The empire strikes again.
The United States of America is bombing Venezuela with the aim of changing its government and replacing it with a regime aligned with its own interests. This action is being carried out in violation of any international law, against a sovereign country with a democratically elected government, and without any provocation.
There is no authorization from the United Nations Security Council that could legitimize this attack, nor has any prior armed attack been demonstrated that would justify invoking self-defense. Venezuela’s sovereignty has been violated, and with it the very principle that has underpinned relations between states since 1945.
By now, the system is showing its true face: violence and domination.
We firmly condemn this act of aggression and express our solidarity with the Venezuelan people.
This is not new in U.S. foreign policy. Similar episodes have already occurred in the past, for example in Iraq, Libya, Ukraine, and Syria—and it cannot be ruled out that Iran may be next.
Venezuela possesses the largest oil reserves in the world, a fact that clearly reveals the real objectives behind this military aggression.
It is also essential to consider that, over the past decade, China has significantly strengthened its trade relations with Latin America. This operation must therefore also be seen as an attempt to reassert dominance in the region, which the United States has long considered its own “backyard,” an area of exclusive influence.
The whole world condemns this aggression.
Europe? Absent…
Will it send military aid to the country under attack? Will it impose sanctions on the aggressor?
The consequences of this attack will be extremely serious, and not only in South America. Today, no event on our planet is isolated.
The United States, having lost control over global trade, is unwilling to relinquish its presumed supremacy and seeks, at any cost, to restore its role as the world’s policeman. This approach has characterized, albeit in different forms, the various administrations that have governed Washington in recent years.
Commenting on the collapse of the Soviet Union, Silo once said that half of the world collapsed without causing major damage, and he asked:
“How will the fall of the other half of the world be?”
It is worth adding that only a profound change in mentality, in the capitalist economic system, and in the transition from formal to real democracy can lead humanity out of nihilism, violence, and obscurantism.
Europe for Peace