Statement of the European Communist Action:On the imperialist military attack by the USA against Venezuela

The Parties of the European Communist Action condemn in the strongest possible terms the imperialist military attack launched by the USA against Venezuela, which has led to the bloodshed of its people. We condemn the unacceptable arrest of President N. Maduro, his transfer and imprisonment in the USA, as well as the Trump administration’s declarations that the US “will run the country”. These deplorable and dangerous actions blatantly violate the right of the peoples to decide the future of their country themselves. They are part of the renewed application of the “Monroe Doctrine” and the so-called US National Security Strategy, which is accompanied by an escalation of unacceptable threats against other countries in the region, including Cuba.

Through its military attack and the overthrow of the Maduro government, the USA seeks to seize Venezuela’s vast oil reserves and rare earth resources, while exploiting its geostrategic position to secure an advantage for US monopolies over their competitors.

The despicable pretexts invoked by the USA, other bourgeois governments and the EU, claiming to combat drug trafficking in order to justify their intervention, have already collapsed. It was these same forces that supported the US occupation of Afghanistan for two decades and turned it into the world’s largest producer and exporter of narcotics.

The Parties of the European Communist Action call on the peoples of Europe and the entire world to decisively condemn this new imperialist intervention against Venezuela en masse; to intensify their struggle by expressing unwavering solidarity with the people of Venezuela; and to stand by them in their just struggle against imperialist intervention, affirming that only the people of Venezuela have the right and responsibility to determine the course of developments in their country, in accordance with their own interests.

Victory to the people of Venezuela!

Solidarity with the Communist Party of Venezuela and its just struggle!