Translated "Avante!"article by Albano Nunes, Member of the International Department

North-American imperialism has added defeat upon defeat along its criminal coup offensive against Bolivarian Venezuela. As always with aggressors ( never forgetting Cuba, Vietnam and even Syria), it ignored the process’ popular roots along the twenty years upon the historical victory of the movement led by Hugo Chávez, and was surprised by the political and military Bolivarian power answer, confronted and faced with the people of Venezuela patriotic and anti-imperialist resistance. And contrarily of what currently is stated, it was not able to isolate Venezuela at international level and assisted to its own allies refuse to go ahead with their direct military aggression plans.

The dangers upon Venezuela persist. The USA and its servers do not give up their subversive objectives, also explicitly targeting Bolivia, Nicaragua and Cuba. Two months have passed on the self-proclamation of a “interim president” “masquerade, ( January 23rd) and the instigation of a war in all fronts, against Venezuela – media, political-diplomatic ,economic and military –it is time to measure resistance and international solidarity dimension, a path that ought to carry on whatever existent difficulties to be overcome.

Very much has been achieved. The spectacular “ultimatum” to destitute Nicolas Maduro failed, an ultimatum, one ought never to forget, that holds an outstanding promotor amid the minority PS government. The seditious attempt to divide and attract the military leaders towards an anti-constitutional position, equally failed. And also, the calculations concerning the garrote with the economic boycott and the theft of assets abroad, provoking the country’s ruin and destabilization and turn the democratic and progressive changes of the Bolivarian process beneficiaries themselves against the legitimate government. The Bolivarian National Armed Forces firmness and the extraordinary popular support, the ambitious operation (February 23rd) , the so-called “ humanitarian aid”, was defeated. It had as an objective the installing, within the Venezuela territory a bridgehead for foreign aggression.
The puppet Guaidó “return” to Venezuela operation failed too, upon a tour,worthy amid the most abject treasons, by seeking abroad the needed support missing amid the country, and openly calling upon for an imperialist armed intervention. The “ blackout” itself performed in order to materialize the “humanitarian crisis” and generate disorientation among the population did not achieve its purpose and, as it seems, was confronted with the sacrifice and understanding of a conscientious people, that fights a war in the defense of freedom and its own dignity.

The open use of terrorist actions, using food destruction at La Guaira port, the sabotage at the hydro-electric central in El Guri or even the attacks to oil deposits, are undoubtedly a signal of weakness, at political level. But also proves that until where imperialism is ready to go concerning its subversive objectives and the need to proceed and enlarge our solidarity towards the people of Venezuela.
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