Coordinating Committee of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (CIPOML) | Jan. 25, 2026— The International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (CIPOML) firmly reiterates its determined condemnation of the aggression committed by U.S. imperialism against Venezuela and its people.
The CIPOML calls upon revolutionary organisations, the working class, and the peoples of the world to draw the necessary experiences and lessons from these tragic events, the consequences of which are still unfolding.
Venezuela in the framework of inter-imperialist contradictions
This terrorist act reveals, first and foremost, the deepening of the aggressive, expansionist, and predatory character of U.S. imperialism, inscribed in a strategy defined by its ruling elites to sustain their global hegemony, recover areas of influence lost over time, and expand into new zones in the world. This orientation is formulated in the 2025 National Security Strategy, released by the U.S. government at the end of the last year.
In that same logic of imperialist aggression, the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, as well as the murder of a hundred men and women—including civilians—constitutes an act of international banditry that flagrantly violates International Law and represents a direct attack on the independence and sovereignty of Venezuela. Nothing can justify an action of this nature by the government of Donald Trump, which deserves only the strongest repudiation and the solidary condemnation of the workers and peoples of the world.... Read More ›