3 January 2026
WDF condemns in the strongest terms the latest act of U.S. aggression targeting President Nicolás Maduro and the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. In this moment we stand in solidarity with the people of Venezuela and our comrades in Venezuela. We demand the immediate release of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who have been reportedly kidnapped.
This attack is part of a long and violent campaign to destabilize, isolate, and punish a nation that has refused to submit to imperial dictates.
When governments in the Global South choose sovereignty over submission, they are marked for discipline. They are targeted, isolated, strangled with sanctions, and punished into obedience. The latest U.S. aggression against Venezuela is not new, it is the same imperial script replayed. Behind a wall of manufactured accusations, Washington has waged economic warfare, bankrolled coup attempts, stolen Venezuela’s national assets, and worked tirelessly to delegitimize its elected leadership.
For more than a century, the United States has intervened across Latin America through coups, blockades, sanctions, and military invasions. From the overthrow of democratic governments in Guatemala (1954) and Chile (1973), to the invasion of Grenada (1983) and Panama (1989), to the arming of death squads in Nicaragua, attempts to crush Cuba through blockade and sabotage, and support for more recent destabilization efforts in Honduras (2009) and Bolivia (2019), the pattern is unmistakable.
We reject the normalization of political violence against sovereign governments deemed “undesirable” by Washington. No state has the right to orchestrate regime change, assassinations, or covert operations to enforce its geopolitical agenda. Such actions threaten not only Venezuela, but every nation that aspires to independence from imperial domination. The people of Venezuela have paid the price of sanctions and destabilization with shortages, inflation, and insecurity. Yet, despite all attempts to break them, they continue to resist and defend their right to self-determination.
We affirm that Venezuela has the right to choose its political path free from external interference. U.S. sanctions and covert operations constitute interference and must end immediately. An attack on Venezuela’s leadership is an attack on the sovereignty of its people. No empire has the right to govern our lands through sanctions, coups, or the barrel of a gun. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our comrades and the people of Venezuela – in struggle, in dignity, and in the defense of sovereignty. Venezuela belongs to its people!
Issued by
Tooba Syed