The Colombian Socialist Network stated that with this escalation of hostilities, US President Donald Trump has revealed his true intention: to force the Bolivarian Republic to cede its natural resources.

The organization stated that the purpose was “to forcibly overthrow the legitimate government of Venezuela in order to impose a colonial regime, supported by the extreme right wing that has clamored for invasion, in exchange for appropriating the oil, gold, rare earth elements, and other mineral wealth found in the subsoil.”

The network described the event as a continuation of the oil wars waged against Iraq, Libya, Yemen, and Syria, which, disguised as humanitarian interventions and preceded by campaigns to morally annihilate their leaders and color revolutions, unleashed horrific interference with millions of victims.

“The kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife (…) is the beginning of the invasion of Venezuela, with a warning of what will happen to them if the people, their Armed Forces, and the militias resist their determination to violently reassume control of the world’s largest oil reserves (350 billion barrels),” it emphasized.

The network also called on the working class and the people of Colombia and Latin America in general, as well as democratic, leftist, progressive, and human rights-defending social and political forces, to express their broadest solidarity with the Venezuelan people and to ensure respect for their right to freely dispose of their resources.

Furthermore, the board of directors of the National and District Employees and Workers Union considered that what happened in Venezuela is a flagrant violation of fundamental principles of international law, especially respect for the self-determination of peoples, non-intervention by foreign powers, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.

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