On November 25, Mücadele Birliği (Struggle Unity, Türkiye) visited the Consulate of Venezuela in Istanbul, which has long been under the threat of invasion and attack of US imperialism.
The following is the full text of the article of the Mücadele Birliği:
At the Consulate, where we were warmly welcomed by Venezuelan Consul Lissett Margarita Hernandez Marquez, we emphasized that we came to solidarity with the people of Venezuela. We started the word by introducing ourselves and our struggle. We said that we will be in solidarity with the people of Venezuela under any circumstances in line with the World Anti-Imperialist Platform and the decision we made there.
After expressing our visit to Venezuela last month, the meetings we had here and the decisions we made, our conversation continued with questions and answers to get to know each other. For many years, we have explained how closely we have been following the revolutions, developments, Venezuela and especially the Chavez process, counter-revolution initiatives in Latin America, and how important the international struggle and solidarity are.
We talked about the accusations of imperialism, especially the USA, against Venezuela, and pointed out that imperialist countries play the lead role in “drug cultivation and trafficking”, and that this traffic is actually carried out by the CIA. Consul Marquez drew attention to the lies and slander propaganda of imperialism and drew attention to the climate of fear that was wanted to be created. Exercises, warships sent, aircraft carriers, airspace closed news etc… He said that such news caused panic and even caused THY to stop flights. Stating that the fishing vessels, which have been pursuing their bread off the coast of Venezuela off the Caribbean Sea, have been shot under the pretext of “drug trafficking”, and 74 fishermen have been killed so far, Marquez said that they have also contacted the fishermen in Istanbul and called for their colleagues to take care.
Marquez, who said that he also met Chavez in person, drew attention to his impressive personality and achievements. We talked about what we can do to tell the people about the struggle of Chavez, the struggle of the Venezuelan people and their progress towards socialism, and the anti-imperialist struggle. As the Struggle Union Platform, we said that the movie “Nicolas” about the life of Nicolas Maduro will be screened in Eskişehir on December 7, and a step can be taken for the people to get to know each other and their struggles. And we expressed that we wanted to invite them and the Ambassador to the event.
We also presented a few of our books in order to explain ourselves and our view of the world. After the photo we took together, we left with the promise of getting back together in different events.
