Venezuela

The U.S. kidnapping of Maduro is an attack on all of Latin America, and a threat to the working class everywhere. We must mobilize and stand up against imperialism

Trump's attacks on Venezuela and Colombia already include acts of war. Anti-imperialists must unite to stop this offensive with mass mobilizations across the Americas. Joint statement by the IWL, IWU, and RCIT.

The US War on Drugs has been the framework for imperialist intervention in Latin America since the Reagan era. Now, Trump doubles down on empty claims of combating the drug trade to retrench US interests and far right forces across the continent.

The US government, led by the far-right Donald Trump, continues to increase its warmongering and interventionist offensive in Latin America in general and against Venezuela in particular. 
On December 16, the U.S. declared a total blockade on oil tankers entering or leaving the country. This comes after issuing warnings about the dangers of flying to […]

Hernández has been convicted, with evidence, of the crimes that the Trump administration has baselessly accused Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro of committing. But Hernández walked free from jail on Dec. 2, and the U.S. invasion of Venezuela seems poised to begin at any moment. This hypocrisy is obscene, but it's also a consistent pattern of the US-instigated "war on drugs"

Joint statement by revolutionary socialist workers from Venezuela, Colombia, and the United States We, revolutionary socialist workers’ organizations from Venezuela, Colombia, and the United States, completely condemn the unjustifiable murders of sailors and fishermen from Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad by the U.S. Navy. Likewise, we condemn the disgusting, deadly threats and provocations by the Trump […]

The Unidad Socialista de los Trabajadores (Socialist Workers’ Unity, UST) condemns the US military escalation against Venezuela but warns thata defending sovereignty does not mean supporting Maduro’s government. By: Socialist Workers’ Unity (UST), the Venezuelan section of the International Workers’ League – Fourth International (IWL-FI). The US government, led by far-right leader Donald Trump, continues […]

By ERWIN FREED In a matter of weeks, the United States struck three boats in international waters near the coast of Venezuela. Trump has claimed, without presenting evidence, that 17 “narco-terrorists” were killed in the attacks and that the boats were trafficking fentanyl and cocaine to the United States. In reality, U.S. imperialism is attempting […]

By JAMES MARSH The War on Drugs, like the War on Terror, has proven itself to be a war on a construct abstract enough to provide rhetorical backing for a wide array of U.S. imperialist policies. President Donald Trump, in the latest use of War on Drugs rhetoric as cover for pursuing military objectives, is […]

By Leonardo Arantes, Socialist Workers’ Unity (UST) — Venezuela In recent days, the U.S. government, led by far-right President Donald Trump, has made a series of announcements and taken actions aimed at launching a military operation in Latin American and Caribbean waters under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking. U.S. imperialism is threatening and baring […]

The popular rebellion on Monday, July 29, 2024, was answered by the dictatorial government of Maduro with brutal repression, which so far has not ceased. By Leonardo Arantes – Unidad Socialista de los Trabajadores (Socialist Workers Unity) Maduro and his government have unleashed a brutal repression in response to the massive mobilizations of working people, […]

After the presidential elections of last July 28, the Venezuelan situation has been in the spotlight of the world press. Nicolás Maduro declared himself the winner against Edmundo González, candidate of the right-wing bourgeois opposition, after evident fraud in which the regime could not even make public the minutes of the polling stations. By Alejandro […]

By Socialist Workers Unity – Venezuela On Monday, July 29, youth and the population of the popular Venezuelan neighborhoods took to the streets of Caracas and several cities throughout the country to show their indignation at the fraud that occured during the presidential elections that has kept the dictator Nicolas Maduro in government. The response […]

The first quarter of 2024 began in Venezuela with mass anger, mainly caused by very low wages, with the minimum wage barely exceeding $3 per month, the curtailment of labor, contractual, and social rights, the repeated refusal of the Maduro government to decree wage increases, the persistent growth of inflation and, in short, the general […]

By: Socialist Workers Unity (UST), the Venezuelan Section of the International Workers League (IWL) A few weeks have passed since December 3 consultative referendum on the territorial dispute over the Esequibo region with the Republic of Guyana, which was organized by the government of Nicolás Maduro. The dispute continues to be open, as well as […]

Out with the multinationals and imperialism in the Essequibo region! We reject Venezuela’s consultative referendum. We are in favor of the unity of Venezuelan and Guyanese workers. By Unidad Socialista de los Trabajadores (UST), Venezuelan Section of the International Workers League (IWL-FI) Today, the political scenario in Venezuela is marked by the debate over the […]