ALBA-TCP statement on the act of piracy and theft committed by the US government against the South American nation
Author: ALBA-TCP
The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) categorically condemns the act of vulgar piracy committed by the U.S. government in illegally assaulting and confiscating a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea. This act constitutes a very serious violation of international law and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
This act, which comes on top of the criminal seizure of Citgo, reveals a strategy of plunder aimed at appropriating Venezuelan energy resources, setting an extremely dangerous precedent for international legal and maritime stability. ALBA firmly rejects this imperial aggression and reaffirms its full support for the people and government of Venezuela.
The Alliance demands the immediate return of the vessel and the cessation of all actions to dispossess Venezuelan assets. It also urges multilateral, regional, and global organizations to urgently speak out against this open violation of international law.
Statement by the Cuban delegation to the Peoples’ Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace in Our America
The Cuban delegation participating in the Peoples’ Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace in Our America wishes to make public its support for the communiqué from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denouncing “the blatant theft and act of international piracy” constituted by the assault and seizure of an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea.
Our delegation condemns this new and extremely serious step in the escalation of aggression by the United States government against Venezuela, which comes just after the announcement of the so-called U.S. National Security Strategy, which, 200 years after its inception, revives the abominable Monroe Doctrine through the so-called “Trump Corollary.”
As the Bolivarian Communiqué states, the true objective of the imperial offensive against sister Venezuela has been exposed: the obsessive desire to appropriate its natural resources. This is a demonstration of everything that this declining empire, refusing to accept the irreversible advent of a multipolar international order, is willing to do to impose its agenda and interests on our peoples.
We call on all movements, organizations, and dignified individuals in the region and around the world to join us in denouncing this infamy.
On December 2, 1956, Cuban history took on new momentum. From the mud of Los Cayuelos and the unbreakable will of those 82 expeditionaries, the Revolutionary Armed Forces emerged, heirs to the mettle of the Rebel Army
Photo: Archive
The night was dense, heavy with salt and foreboding. The Granma yacht rocked furiously on the waters of the Gulf. Almost swallowed by the waves, it barely withstood the weight of dreams and weapons. Those seven days of storm and nausea, combined with a rebellious sea, seemed to conspire against the young expeditionaries led by Fidel Castro.
Finally, an order broke the tension: “Full speed to the coast!” The hull scraped brutally against the mud, coming to a halt 60 meters from the shore. The silence of the engine gave way to collective gasps and the splashing of the first men who jumped into the water just off Los Cayuelos, near Playa Las Coloradas, in the municipality of Niquero.
At that moment, freedom had the cold weight of a rifle, a soaked backpack, and mud rising up the boots. The real test was beginning.
What looked like solid ground from the boat was a treacherous swamp, soft, sucking terrain that refused to let go of its victims. The thick, cold mud clung to their legs, threatening to swallow men and hopes.
They advanced for two eternal hours in the darkness, with water up to their chests, dragging their bodies through that hellish slime. There was no enemy in sight, only the earth itself, rebellious and hostile.
Dawn brought with it a distant hum that soon turned into a roar: the accurate shot of a heavy weapon from the sea. They had been spotted. The Granma yacht, lonely and stranded, was now a sure target.
Then came the bursts from the sky, cutting through the air above the heads of the 82 expeditionaries. Hunger and extreme fatigue were written on every emaciated face, in every trembling muscle.
But in those eyes, embraced by exhaustion, burned a different stubbornness, a promise made flesh, an oath that had survived the shipwreck and now defied the swamp and even the bullets: to be free or martyrs.
On that December 2, 1956, the history of Cuba took on new momentum. From the mud of Los Cayuelos and the unbreakable will of those 82 expeditionaries emerged the Revolutionary Armed Forces, heirs to the mettle of the Rebel Army, guardians of a country that learned to forge its destiny with its own hands.
And from that dawn tinged with gunpowder and mud, the feat began to grow beyond the men who carried it out. It became a seed and a compass, a living legacy for new generations.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces are guardians of a country that learned to forge its destiny with its own hands. Photo: José Manuel Correa
Cuba denounces military escalation in the Caribbean region
Statements by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the U.S. presence in the Caribbean and its threat to the region
Photo: Bruno Rodríguez’s X account
The exaggerated and aggressive military presence of the United States in the region constitutes a threat to Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole.
With the backing of the Secretary of State, the main and immediate goal is the violent overthrow of the Venezuelan government through the use of U.S. military force, a highly dangerous and irresponsible action with unpredictable and incalculable consequences.
Given the clear degree of threat, this constitutes a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter.
With a military escalation, a major international crime could be committed.
This aggression responds to a warmongering objective that is not shared by the majority of the U.S. people.
If war breaks out, where will the Secretary of State be? Does anyone really think he will accompany young soldiers to risk their lives in a battle that is not theirs? One would have to ask him if he ever served in the military.
The pretext of combating illegal drug trafficking is an untenable lie.
Such a concentration of naval resources, so large and sophisticated, with such destructive firepower, is not deployed to combat criminal organizations.
The U.S. government could cause an incalculable number of deaths and create a scenario of violence and instability in the hemisphere that would be unimaginable.
The threat of war does not solve any of the internal political and economic problems of the United States; it distances the possibilities of a constructive relationship and understanding in the region, while demonstrating to new generations the old distrust of the Latin American and Caribbean peoples regarding the ambitions of their powerful neighbor to the north.
Cuba denounces this military escalation in the strongest possible terms and reaffirms its full support for Venezuela.
We also appeal to the common sense, solidarity, spirit of peace, and ethics of the international community.
We appeal to the people of the United States to stop this madness.
