The legality or legitimacy of Trump's unilateral decision to launch an assault on Caracas in the dead of night is not up for debate. It was, according to many scholars on the matter of international legislation, a gross violation of numerous laws, treaties and principles.
The subsequent abduction of President Nicolas Maduro sets an disturbing precedent. The lack of global condemnation for this egregious act should worry all who value sovereignty and freedom around the world. That a nation can effectively kidnap ideological rivals and those that oppose them under the pretence of criminal charges, and then throw them into the prison system, should be utterly unthinkable.
These actions are undoubtedly a violent assault on democracy and the core tenets of international law - and their condemnation should come without equivocation, as should vocal disgust at the collateral killings of at least 80 Venezuelan citizens, slaughtered in the US bombing of Caracas. Yet the British government, its ministers and allies across the EU have totally failed in their moral duty to defend international law, Venezuelan sovereignty and justice.
Even Trump's almost surreal transparency that the attack on Caracas was only really ever about raiding Venezuela's rich oil reserves and boosting shareholder profits went unmentioned and without condemnation from the likes of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief secretary Darren Jones, who refused to answer questions on the legality of of the assault. This shameful display has been replicated across the British media by other figures in the Labour government.
In his remarks following the assault on Caracas and kidnap of Maduro, Donald Trump claimed that the US would "run" Venezuela until further notice and open up its natural resources to American oil giants. It is unsurprising that shares in US oil have soared in recent days as the global elite prepares to completely devastate Venezuela. Maduro, just like Hugo Chávez before him, stood as a key figure in the liberation of Latin America from US hegemony. His forced removal from office, and the subsequent lack of global condemnation from UK and EU figures, as well as other US allies, even after threats to the sovereignty of other nations such as Colombia, Mexico and Cuba, sets a deeply concerning precedent that demands immediate destruction.
All nations, even those who seek to work with the Trump administration on trade deals and other partnerships, cannot ignore this disturbing turn of events. It will be their ignorance and cowardice that will enable the United States to annex and occupy other sovereign lands, such as Greenland.
Failure to act on Trump's invasion of Venezuela will lay the foundations for mass murder, retribution and instability around the world.
We stand with the Venezuelan people and for the immediate restoration of the nation's sovereignty, as well as the release of President Nicolas Maduro and the First Lady. We call on the British government to align itself unequivocally to international laws and conventions, condemn the United States and its unilateral attack on Venezuela in order to plunder its natural resources, as well as the disgusting threats against Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and other sovereign nations.