Following the deployment of U.S. forces in the Caribbean with the pretext of war against drug trafficking and after the first land strike on a dock area inside the country, the USA uncontrollably escalates its aggression by conducting of a large-scale strike against Karakas, capturing of the President Nikolas Maduro and Cilia Flores. The US is intensifying its aggression against the sovereign people of Venezuela, threatening at the same time the whole region, reviving the Mon

Venezuelans march in Caracas demanding the release of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, January 9 -- image via X By Manuel Bertoldi 10 Points for debate and political orientation of the popular forces of Our America One. The recent military aggression by the United States and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro constitute the most serious and explicit attack that US imperialism has carried out in the entire history of the Venezuelan nation. At the same time, they repres

The relationship between Cuba and Venezuela transcends traditional diplomacy; it is a phenomenon of direct confrontation against imperialism and a model of cooperation between peoples that has transformed the geopolitics of the Caribbean and South America. This alliance is not a recent or improvised development; it has deep roots, and its destruction has become a primary strategic objective for the United States. Chavez and Castro meet, December 1994 By Carmen Navas Reyes Bac

By Atul Chandra and Tings Chak On January 3, 2026, the United States did not merely bomb a sovereign country and capture its president. It displayed, in the most unambiguous terms, a total defiance of the post-War international order that it helped create. When US special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and National Assembly deputy Cilia Flores from Caracas and transported them to a Brooklyn jail, they did not simply violate Venezuelan sover

Cubans at a mass rally in solidarity with Venezuela on January 3 -- image via the Communist Party of Cuba By Llanisca Lugo González In these early days of January, we have had to witness what hoped never to see, though it comes as no surprise: the kidnapping of a legitimate sitting president through a criminal act of aggression by the United States. The initial bewilderment that followed in the first hours after the US military operation has given way to actions of denunciati

Solidarity with the Venezuelan people and its government against U.S. imperialism! Freedom for President Nicolás Maduro! The undersigned Communist and Workers’ Parties strongly condemn the criminal military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its legitimate President Nicolás Maduro Moros and his wife Cilia Flores, and demand their immediate release. The terrorist operation launched by the imperialist regime of the United States is not

Despite the candor with which US officials have stated their intent “to intimidate or coerce” Venezuelans and Cubans, US reporters and commentators seem unwilling to use the word “terror.” Trump on January 6 -- public domain image By Kevin Young, Common Dreams The US government’s official definition of “international terrorism” includes “violent acts” intended “to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion,” including through “kidnapping.” By the US def

Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) of Cyprus statement and speech by General Secretary Stefanos Stefanou. Screenshot image from the January 5 protest in Nicosia Address by the General Secretary of AKEL Stefanos Stefanou at the protest event against the US intervention in Venezuela Monday, 5 January 2026, Outside US Embassy, Nicosia What brings us all here to this protest against the shameless and blatant US intervention in Venezuela and the abduction of the country’s

Mass rally in Caracas January 7 demanding the release of Maduro -- image via X By Daniela Ortiz and Gisela Cernadas Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. The events of the first week of January constitute an escalation of a long-standing campaign to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution and resume control on the country with the largest known oil reserve

Image via video screenshot on X Various Sources After a broad coalition of South African trade unions, political formations, civil society organisations and solidarity movements including the South African Communist Party (SACP) called for an emergency protest, protestors rallied en masse outside the US embassy in Pretoria to condemn the US military invasion of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. Acc

The agents who shot Renee Nicole Good shot her because they knew they could; they shot her because the Trump administration has specifically and purposely empowered law enforcement to act without impunity or care. Image via X By Jordan Liz, Common Dreams On January 7, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Immediately, the Trump administration sprang into action to propagandize the incident. Homeland Security spokesperson Tr

Delcy Rodriquez sworn in as acting Venezuelan president with Maduro's son as part of the ceremony -- image via video screenshot on X By Vijay Prashad and Carlos Ron On the early morning of January 3, the United States government launched a massive attack on Caracas, Venezuela, and three of the country’s states. Roughly 150 aircraft swarmed the skies, bombing with exceptional ferocity. Amongst these aircraft were EA-18 Growlers equipped with the most advanced electronic warfar

Canadian PM Mark Carney and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand meet with Trump at the White House in October, 2025 (Anand is in the row on the left) -- public domain image The Communist Party of Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms the criminal military attack launched by the United States against the sovereign nation of Venezuela. While many details remain unclear, what is unequivocally clear is that the bombing of Caracas and the kidnapping of the country’s

Via the South African Communist Party Wednesday, 7 January 2026 :- A broad coalition of South African trade unions, political formations, civil society organisations and solidarity movements are holding an emergency picket tomorrow, Thursday 8 January 2026, outside the US embassy in Pretoria to condemn the US military invasion of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. This emergency action marks the fir

Image via X By Gennady Zyuganov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation The world has seen yet another monstrous act of imperialist aggression. In the small hours of January 3, 2026 the US Air Force delivered massive strikes on Caracas and other cities in Venezuela. The targets included the President’s residence, the National Assembly building, the Hugo Chavez Mausoleum, military facilities and transportation hubs. The barbarous act claimed lives,

Total repudiation of the U.S. terrorist attack against Venezuela! Organize the anti-imperialist resistance! Political Statement from the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) The Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) publicly condemns the U.S. aggression against Venezuela, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, January 3rd, in various cities across the country, particularly in the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira, as well as the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and

Number 10, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons Britain’s Communist Party has called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to demand that the “trumped up” charges against Nicolas Maduro be dropped and the Venezuelan president released from US captivity. “It beggars belief that Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, refuses to condemn US state terrorism against Venezuela and the Trump administration’s blatant violations of the UN Charter and international law”, general secretary Robert Grif

Joint Statement by Communist and Workers’ Parties Joint Statement by Communist and Workers’ Parties 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 Venezuel

Via Granma and the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish U.S. actions against Venezuela have been marked by a steady escalation of economic and diplomatic sanctions dating back to Obama and including the first Trump Administration and the Biden Administration, all of which laid the groundwork for US military aggression. 2015 March: Then-U.S. President Barack Obama declared a national emergency against Venezuela, after considering that the political situation in

COMMUNIST PARTY OF SWAZILAND STATEMENT ON THE US TERRORIST BOMBING OF VENEZUELA 03 January 2026 The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) condemns in the strongest possible terms the barbaric bombing of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the US military. This heinous act of imperialist aggression is a direct attack on the sovereignty, dignity, and independence of the Venezuelan people. It forms part of the ongoing campaign by US imperialism to destroy progressive government