The aggression against Venezuela is not new and has not begun with Donald Trump. Earlier there was an attempted coup against President Hugo Chávez and 2002; Barack Obama a déclaré au Venezuela en 2015 « brutal and extraordinary threat » ; the governments of the United States have imposed more than 1000 unilateral coercive measures (« sanctions »); and 2018, an attempt was made to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro; and 2019, an attempt was made to appoint a puppet president; In the same year, a failed invasion also took place.
The criminal military aggression carried out by Donald Trump’s genocidal administration against Venezuela on January 3, 2026, has claimed more than a hundred lives, including Venezuelan and Cuban civilians and military personnel. During the attack, President Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores were scandalously kidnapped, which is a blatant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
Donald Trump’s administration has encouraged this colonial and mafia expedition to get their hands on the world’s largest oil reserve. Trump has indicated that his administration’s next targets are Cuba, Mexico and Colombia, reviving the Monroe Doctrine, which aims to control the Western Hemisphere, and indeed the entire world.
In Europe, there is a lot of talk about the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. She is in reality a vassal of Trump and a convinced anti-Palestinian one. As a member of the radical right, which can be described as fascist, she demands more sanctions against her own people, she has asked for her own country to be bombed without thinking about the hundreds of people who would die in the process, she is in favor of the privatization of resources such as petroleum, and she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025! In 2026, she shamefully handed the Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump, leading to condemnations worldwide. This criminal does not actually enjoy any support in her country, and Donald Trump knows that all too well. He will use all means to achieve his goal. Not only to appropriate Venezuelan oil, but also to destroy the hopeful experiment of the Bolivarian revolution.
Let us support the Venezuelan people in their resistance to this despicable imperialist attack.
Belgian Committee for Peace in Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean
