काठमाडौं, पुस २१ (२०८२)
विश्व ट्रेड युनियन महासंघ (WFTU) नेपाल समन्वय समिति (सीसी) ले भेनेजुएलामाथि अमेरिकाले गरेको भनिएको सैन्य आक्रमण र हस्तक्षेपको कडा निन्दा गर्दै तत्काल रोक्न माग गरेको छ।
WFTU नेपाल सीसीका अनुसार जनवरी ३ मा अमेरिकाले भेनेजुएलाको राजधानी काराकाससहित मिरान्डा, आरागुआ र ला ग्वाइरा राज्यका नागरिक तथा सैन्य क्षेत्रमा आक्रमण गरेको र राष्ट्रपति निकोलस मादुरोलाई अपहरण गरिएको घटनाप्रति गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको जनाएको छ।
जारी गरिएको प्रेस वक्तव्यमा उक्त कार्य संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको चार्टरको धारा १ र २ को स्पष्ट उल्लङ्घन भएको उल्लेख गर्दै यसले सार्वभौम राष्ट्रको स्वतन्त्रता, समानता र बल प्रयोग निषेधको सिद्धान्तमाथि गम्भीर आघात पुर्‍याएको दाबी गरिएको छ। यस किसिमको आक्रमणले ल्याटिन अमेरिका तथा क्यारिबियन क्षेत्रमा शान्ति र स्थिरतामाथि खतरा उत्पन्न गरेको वक्तव्यमा भनिएको छ।
WFTU नेपाल सीसीले भेनेजुएलामाथिको आक्रमणको उद्देश्य त्यहाँका तेल र खनिजजस्ता रणनीतिक स्रोतमा कब्जा जमाउने र राजनीतिक स्वतन्त्रता कमजोर बनाउने रहेको आरोप लगाएको छ। तर भेनेजुएलाका जनता र त्यहाँको वैधानिक सरकारले आफ्नो सार्वभौमिकता र आत्मनिर्णयको अधिकारको रक्षा गर्न दृढ रहेको उल्लेख गरिएको छ।
संस्थाले भेनेजुएलाका जनता, सरकार र सशस्त्र बलले राष्ट्रिय सार्वभौमिकता र शान्तिको संरक्षणका लागि एकताबद्ध रूपमा प्रतिरोध गरिरहेको भन्दै ऐक्यबद्धता व्यक्त गरेको छ। साथै, संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको चार्टरको धारा ५१ अनुसार आत्मरक्षाको अधिकार भेनेजुएलासँग सुरक्षित रहेको उल्लेख गरिएको छ।
WFTU नेपाल सीसीका महासचिव लोकराज भुसाल र अध्यक्ष प्रेमलालकुमार खनालले जारी गरेको वक्तव्यमा अमेरिकी सैन्य आक्रमण तत्काल रोक्न, अपहरण गरिएका राष्ट्रपति निकोलस मादुरोलाई सुरक्षित र सम्मानपूर्वक रिहा गर्न तथा सबै प्रकारका हस्तक्षेप, आक्रमण र युद्ध अन्त्य गर्न माग गरिएको छ।
संस्थाले विश्वभरका श्रमिक, न्यायप्रेमी जनता र राष्ट्रहरूलाई साम्राज्यवादी हस्तक्षेपविरुद्ध एकजुट हुन आह्वान गर्दै शान्ति र न्यायको पक्षमा उभिने प्रतिबद्धता दोहोर्‍याएको छ।

Stop the U.S. Military Attack on Venezuela!
Respect the Sovereignty of
Press Statement
This week, on January 3, our serious attention has been drawn to the extremely grave military attack and genocidal intervention carried out by the current Government of the United States against Venezuelan territory and its population, targeting civilian and military locations in the capital city Caracas and the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro.
Such naked imperialist intervention by the United States cannot be silently tolerated by justice-loving, hardworking, laboring people across the world. Therefore, it has become an urgent necessity for justice-loving people everywhere to reject, condemn, and denounce this attack.
This action by the United States constitutes a clear and blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, particularly Articles 1 and 2. By attacking the national existence and dignity of the independent and sovereign state of Venezuela, it attempts to set a precedent contrary to the spirit of the UN Charter, undermining the legal recognition of independent nations, the principle of sovereign equality, and the prohibition of the use of force. Such aggression is certain to endanger international peace and stability, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, and puts the lives of millions of people at serious risk.
The objective of this U.S. attack is nothing other than to seize Venezuela’s strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals, and to forcibly undermine the country’s political independence.
However, they will not succeed. After more than 200 years of independence, the people and their legitimate government remain firmly committed to defending their sovereignty and their inalienable right to decide their own destiny. Attempts to impose a colonial war in alliance with fascist elites to destroy the republican form of government and force “regime change” must fail, as have all previous attempts, and will be defeated by the united resistance and struggle of justice-loving people.
Since 1811, Venezuela has continuously confronted and defeated imperialist interventions. In 1902, when foreign powers bombarded our coasts, President Cipriano Castro declared: “The arrogant foot of a foreigner has desecrated the sacred soil of the homeland.” Today, with the spirit of Bolívar, Miranda, and our liberators, the Venezuelan people have once again risen to defend their independence against imperialist aggression.
The Bolivarian government has mobilized all social and political forces of the country and activated plans to reject this imperialist attack. The Venezuelan people and their Bolivarian National Armed Forces, in full popular–military–police unity, remain deployed to guarantee sovereignty and peace.
In accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, Venezuela reserves the legitimate right to self-defense to protect its people, territory, and independence.
In this exceptional situation, we, the workers of Nepal affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), express our deep sorrow, condemnation, and denunciation of the imperialist atrocities and genocidal actions of the United States. We strongly demand the immediate cessation of this military aggression. We also extend our special wishes for courage, resilience, and determination to the justice-loving and patriotic people and government of Venezuela to carry out strong resistance against this imperialist attack.
Furthermore, we declare our firm commitment to solidarity, including all possible moral and material support, in the united movement of justice-loving working people and nations around the world, including Venezuela, against U.S. imperialist bullying, intervention, and genocidal terror.
In times of global crisis for nations: As Supreme Commander Hugo Chávez Frías stated, “In the face of any new difficulty, regardless of its magnitude, the role and responsibility of all patriots is unity, struggle, struggle, and victory.”
Inspired by this great guidance, advancing the just struggle of justice-loving working people worldwide against imperialist terror has become today’s primary task.
In conclusion, we stand for peace and justice, not war and destruction.
Therefore:
• We urgently appeal for the immediate cessation of the U.S. military attack on Venezuela and for the protection of humanity’s right to life.
• We call for respect for the independence of sovereign states.
• Release the abducted President Nicolás Maduro with dignity and safety!
• Stop war, aggression, intervention, and genocide in Venezuela!
• Ensure humanity’s freedom and right to live!
• End imperialist bullying!
• Establish the role of the United Nations to end intervention against member states, including Venezuela!
• Long live the anti-imperialist solidarity of justice-loving working people of the world!
• Long live the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)!
Lokraj Bhusal General Secretary, WFTU CC Nepal
Prem Lal Kumar Khanal President, WFTU CC Nepal
Date: 2082-09-21 (4 January 2026) Kathmandu, Nepal