A-Infos (en) Colombia, ViaLibre: Stop the US Military Intervention in Venezuela (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In the early morning of January 3, 2026, the United States bombed 
Venezuela, killing at least 80 people, including soldiers and civilians, 
and kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro, head of the current 
authoritarian government. Donald Trump, advised by Secretary of State 
Marco Rubio, gave the order to attack the neighboring country under the 
pretext that Maduro was leading a drug trafficking operation, after 
several months of escalating tensions through threats, attacks on 
civilians in the Caribbean Sea, and the seizure of two oil tankers 
belonging to the Venezuelan industry as a sanction against his government.

However, in the press conference that same day, the US government made 
it clear that its interest lies primarily in the capture of the 
country's energy resources by US capital, urging American oil companies 
to "invest billions of dollars, repair the oil infrastructure (...) and 
start generating revenue for the country." Without resorting to 
oversimplification, it is clear that the economic benefits derived from 
controlling these resources are strategic. Unlike the 2003 invasion of 
Iraq, the intention to seize the oil of the country with the world's 
largest reserves is explicit and brazen. Moreover, the Trump 
administration has cynically claimed that the resources belong to the 
US, not Venezuela.

In addition to the economic motivation behind the intervention, there is 
its foreign policy toward Latin America, whose fundamental premise is 
the absolute dominance of the United States in the continent's political 
and economic affairs. In other words, this military aggression is a 
clear effort to regain its hegemony in the region, openly challenging 
national bourgeoisies that question the preferential trade relationship 
with the United States in favor of other imperialist powers, such as 
China or Russia, as well as its immigration policy, which is especially 
violent and cruel toward Latin American migrants.

The success or failure of this bizarre operation remains to be seen, as 
the power vacuum left by Maduro has been filled by his political and 
ideological allies, particularly the former vice president and current 
president, Delcy Rodríguez, of the PSUV. It is unclear whether this 
implies a pact of interests with the United States or whether the 
intervention has not yet been fully implemented. For the moment, the 
acting president has not issued a military response, which reduces the 
risk of the US aggression escalating into armed conflict, though not its 
gravity as an act of violence against the civilian population.

Whatever the immediate interests motivating the actions of Trump's 
ultraconservative and racist government, or the short-term development 
of the current situation, the attack represents above all a violation of 
the autonomy of Venezuelans as a whole, now subjected to US domination. 
This, at least, is what the Trump administration itself maintains, 
stating its explicit objective of governing the country "temporarily" as 
if it were a colony. This is completely unacceptable.

As anarchists, we reject this military incursion, not out of affinity 
with the Maduro government. We reject it because, far from signifying 
the end of authoritarianism or the liberation of the Venezuelan people, 
for the working and popular classes of the continent it signifies the 
violent imposition of an imperialist regime, managed by a transnational 
right wing, complicit and subservient to US interventionism and 
geopolitical interests.

The United States is not welcome in Venezuela, nor in Colombia, nor in 
the rest of the continent.

No to military aggression against Venezuela!

Imperialists out of Latin America!

Long live those who fight!

https://grupovialibre.org/2026/01/05/alto-a-la-intervencion-militar-estadounidense-en-venezuela/
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