The US-based organization Veterans for Peace (VFP) denounced on Wednesday, December 10, that its delegation of peace activists, justice advocates, and anti-imperialist organizers was prevented from traveling to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, to attend the People’s Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty of Our America.
The solidarity delegation sought to join the international event, which began on Tuesday, December 9, and aims to build a movement among countries in defense of sovereignty and to denounce the US military deployment in the region.
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VFP accused the Trump Administration of orchestrating a blockade that disrupted its trip and that of thousands of other citizens. The organization asserts that Trump’s “criminal intervention” and the reported GPS interference created an illegal “no-fly zone.”
This action resulted in the cancellation of 75 percent of flights and disrupted the journeys of thousands of Venezuelans trying to return home for the holidays. Veterans for Peace described this as an “illegal act of US imperialist aggression” and announced that it is pursuing legal action with the help of lawyers.
The organization’s statement, released through its social media channels, concluded with a message of resistance: “While they blocked our bodies, they did not block our solidarity… The real threat to peace is US imperialism, not the Bolivarian Revolution.”
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In the context of the US administration’s aggression, the Answer Coalition, under the slogan “No to war against Venezuela!”, called for a day of protests last Saturday, December 6, in at least seven cities across the country, seeking to halt a “large-scale regime change” operation in the South American nation orchestrated by Trump.
The organizers emphasized the urgency of the action, citing promises from the White House occupant such as ground attacks “very soon.” The organizers accused Trump of violating international law with repeated military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans.
Furthermore, they denounced the administration for unconstitutionally ignoring the need for a declaration of war, using “strange and convoluted” pretexts about alleged drug trafficking without providing any evidence.
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