Statements

20 British Parliamentarians Condemn Trump’s Plans for War on Venezuela

More than 20 British parliamentarians have condemned Donald Trump’s apparent plans for war on Venezuela, following the announcement by Trump’s US Secretary of War of a new military operation, Southern Spear, in Latin America. The parliamentarians have signed the new No to Trump’s War on Venezuela statement. Launched last week with initial parliamentary supporters Jeremy …

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Emergency statement – No to Trump’s War on Venezuela

With Donald Trump increasingly threatening military attacks on Venezuela, a new emergency statement against war on Venezuela has been launched — backed by leading MPs, writers, trade unionists, and peace campaigners in Britain. The statement has already been endorsed by MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burgon; trade union general secretaries Daniel Kebede (NEU), Maryam Eslamdoust (TSSA), and Gawain Little (GFTU); writers Tariq Ali and Victoria Brittain; and …

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Richard Gott (1938-2025)

By Francisco Dominguez, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign National Secretary Richard Gott, one of the British scholars who best understood Latin American politics and history, has died today 2nd November 2025. He was 87 years old. We, Latin Americans, got to know him for his strong, unwavering and decades-long commitment to the revolutionary struggles of the peoples …

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Venezuela – Sound the alarm over Trump’s War Threats

By Francisco Dominguez, VSC Secretary. Trump has announced that US military forces deployed in the Caribbean Sea have carried out yet another extra-judicial killing against a fifth small boat near Venezuela’s coast, alleging, without providing a shred of evidence, that it was involved in drug-trafficking. Worse, Trump said the US would change its maritime campaign …

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Venezuela: President Maduro Calls for Global Peace Summit and Israeli Denuclearization

By Andreína Chávez Alava for Venezuelanalysis Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro proposed a global “Summit for Peace and Against War” to establish a “lasting peace” in West Asia, with a focus on the dismantling of Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal and program. The proposal comes in the aftermath of a 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, in …

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Statement: Trump’s mass deportations of migrants must be condemned.

Joint statement by Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group. The Trump administration has invoked the 1798 Alien and Enemies Act as a thinly veiled legal pretext to justify the mass expulsion of Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and others. Some deportees have been sent to detention facilities such as the notorious internment camp in Guantanamo …

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The greatest attack any country in Latin America and the Caribbean has ever suffered

The Trump administration, invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, deported 238 Venezuelan immigrants—not to Venezuela, but to a supermax prison in El Salvador. This action followed an agreement with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, under which the Central American country is reportedly set to receive $6 million from the U.S. government. Without providing conclusive evidence, …

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Initial VSC response to more illegal UK sanctions on Venezuela

“The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign condemns the UK Government joining in with Trump’s illegal ‘regime change’ agenda in Venezuela, with the introduction of further sanctions on January 10. We also condemn the US putting a bounty on the head of Venezuela’s head of state Nicolas Maduro – an aggressive & extreme move against national sovereignty. We …

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Statement: Presidential election results in Venezuela.

Statement from VSC on today’s election result: “The fact that the US, Britain and allies are refusing to recognise the result of Venezuela’s election, without providing a single piece of valid evidence as to why, is entirely consistent with their strategy of undermining democracy in Venezuela, including multiple coup attempts. “Instead of seeking to restore calm and …

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