“The U.S. attack on Venezuela is the most serious imperialist action we have ever experienced. Does anyone think Trump is concerned about democracy? He wants oil. And more than that: he uses Venezuela as a precedent for a new Monroe Doctrine that threatens all of Latin America. Not even during the Cold War was there a direct U.S. military action on our continent, especially involving the kidnapping of a head of state. This is a moment for Latin American unity in full support of the Venezuelan people and in rejection of the criminal government of Donald Trump!”