A Puerto Rican nationalist organization has condemned United States threats and policies against Venezuela, expressing solidarity with the Venezuelan people and denouncing Washington’s intensified political, economic and military pressure on the country.
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In a statement released on Thursday, the Movimiento Ñin Negrón of Puerto Rico denounced what it described as “the crude actions of the empire and crimes against humanity” carried out by Washington against Caracas, actions it said are “perpetrated in the name of national security and the protection of the lives of US citizens.”
“Venezuela and Puerto Rico share the same soul,” the organization stated.
The group also condemned the escalation of US economic and military aggression against Venezuela under Washington’s interventionist foreign policy, pointing to what it described as the renewed application by US President Donald Trump of the Monroe Doctrine. According to the statement, hostile US actions and what it called Washington’s “lies” serve as pretexts “to disguise actions aimed at imposing a subservient regime” on Venezuela, with the objective of extracting and controlling “Venezuela’s vast wealth.”
Peace groups in Puerto Rico are opposing Trump’s deployment of F35 warplanes to the island ready for an attack on Venezuela.
Puerto Rico’s 127-years as a US colony is a foretaste of the disaster awaiting Venezuela if Trump imposes a compliant regime. See: https://t.co/n6QF2t5YNU pic.twitter.com/3Sm4fsh1uc
— Steve Howell (@FromSteveHowell) December 21, 2025
The statement further referenced comments by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who has emphasized the defense of his country’s sovereignty, trade and natural resources in response to what were described as Washington’s war-driven actions.
“Inspired by the revolutionary vision raised as a project of vindication by Commander Hugo Chávez Frías, the people are organizing and preparing to defend, inch by inch, the geographical and ideological borders of the Bolivarian project,” the Movimiento Ñin Negrón said.
The organization added that the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean understand the need to stand alongside Venezuela, organizing and committing activists to denounce violence directed at the country. “We join in denouncing the United States and its vicious agenda of terror against Venezuela,” the statement said, adding, “with Venezuelan men and women we will cast our lot and walk together.”
US military aircraft are seen operating in Puerto Rico, as tensions with Venezuela increase. pic.twitter.com/ueCvrxVaQd
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) December 19, 2025
The statement follows an announcement by President Trump earlier this week that he had ordered “a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.” Since September, the United States has carried out dozens of operations in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific under what it describes as its anti-drug campaign, operations that have left many victims and resulted in at least 95 deaths.
Venezuelan authorities have repeatedly stated that Washington’s objective is regime change and the appropriation of the country’s strategic resources, including oil, gas and gold.
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