New Delhi | Left parties on Saturday denounced the United States for attacking Venezuela and capturing its President Nicholas Maduro, with CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby terming the nighttime military action an "act of international terrorism by US-led imperialism".
In a post on X, Baby expressed solidarity with the people of Venezuela and called upon CPI(M) members to organise protests wherever possible.
"The bombing of Venezuela is an act of international terrorism by US-led imperialism. Trump's claim of kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, if true, is another blatant violation of international law," he said.
"This exposes the fallacy of US claims of Trump being a 'President of Peace' and lays bare the ugly face of US' militaristic aggressiveness to the entire world."
Baby said the international community should mount pressure on the US to stop its blatant aggression on Venezuela, and the UN Security Council should condemn this.
In a statement, the CPI(M) demanded an immediate end to the US aggression and withdrawal of all its troops from the Caribbean Sea. The Left party said it "strongly condemns the blatant act of US aggression on Venezuela by bombing various sites in the country".
"For the last few weeks, the US has mobilised its military and naval forces around Venezuela in order to enforce regime change. This is the real face of the US National Security Strategy 2025, announced in the first week of December 2025," the CPI(M) said.
It said the concentration of US forces in the western hemisphere and an open declaration of its intent to bring the entire region under its control represent the "Trump corollary to the Monroe Doctrine".
The Monroe Doctrine is a US foreign policy declaring the Americas off-limits to future European colonisation and interference.
"Latin America should be declared a zone of peace and the US should not be allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign countries," the CPI(M) said.
It also said the UN Security Council should pass a resolution condemning the US aggression, and international pressure must be mounted on the US to immediately stop its aggression on Venezuela.
The CPI(ML) Liberation also condemned the attack, and accused Washington of imposing a US-backed colonial order. "A social media post by Donald Trump even claims that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured and flown out of Venezuela. This war is not just against Venezuela, but an open threat against every people in the region and across the world who strive to determine their own future free from imperialist dictates," it said.
The party said the same lies used to justify the invasion of Iraq, the seizure of its oil, and the devastation of its people are now recycled as so-called "narco-terrorism" to justify a regime-change operation against President Maduro and the plunder of Venezuela, a country with the largest oil reserves in the world.
"Trump's war on the people of Venezuela is aimed at imposing a US-backed colonial order. It seeks to crush the Bolivarian Revolution that overthrew a US-supported oligarchy and returned the nation's oil wealth to the people. The war is to seize Venezuela's oil once again for US multinational corporations and install a puppet government to serve imperialist interests," the CPI(ML) said.
The party called the war the "latest chapter in the bloody history of US intervention across Latin America and the Caribbean, manipulating elections, overthrowing democratically elected governments, subjugating people's movements, unleashing bloodshed, and imposing destruction".
"From Guatemala to Chile, from Grenada to Panama, the US Monroe Doctrine, which treats the Latin American region as its personal backyard and which Trump seeks to reinforce, has always meant subjugation, exploitation, and repression, denying the peoples of the region their right to sovereignty and self-determination," it said.
The CPI(ML) said it stands in unyielding solidarity with the people of Venezuela as they defend their sovereignty and their right to determine their own political and economic course, free from imperialist interference.
"We call upon all democratic and peace-loving forces worldwide to stand against this imperialist aggression and the attempts to impose a new order of colonial subjugation under the Trump regime," it added.
The CPI also strongly condemned the aggression and called it a gross violation of the UN Charter, international law, and the universally accepted principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference.
"Such imperialist adventurism gravely threatens peace and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean and endangers the lives of millions of Venezuelan people. The CPI unequivocally denounces this aggression, which once again exposes the aggressive nature of US imperialism and its contempt for international norms," it said.
The party expressed "firm solidarity" with the government and people of Venezuela, and said the real objective of this attack is to seize Venezuela's oil and mineral resources.
The CPI called upon all peace-loving peoples, democratic forces, and progressive governments across the world, including in India, to raise their voices against this imperialist aggression and to stand in active solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and the Venezuelan people in defence of peace, sovereignty, and self-determination.
Thiruvananthapuram | CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby on Saturday condemned what he described as the “abduction” of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the US, calling it a "naked act of aggression" ordered by President Donald Trump.
Addressing reporters here, Baby alleged that the US had unleashed open aggression against Venezuela after weeks of deploying military forces in the Caribbean Sea under the pretext of acting against a narcotics mafia.
“The US has not produced any evidence to substantiate its claims. This is not the first time such an attempt has been made. In 2002 also, there was a similar intervention in Venezuela, but the people overthrew the puppet government imposed by the US,” he said.
He said India has been a forerunner of the Non-Aligned Movement and should view the developments as an attack on a third-world country.
“This is a blind violation of international laws. The US repeatedly violates international norms and aims to bend the world to its will,” Baby alleged.
He said that despite weeks of military deployment and international interventions, the US had nothing to show as a legitimate victory and that the attack on Venezuela was merely a show of power.
“India’s stand on this issue is important. India has long-standing ties with Venezuela, and its silence on the matter is doubtful,” he said.
Baby said the United Nations should intervene in the issue, noting that Venezuela has already endured several imperialist suppressions in the past.
He alleged that the attack was carried out while Venezuela was “sleeping” and that heavily armed US forces were deployed against the public and the Venezuelan military’s elite units.
He said the CPI(M) does not demand a complete severing of ties with the US, but asserted that the actions of the American administrative machinery should be condemned.
“The attack on Venezuela is an attack on the sovereignty of a third-world nation,” Baby said.
Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday strongly condemned the US aggression against Venezuela and urged the global community to resist imperialist moves that threaten world peace.
The Left described the incident as an "act of terrorism", posing a threat to stability in Latin America.
"Strongly condemn the blatant imperialist aggression by the US on Venezuela, targeting various strategic centres," Vijayan said in a post on 'X'.
"This reveals the vicious operation of a rogue state, fuelling unmasked hostility in the Global South to impose its devious schemes. It is also an act of terrorism, threatening the tranquillity of Latin America, a continent with a long legacy of resisting such onslaughts and anti-imperialist struggles," he added.
Vijayan called on all nations to unite against the assault on Venezuela and to resist imperialist actions that undermine global peace.
Meanwhile, CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan urged strong protests against the United States’ actions targeting the sovereign nation.
Reports have emerged that US forces have taken Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife into custody, Govindan said in a statement.
"The United States’ approach of encroaching on the sovereignty of another nation poses a threat to the entire world and reflects a brutal and aggressive mindset," he added.