The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) absolutely, categorically, and unequivocally condemns the act of war perpetrated by the Government of the United States of America against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the early morning of January 3, through a direct military operation against civilian and military installations on its sovereign territory. This armed aggression constitutes a grave and deliberate violation of International Law, the Charter of the United Nations, the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, and all the principles that underpin peaceful coexistence among nations.

Following this illegal military operation, the whereabouts of the Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, are unknown. ALBA demands immediate proof of life for the Venezuelan Head of State and calls for his immediate and unconditional release, as well as absolute respect for his physical, political, and moral integrity. This act constitutes an international crime of extreme gravity and a direct affront to the sovereignty of nations.

The ALBA countries affirm with absolute clarity that no imperial aggression will break the political will of the Venezuelan people or destabilize their institutions. We salute the people of Venezuela and their Bolivarian Government, who have demonstrated, and will continue to demonstrate, their historic capacity to preserve internal stability, social peace, and constitutional order, even in the face of this very serious external aggression.

ALBA makes an urgent call to all governments, social movements, political forces and popular organizations of the world to firmly and publicly condemn this very serious event and to defend respect for sovereignty, peace and the right of peoples to decide their own destiny.

Venezuela is not alone.

Our America will prevail.

Caracas, January 03, 2026