On January 12, a joint convention was organised by CPI, CPI (ML), CPM, AIFB, RSP, SP, RJD, AAP, DMK, and VCK at Surjeet Bhawan in Delhi in support of the people of Venezuela. The convention condemned the ongoing imperialist attacks by the United States on Venezuela and other Latin American countries. It also called for the immediate release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were kidnapped by US forces.
Comrade Ravi Rai, a Politburo member of CPI (ML), while addressing the gathering, expressed solidarity with the people of Venezuela in defence of their sovereignty and peace. A large number of people from Delhi participated in the convention and raised their voices in support of Venezuela, Cuba, and Palestine.
The convention also adopted a resolution extending support to the struggling people of Venezuela and expressed solidarity with the people of Cuba, who are facing an inhuman blockade by the United States and ongoing military threats. It also stood with Palestine and condemned the Modi government for its silence and subservient foreign policy.
On the same day in Kolkata, a massive Venezuela solidarity march was organised by Left parties, including CPI (ML), CPI, CPM, and others, from Esplanade. The march condemned Trump’s colonial‑imperialist project against the people of Venezuela and other Latin American countries such as Cuba and Colombia.
Addressing the protest march, CPI (ML) Politburo member and West Bengal State Secretary Comrade Abhijit Mazumdar said that what we are witnessing in the Latin American region is a naked imperialist assault on people’s lives and dignity, an attempt to subjugate the people of the region and rob them of their resources. He stated that the Trump regime, emboldened by its aggression against Venezuela and the bombing of Iran in 2025, and driven by imperialist hubris, is now threatening all peoples of the world who seek to chart their own future free from foreign domination.
He further said that it is shameful that the Indian government, betraying the country’s historic legacy of anti‑colonial struggle and Global South solidarity, is remaining criminally silent. He called upon all progressive forces to stand united in solidarity with the oppressed and struggling peoples of the world in defence of dignity, sovereignty, and peace.
Both the Delhi convention and the Kolkata march called for the immediate release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were kidnapped by US forces.
Also, on January 11, at Dhanbad’s Randhir Verma Chowk, left parties staged the burning of an effigy of the US Trump government to protest against American aggression.
