The Member States of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) categorically reject the arbitrary, illegal, unilateral coercive measures announced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States against a new list of Venezuelan citizens.

This interfering action evidences that the U.S. government is going through a serious denial phase in the face of the unquestionable democratic and popular victory of President Nicolás Maduro, last July 28, 2024. The multidimensional aggression against the Venezuelan people has included over 950 extortive, unilateral coercive measures since 2017, including those announced this November 27. However, Venezuelans have endured every attack and have demonstrated their firm decision to defend the sovereignty and independence of the nation.

In 2019, the then U.S. government followed an erratic, interventionist path, disregarding International Law, which led it to a resounding defeat of geopolitical scope. The permanent imperialist aggressions against Venezuela have always been and will always be reversed by the people of Simon Bolivar to strengthen its independence, dignity and self-determination.

The Bolivarian Alliance rejects this new wave of intended arbitrary sanctions, demands respect for the sovereignty of the free peoples of Our America and the Caribbean and reaffirms its full solidarity with the people and the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela.

Caracas, November 28, 2024