The countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, denounce before the peoples of the world the grave, reckless and supremacist threat made on December 16, 2025 by the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
This declaration, which announces a total blockade and the forced appropriation of Venezuelan resources, constitutes an act of international aggression that blatantly and egregiously violates the Charter of the United Nations, International Law and the most basic principles of coexistence between States.
The explicit intention to steal Venezuela’s oil, land, and natural resources, as well as to impede free navigation and international trade, constitutes a crime against humanity, deliberately threatening the life, economy, health, and fundamental development of an entire people. The use of blockades as a political and military weapon is a practice prohibited by international law and has been historically condemned for its inhumane and genocidal nature.
ALBA categorically rejects the absurd and irresponsible designation of the Venezuelan government as a “terrorist organization,” a maneuver that seeks to justify imperial aggression and conceal a project of colonial domination. This belligerent escalation not only threatens Venezuelan sovereignty but also seriously jeopardizes regional and global peace, reviving the worst chapters of interventionism that Our America has faced throughout its history.
The peoples and governments of ALBA express our full and unwavering solidarity with President Nicolás Maduro, the Bolivarian Government, and the Venezuelan people, and we warn that any aggression against Venezuela is an aggression against all of Our America. We call upon the peoples of the world and social movements to reject this criminal threat and to defend the right of peoples to determine their own destiny.
We reaffirm that Our America is neither a colony nor the backyard of any empire. Venezuela is not alone. Free peoples will know how to defend peace, sovereignty, and dignity against any attempt at domination.
Caracas, December 17, 2025