Venezuela and Haiti vs. U.S. Imperialism: Same Struggle, One Fight

When cornered, a wild animal reacts viciously, out of fear and desperation, and this can take very unexpected forms. No longer able to blame communism as the enemy it seeks to destroy, U.S. imperialism now attacks any nation seeking sovereignty. It has revealed itself to be the sworn enemy of all oppressed peoples struggling for peace, happiness, and freedom.

​Today, the Trump administration has resurrected Washington’s discredited “war on drugs” as a pretext to violate international law. Everything it says is nothing but deceit, intrigue, and lies to achieve its primary objective: the plundering of others nations’ resources.

​Frankly, we are not entirely surprised by what happened on Jan. 3, 2026, in Venezuela. The brazen criminality and arrogance displayed by humanity’s greatest and most implacable enemy cannot be overstated. This outrageous act has deeply affected all those who fight against imperialism, reminding them and confirming for them U.S. imperialism’s cynicism.​
Explosions from the illegal U.S. raid in Caracas, Venezuela to capture President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores.
The Pentagon’s “Operation Absolute Resolve” confirms more than ever that the imperialist monster has only one real objective: to prevent the economic and social development of any nations that are not its vassals. This U.S. military attack against the Venezuelan people is part of a global imperialist offensive against progressive, defiant countries, and first and foremost, against those possessing enormous mineral and oil resources.

​It is a pity that the U.S. was able to accomplish this mission without casualties or other losses. That said, the battle is far from over. The game has only just begun. With the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, imperialism has scored a goal, but it will lose this match even if it is prepared to cheat, lie, and even send its own citizens to their death. In fact, this coup may well dig imperialism’s grave in the world, especially in Latin America. This region’s people will not stand by idly, having acquired the necessary experience, unity, and indignation to act.

​Maduro has become a living symbol! His arrest replicates when the Spanish invaders captured the Taino chieftain Caonabo in 1494 during Haiti’s colonization or when Napoleon’s French legion kidnapped Toussaint Louverture, the precursor of Haiti’s independence, in 1802 during our revolutionary struggle.​
Outrage and disgust at the French arrest of Toussaint Louverture (above) transformed the struggle against slavery into Latin America’s first victorious independence revolution in 1804.
Honor also to Maduro’s Cuban security team who died heroically fighting the Yankee Delta Force invaders. Their revolutionary sacrifice and internationalist bravery echoes the example of the thousands of Cubans who fell fighting to defend Angola against South African and U.S. imperialist aggression.

​No matter what happens to him while he is a prisoner persecuted by the American kangaroo court system, President Nicolas Maduro will soon be victorious along with his people, a victory that will belong to the international working class and all those struggling to rid themselves of the U.S. empire’s impunity, interference, and domination. Trump has proven to be the worst president the United States has ever had; he has learned nothing from history.

​One thing must now be clear for all those who still had doubts: the United States can no longer hide its true intentions. There is no longer any pretense of a “rules based order.”

​It is no longer a secret that the world’s greatest terrorists are the U.S. leaders who kidnap heads of state and, more often than not, assassinate them. Today, the entire world has caught the U.S. leaders red-handed; they, whose country is the breeding ground for terrorism in all its forms, are nevertheless always the first to label other countries “terrorist states.” The Maduro case will be difficult for empire to manage. Unlike Panama’s Manuel Noriega in 1989, Maduro has a dedicated social movement behind him, not just in Venezuela, but across Latin America and around the world. Every arrow that the empire’s archers shoot at him only brings him greater strength and prestige.​
In the Dominican Republic, a statue of the Taino chieftain Caonabo, captured by the Spanish in 1494.
It’s worth remembering that, in 1914, U.S. Marines first landed in Haiti to steal what remained of our gold bar reserves from the National Bank of the Republic of Haiti and then transport them to the City Bank in Manhattan. The same gold theft began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus landed, and he even stole and replaced the Taino’s name for the island, Haiti, with the name Hispaniola, to honor his Spanish royal underwriters, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Other Europeans followed to steal and plunder all the region’s wealth, then renaming it also “America” in 1507, in honor of the Italian navigator, Amerigo Vespucci.

​This history explains why no European country (with the exception of Russia) has denounced the United States’ crime against Venezuela: because this is how they enrich themselves, by plundering what does not belong to them.

​But in the eyes of the rest of the planet, the United States has lost all credibility and is reviled.

​Following this shameful event, the Haitian bourgeois press, unscrupulous as it is, must cease its indecent penchant for interviewing U.S., Canadian, and French ambassadors. These barbarians have no credibility, no morality, no wisdom, and certainly no trust. They are nothing but sweet-talking diplomats in the service of thieves, kidnappers, pirates, and buccaneers who plunder nations in broad daylight.

​Donald Trump may insult Haiti by calling it a “shit-hole,” even though all the mineral wealth, agricultural output, and labor power of this “poor” country, like that of other neocolonies, has helped make him and his nation rich. And the leaders that the U.S. empire imposes on us are just as stupid and reactionary as their masters. Wouldn’t it have been nice to have had Haitian authorities who would strongly and roundly denounce Washington’s repulsive, criminal action and demand the unconditional release of the Venezuelan president? But alas! We have 10 servile, sniveling puppets.​
President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores before a massive crowd at their final campaign rally in Caracas on Jul. 25, 2024.
Shame on you, United States! Where is your victory, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio? Your orchestrated campaign against the Venezuelan people will fail and will fool no one with a shred of decency and intelligence.
​The U.S. has also committed a most serious and costly error in thinking it can dictate Venezuela’s destiny as it did Haiti’s. This diktat, which creates exploitation, misery, and humiliation in all its forms, will not be tolerated by the Venezuelan people after 27 years of self-determination. They will overcome these new Conquistadors very quickly, just as the Haitian people continue to fight for their second independence and national liberation. May this incredible violation of Venezuelan sovereignty not go unanswered and be severely condemned so that such acts may never again be perpetrated anywhere in the world.

​Outrage and disgust at the arrest of Toussaint Louverture transformed the struggle against slavery into Latin America’s first victorious independence revolution in 1804 against a European empire, creating a nation that supported Bolivar with printing presses, boats, guns, and soldiers. Similarly in Venezuela, faced with this imperialist aggression, there is only one response: patriotic and revolutionary mobilization.

​This bitter experience can only stoke the revolutionary passion of the Venezuelan people, conscious and determined to learn all the lessons from it in order to dismantle this insane capitalist system and strengthen the Bolivarian socialist revolution, as well as ensure the unconditional return of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, to their country. Cursed be U.S. imperialism! Long live the Venezuelan people! Long live the struggle of the Haitian people! Long live socialism!

Source: haitiliberte.com/venezuela-and…
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