The Diaspora Pa’lante Collective unequivocally condemns U.S. airstrikes on the sovereign territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and upholds the right of the Venezuelan people to resist imperialist aggression.

In the early hours of January 3, the government of the United States initiated attacks on the capital city of Caracas, as well as the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira, culminating in the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. This unprovoked attack is an escalation of the months-long campaign of targeted airstrikes launched from the shores of our occupied archipelago across the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, which have claimed at least 115 lives. 

The actions of the United States must be repudiated and resisted by all progressive forces across the world, with a special duty belonging to those residing within the aggressor nation to defend the national sovereignty and self-determination of the Venezuelan people at all costs. 

From Gaza to Caracas, the arrogance of U.S. colonial power has imposed itself upon the world with complete and utter impunity. Nevertheless, the achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution, a transformative process embedded into the social fabric of Venezuelan life through generations of practice, prove that Venezuela’s power is derived not from any single individual, but from the unified strength of the masses of its people.

The people themselves remain the most critical factor in the balance of forces.

That such an operation could be launched from our own national territory, occupied by the United States for more than 127 years, is a crime against all Puerto Ricans. Our fate as a people and nation is inseparable from all who struggle in defense of their national sovereignty and self-determination against the invading militaries of the collective West.

This attack is a warning to the world: to maintain its dominance over all corners of the planet, the United States will trample upon the territory of any and all adversaries, and consume entire continents in the fires of war. The prospects for peace rest upon our ability to confront and defeat this flagrant threat to our collective survival.

Free President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores!
Defend the Bolivarian Revolution!
Glory to the Heroic Palestinian Resistance!
¡Que viva Puerto Rico Libre y Socialista!