In statements to Prensa Latina, Arun Kumar, a member of the CPI(M) Political Bureau, reiterated his party’s condemnation of the United States’ aggression against Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
He pointed out that this illegal action is consistent with the National Security Strategy 2025 recently announced by the US administration, which considers all of Latin America its backyard.
Kumar emphasized that, furthermore, the US asserts that anyone attempting to establish trade relations with countries outside this periphery, without US approval, will be considered an aggressor.
He added that those nations that maintain such relations will be targeted by attacks ordered by Washington.
“And this is why we believe that Venezuela, rich in oil and other natural resources, is the target.”
Kumar described US imperialism as brazen, ambitious, and aggressive, openly declaring its desire to occupy Venezuela for its oil.
“Trump wants to impose his hegemony over the entire world, and that is why we must oppose imperialism and protect the right of nations to sovereignty so that they can govern themselves according to the will of their own people,” he emphasized.
He asserted that this is the reason motivating the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to organize protests against US imperialist aggression against Venezuela.
