With all its strength, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the US imperialist government under the fascist madman Donald Trump for carrying out the early morning bombing around the Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas, and perpetrating the patently illegal abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and his wife Cilia Flores. A number of civilians have reported to have been killed in the attack. Simultaneous attacks were carried out by the US in the Venezuelan states of Miranda, La Guaira and Aragua.
This US armed assault is a brazen violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty. It was carried out on the false pretext of waging a war against drug trafficking, in much the same way that the US carried out its invasion against Iraq almost exactly 30 years ago, on the false justification of searching for imaginary weapons of mass destruction.
The clear aim of the US is to overthrow the Maduro government which has distinguished itself for having upheld the Bolivarian revolution and militantly defended Venezuela’s sovereignty. The US has long shamelessly declared its intention of effecting “regime change” in Venezuela.
For many years now, it has subjected the country to crippling economic sanctions, sabotage, diplomatic pressure, and open threats of military intervention. Having failed in the past to assassinate Maduro, or win a majority for the US-funded candidates in previous elections, the Trump government has now carried barefaced military intervention to abduct Maduro and remove him from power.
The US imperialists hope to break the will of the Venezuelan people and suppress Venezuela’s assertion of national sovereignty. They plan to orchestrate and fund an “unheaval” to install a puppet regime, that will allow US corporations to grab the country’s vast oil reserves (the world’s biggest), and take away the resources that fund Venezuela’s free medical system, free education and other social guarantees.
However, the military aggression and abduction of Maduro by the US imperialists is only certain to ignite the patriotic anger of the Venezuelan people and unite them in resistance against US imperialism. They are certain to gain the support people of various Latin American countries, who have had their share of US imperialist oppression.
The Party, the broad masses of the Filipino people and their revolutionary forces stand in militant solidarity with the people of Venezuela, who have long marched under the Bolivarian flag of anti-imperialist resistance.
The Party calls on all democracy- and freedom-loving Filipinos to stand by the side of the Venezuelan people and condemn the US armed assault in Caracas and abduction of Maduro. They must support the Venezuelan people in their assertion of their right to determine their own destiny, free from imperialist sanctions, blockades and military and pressure from the US and its cohorts.
The Filipino people must denounce the puppet Marcos regime for hosting US military bases, and allowing the US to station troops and US large-scale weapons in the country, turning the country into a target of US rivals. The Marcos government must be condemned for any actuation supportive of US intervention in Venezuela or other parts of the world.
The Party, furthermore, call on the Filipino people to join ranks with peoples across the world in denouncing US wars of intervention and threats of war in all parts of the world. Even now, the fascist madman Trump has declared that the US is ready to carry out armed intervention in Iran, purportedly in support of anti-government demonstrators. It also continues to build up its military and naval strength in the South China Sea, increasing the possibility of igniting an armed conflict with China.
The Party urges revolutionary forces around the world, national liberation movements, and progressive organizations around the world to rouse the people in support of Venezuela’s resistance to US armed aggression. The Party calls on the American people, in particular, to denounce the Trump government, and manifest their denunciation of US military intervention.
The Party and the Filipino people must strengthen and advance the national democratic struggle in the Philippines, as the most profound contribution to the worldwide fight against imperialism and fascism.
Source : https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/condemn-us-imperialism-for-the-bombing-of-caracas-and-the-patently-illegal-abduction-of-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro/