo
UoC Union of Cypriots, Cyprus
UMLP União Marxista-Leninista Portuguesa (Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Union)
Additional Signatories (Non-ICOR):
Trotz Alledem Germany
In response to the US military aggression against VenezuelaPCR-U (Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay-UP), 1/3/2026
Yankee hands off Venezuela! Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (PCML), 1/3/2026
We condemns the United States' attack on Venezuela, UPC - MANIDEM, 1/3/2026