Venezuela strongly condemned the statements made by the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, supporting the US aggression against Venezuela and the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, which constitute an inadmissible interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and demonstrate a profound ignorance of the country’s political, institutional, and social reality.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil made public the condemnation through an official statement published on Saturday, January 3, in which he noted that the Venezuelan people fully exercise their sovereignty, have their constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro Moros, their legitimate institutions, their natural resources, and a government that emanates from the popular will and the constitutional order.
Below is an unofficial translation of the full statement:
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects in the strongest possible terms the insolent statements issued by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, which constitute an inadmissible interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and demonstrate a profound ignorance of the country’s political, institutional, and social reality.
The Venezuelan people fully exercise their sovereignty, have their constitutional President, Nicolás Maduro Moros, their legitimate institutions, their natural resources, and a government that emanates from the popular will and the constitutional order.
In light of the gravity of these statements and in strict adherence to international law, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will take the diplomatic actions it deems appropriate as part of its evaluation of relations with the French Republic.
Venezuela’s response is due to the fact that this Saturday French President Emmanuel Macron celebrated the fall of “Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship,” who was abducted by the US through a military operation, and wants Edmundo González Urrutia, whom he considers the “elected” president since the 2024 elections, to lead a transition.
Caracas, January 3, 2026
ALBA-TCP repudiates US aggression against Venezuela
The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) condemned the grave military aggression perpetrated by the US regime against Venezuela, condemning before the international community the air strikes carried out in the early hours of January 3 against civilian and military targets and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
In a statement issued on Saturday, January 3, ALBA-TCP noted,”This is a criminal act of war, in direct violation of the United Nations Charter, threatening the peace, sovereignty, and stability of all of Latin America and the Caribbean. This aggression has a clear objective: the looting of Venezuela’s strategic resources, particularly oil and gold, thru a colonial policy of military intervention and regime change.”
“US imperialism is once again resorting to war to impose its interests, disregarding the self-determination of peoples and the history of resistance of a country that has never surrendered to foreign domination,” it added.
The organization demanded “a firm stance from governments and international bodies, and we call on democratic governments committed to peace to condemn this barbarity without equivocation. We demand the immediate and unconditional cessation of the United States’ military offensive against Venezuela.”
“We call on the peoples of the world to be on permanent mobilization, starting this Saturday, January 3, in every country, in front of the embassies and diplomatic missions of the United States, to denounce this imperialist war,” the statement urged.
(Últimas Noticias) by Carlos Eduardo Sánchez, with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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