Calling it piracy, war crime, and imperial overreach, Sri Lanka’s Communist Party has condemned the US operation in Venezuela, warning that resource control and power politics are once again being disguised as global justice.
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka has issued a strong condemnation of what it describes as the abduction of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife by the United States.
In a statement, the party said the incident ranks alongside past US actions such as the abduction of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the killing of Patrice Lumumba, arguing that the latest operation exposes Washington’s role as a global rogue actor. The CPSL also condemned the bombing of civilian infrastructure in Venezuela, saying the attacks deliberately targeted facilities essential to daily life.
According to reports cited by the party, these strikes caused civilian casualties and deepened hardship for an already strained population. The CPSL compared the situation to the systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure in Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion, an episode widely criticised for its humanitarian consequences. Such actions, the statement said, constitute serious violations of international law and meet the definition of war crimes under established global norms.
The party stressed that the aggression cannot be separated from long standing imperial objectives. Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, it noted, have consistently placed the country in the sights of external powers seeking control over strategic energy resources. Claims of anti narcotic operations, the CPSL argued, are merely a pretext for intervention.
The party rejected these justifications and affirmed its solidarity with the Venezuelan people as they resist external interference and defend national sovereignty.
