Communist Party condemns US strike on Venezuela, capture of its President, First Lady

 

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The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) expressed its strongest condemnation of the abduction of President of the Bolivarian Republic  Venezuela Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the United States.

Issuing a statement, the party said this act of international piracy ranks alongside the US abduction of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the murder of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of Congo. By this action, the USA has once again revealed its true colours as a global terrorist rogue state.

The CPSL also condemns the deliberate bombing of civilian infrastructure in Venezuela. 

Reports indicate that the bombings have deliberately targeted facilities essential to the daily life and 

wellbeing of the Venezuelan people, causing civilian casualties as well as severe hardship to an already burdened civilian population. Such actions bear disturbing resemblance to the systematic 

destruction of civilian infrastructure carried out in Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion; operations widely criticised by international observers at the time for their devastating humanitarian consequences. The deliberate targeting of civilian facilities constitutes a grave violation of international law and meets the definition of a war crime under established global norms.

The CPSL notes that this aggression cannot be separated from the broader imperialist objectives 

historically pursued by the United States. 

Venezuela possesses some of the world’s largest 

proven oil reserves, a fact that has long placed it in the crosshairs of external powers seeking 

control over strategic energy resources. Analysts have frequently argued that similar motivations 

underpinned the invasion of Iraq, including concerns over oil access, geopolitical dominance, 

and the preservation of global financial arrangements favourable to US interests. In the present 

case, the attack on Venezuela is accompanied by rhetoric framed around phoney anti-narcotic 

operations, serving as a pretext for intervention.

The CPSL firmly rejects these justifications and stands in solidarity with the Venezuelan people, 

who continue to resist external interference and defend their sovereignty.