Joint Statement by Communist and Workers’ Parties

Down with the Imperialist boot in Venezuela and Latin America!

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

1. PADS, Algeria
2. Party of Labour of Austria
3. Communist Party of Bangladesh
4. Brazilian Communist Party
5. Communist Party of Britain
6. New Communist Party of Britain
7. Communist Party of Canada
8. Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia
9. Communist Party of Bohemia & Moravia
10. Communist Party of Denmark
11. Communist Party of Ecuador
12. Communist Party of El Salvador
13. Communist Party of Greece
14. Iraqi Communist Party
15. Communist party of Kurdistan-Iraq 
16. Communist Party of Ireland
17. Workers Party of Ireland
18. Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan
19. Lebanese Communist Party
20. Communist Party of Mexico
21. New Communist Party of the Netherlands
22. Communist Party of Norway
23. Paraguayan Communist Party
24. Romanian Socialist Party
25. Communists of Serbia
26. Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
27. Sudanese Communist Party
28. Communist Party of Sweden
29. Swiss Communist Party
30. Syrian Communist Party
31. Communist Party of Turkey
32. Communist Party of Ukraine
33. Communist Party USA
34. Communist Party of Venezuela

Other Parties

1. Argentinian Communist Party
2. New Communist Party of Australia
3. Revolutionary Brazilian Communist Party
4. Patriotic Movement Manuel Rodríguez, Chile
5. National Commission for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Ecuador
6. Communist Party (Germany)
7. Communist Front (Italy)
8. Communist Workers' Platform USA

The Joint Statement is open for further signatures

Comunicado Conjunto de Partidos Comunistas y Obreros 

Fuera la bota imperialista de Venezuela y de América Latina

Los Partidos Comunistas y Obreros firmantes condenamos enérgicamente los criminales bombardeos ejecutados por Estados Unidos contra la ciudad de Caracas y otras localidades de Venezuela durante la madrugada del 3 de enero. Esta agresión militar imperialista constituye una grave violación de la soberanía de un país independiente y va en contra de los intereses del pueblo venezolano y de los demás pueblos de la región. 

La operación incluyó la detención violenta e ilegal, el traslado y el encarcelamiento en los Estados Unidos deNicolás Maduro y de Cilia Flores, un acto inaceptable y condenable que viola todos los conceptos del derecho internacional, anulándolo en la práctica y, en consecuencia, exigimos su inmediata liberación. 

Este ataque no es un hecho aislado, sino la culminación de años de sanciones, amenazas, bloqueos y acciones de desestabilización cuyo verdadero objetivo nunca ha sido la defensa de los derechos humanos ni una supuesta lucha contra el narcotráfico nila «democracia», que se utilizan como pretextos, sino la imposición directa de los intereses geopolíticos y económicos del imperialismo estadounidense sobre Venezuela y la región, en el contexto de la disputa de las potencias capitalistas por el control de los recursos energéticos, materias primas estratégicas, rutas comerciales y mercados. 

De manera cínica y sin ningún pudor, Donald Trump ha declarado que Estados Unidos “gobernará” Venezuela hasta completar una supuesta “transición”, dejando al descubierto el carácter imperialista de su proyecto y reafirmando los verdaderos móviles de esta agresión: el control del petróleo y de los recursos naturales venezolanos y la imposición de su plan de control económico, político y militar de todo el continente. Rechazamos categóricamente este plan de dominación y esta falsa democracia “delegada”, impuesta por la fuerza de las armas. 

Advertimos que Venezuela es utilizada como un caso ejemplarizante y es necesario dar una respuesta contundente a la agresión imperialista que se manifestó de manera tan cruda y con medios bélicos tan brutales contra el pueblo de Venezuela y todos los pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe. 

Exigimos el cese inmediato de la agresión militar contra Venezuela, la retirada de las tropas estadounidenses del Caribe y el respeto irrestricto a la soberanía, la autodeterminación y la integridad territorial del pueblo venezolano. 

Llamamos a las fuerzas revolucionarias, obreras y populares del mundo, a movilizarse y expresar su solidaridad activa con Venezuela frente a esta nueva escalada belicista del imperialismo estadounidense. 

Expresamos nuestra condena contra las amenazas directas que, tras la intervención en Venezuela, ha expresado el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, contra Cuba, y expresamos nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo y el Partido Comunista de Cuba. 

Unidad de los pueblos contra la barbarie imperialista 

¡Proletarios de todos los países, uníos!*