By Francis Kobena Tandoh
Global movement, Progressive Forces is demanding the immediate and unconditional release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and reject any act of state-sponsored kidnapping, detention, or removal of Venezuela’s elected leadership, according to a statement on Thursday.
The abduction of President Maduro, the group observed constitutes an expression of imperial violence, representing a flagrant violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty, the fundamental right to self-determination, and the norms of civilised international conduct.
The Progressive Forces said the action by the American government reflects a long-standing pattern of U.S. interventionism aimed at ‘disciplining’ states that resist imperial control over resources, political systems, and development paths.
“The abduction of President Maduro is not merely an attack on an individual, but a direct assault on popular sovereignty and the collective democratic agency of the Venezuelan working masses and the foundational principles of the United Nations Charter,” said the group.
The group further noted that the abduction represents a dangerous escalation in the use of unilateral coercive, force, and abduction as instruments of imperial power, and sets a perilous precedent that threatens the sovereignty of all nations. Such actions erode global trust and expose a contempt for the diplomatic and legal frameworks designed to maintain peace and order between states.
It has subsequently initiated a number of measures including calling on the international community to publicly denounce U.S. imperialist aggression against Venezuela in all its forms, organize pickets and deliver letters of protest at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, demanding an immediate end to aggression against Venezuela and categorically reject all forms of foreign military intervention, intelligence operations, occupation, and regime change efforts in Venezuela.
Others include uphold and reaffirm Venezuela’s inalienable right to political independence, self-governance, and territorial integrity, free from foreign intervention, occupation, or imposed authority, insist that all disputes be resolved through peaceful negotiation and multilateral diplomacy. Reject coercion, subversion, sanctions, and the use of force as tools of international policy and affirm that true democracy means allowing the Venezuelan people to determine their political and economic future without foreign destabilization or interference.
The rest are to petition governments and parliaments to publicly condemn U.S. actions and to sever all military, intelligence, and security cooperation with the aggressor, sustain coordinated social media campaigns using hashtags such as #HandsOffVenezuela and #FreeMaduro to break the media blockade and spread accurate information, hold popular assemblies, political education workshops, forums, and documentary screenings in communities, universities, and workplaces to expose imperialist strategies aimed at seizing resources and undermining sovereignty and stand in active solidarity with the Venezuelan people and all nations resisting imperial domination, affirming that an attack on one sovereign people is an attack on all.
In the early hours of Saturday, US military forces carried out attacks and bombings in Caracas and other parts of the country and took Maduro and his wife by force. Enditem
Source: Ghana Eye Report
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