Sri Lanka condemns US kidnapping of Maduro as piracy

Colombo, January 5 (Prensa Latina) The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) condemned the US kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, as an act of international piracy. The Sri Lankan political organization expressed its strongest condemnation of this criminal action by Washington, adding that the United States has once again revealed its true nature as a “global rogue terrorist state.”

January 5, 2026
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It remembered similar acts committed by the US empire, such as the kidnapping of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The CPSL also condemned the deliberate bombing of civilian infrastructure in Venezuela, primarily targeting facilities essential to the daily lives and well-being of the Venezuelan people, causing civilian casualties and severe hardship for the civilian population.

These actions, which are a grave violation of international law and meet the definition of a war crime, bear a disturbing resemblance to the systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure carried out in Iraq before the 2003 invasion, the party stated.

The Sri Lankan party added that this aggression cannot be separated from the broader imperialist objectives historically pursued by the United States to seize Venezuela’s wealth.

It also reiterated its firm rejection of these actions and its solidarity with the Venezuelan people, who continue to resist foreign interference and defend their sovereignty.

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