The All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC), together with its All-African Women’s Revolutionary Union (GC), continues the revolutionary Pan-Africanist legacy established by Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, Ahmed Sekou Toure, and Kwame Ture. In light of recent events, we wish to reaffirm our condemnation of the January 3, 2026, intervention by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. military in Venezuela. This intervention was marked by violence, leading to the murder of over 100 civilians, and the kidnapping and extraterritorial imprisonment of the legitimately elected President Nicholas Maduro and his wife, First Combatant Cilia Flores.
We stand alongside people and nations throughout the world in condemning the United States for its illegal and reprehensible actions. Imperialism and Zionism, exemplified by the violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty, are not only crimes against international law but also offenses against human decency. These actions demonstrate the persistent drive of the U.S. for dominance over the western hemisphere. We vehemently denounce the loss of Venezuelan and Cuban lives and other casualties. Our condemnation extends to the U.S. for its attempted coup d’état, kidnapping, trafficking, wrongful imprisonment, and detention of President Maduro, as well as the invasion and acts of aggression aimed at regime change. We also denounce the extrajudicial killing of approximately 157 innocent Venezuelan, Colombian, and Trinidadian fishermen, and the bombing of 46 fishing boats, acts which served as precursors to the invasion.
The A-APRP (GC) stands firmly in solidarity with the people of Venezuela and with all justice-loving individuals who oppose imperialist aggression and violations of national sovereignty. The recent operation by the U.S. CIA and military in Venezuela, which included airstrikes, murder, violations of the Law of War, and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, represents a dangerous escalation. This threatens the peace and stability of a region that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has declared a ‘Zone of Peace’ since 2006. Such actions violate the fundamental principle that all nations possess the right and responsibility to determine, defend, and advance their political choices free from imperialist coercion or military intervention.
We urge the Pan-African and international communities, socialist and progressive people, and movements, as well as defenders of justice and peace, to stand with the Venezuelan people in their defense of national sovereignty and their right to self-determination. The Venezuelan people, like all peoples, deserve the freedom to resolve their own political differences and shape their future without the threat of U.S. imperialist domination, the Monroe Doctrine, or any form of imperialism. The A-APRP (GC) reaffirms its commitment to Pan-African unity, international solidarity, and the global struggle against imperialism, neo-colonialism, Zionism, white supremacy, and all forms of imperialist intervention.
We demand the release and return of President Nicholas Maduro and Cilia Flores, who are currently held in solitary confinement in a New York prison, so they can return to Venezuela. We call for self-determination, justice, human dignity, human rights, and peace for the Venezuelan people, the Global South, and all of humanity. As Kwame Nkrumah reminds us, peace is not merely the absence of war—it requires liberation from colonialism, neocolonialism, and imperialism, as well as the construction of socialism, Pan-African unity, and international solidarity among oppressed peoples. Ahmed Sekou Toure, the first President of Guinea, teaches that peace is the presence of justice, sovereignty, and dignity. Kwame Ture was explicit in his assertion: “Imperialism means war.”
We stand with the peoples of the world in demanding liberation, an end to imperialism, respect for human rights and Venezuelan sovereignty, and the realization of true democracy and justice.
Long Live the Bolivarian Revolution!!
Free Nicholas Maduro and Cilia Flores Now!!