SACP slates imperialist United States regime’s act of war against Venezuela

In conjunction with the peace-loving people and nations worldwide, the South African Communist Party (SACP) expresses grave concern regarding the belligerent posture of the imperialist United States regime towards the state and people of Venezuela.

The placing of United States warships in the Caribbean waters with the obvious intention to provoke Venezuela is an act of war.

The United States government, under the command of Donald Trump, has once again initiated conditions for military intervention in Latin America in the service of its unending ambitions for territorial expansion and political domination of its neighbouring nations.

The actions of the United States regime, through its military, to violate the sovereignty of Venezuela constitute a continuation of its official policy of political destabilisation and economic asphyxiation of the entire South American region, to serve its imperialist objectives under various pretexts.

In the post-World War II era, the pretext for excessive political and military interference in Latin America was the so-called resistance to communism. However, at present, the pretext is resistance to drug cartels.

Both pretexts were blatantly false from the moment they were conceived, as the actions of the United States government in South America have always been predicated on one principle: a determined implementation of the Munroe Doctrine.

The Monroe Doctrine serves as the political foundation for the transgression of international law and the right to sovereignty, particularly in relation to Nicaragua, Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, and other nations.

The persistent United States aggression against democratically elected governments in Latin America serves as irrefutable evidence of the illegitimacy of its policy.

The immediate United States economic interests, particularly in the energy sector, are linked to its objective of obtaining unrestricted access and control over the oil resources of Venezuela, thereby positioning itself favourably in the global and regional energy markets.

To achieve this objective, the United States regime endeavours to destabilise the entire subcontinent, thereby creating an appearance of such instability that its military intervention is perceived as necessary and inevitable.

The imperialist mindset of the United States and its concomitant policy of treating South America as its backyard, whose fate is directly determined by its political and economic interests, epitomises the violent and immoral nature of the American state as an institution in its interactions with nations worldwide.

The deployment of the three high-grade United States military vessels to the Caribbean waters overlooking Venezuela constitutes an act of war that South Africans must unequivocally oppose. The unsubstantiated claims that the United States regime is primarily targeting drug cartels underscore the extent to which it employs propaganda to justify its violent tactics.

Its acts of aggression form part of its longstanding policy of opposing the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, a people’s revolution that has been ongoing for many years. It is imperative to consider the historical and contextual background of these actions when evaluating their significance.

As the SACP, we strongly call for the withdrawal of United States military forces from the territories bordering Venezuela and the full compliance of the United States with international laws and regulations.

As the SACP, we condemn the United States’ impunity in violating the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Proclamation, which declares Latin America and the Caribbean a Zone of Peace. We call upon all people worldwide to reject the United States' war policy and work towards peace and solidarity.

South African Communist Party

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