[Statement] Solidarity with Venezuela and Cuba!
After attacking Venezuela, one of Cuba’s closest allies, and kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro and the First Lady Cilia Flores, US President Donald Trump has now set his sights on Cuba. On Jan. 29, 2026, Trump announced that he would impose trade tariffs on any country exporting oil to Cuba, exacerbating an economy hurt by the crippling weight of 60+ years of US blockade. The Trump administration accused Cuba of being an “unusual and extraordinary threat” against the United States. Indeed, this “threat” is unusual and extraordinary in its absurdity: Cuba has neither harmed, attempted to, or threatened to harm US people or its government. On the contrary, Cuba has sought to normalize relations with the United States for decades, an offer which the US has rejected again and again. For the US, Cuba’s greatest sin is its unwillingness to be subjugated. Ultimately, Trump’s hyperimperialism against Venezuela and Cuba is consolidating dominance in the Western Hemisphere to then set its sights upon Asia.
We renounce these vicious and cowardly attacks by the United States against the heroic people of Venezuela and Cuba that are fighting for their self-determination and to chart an alternative path. We live in a time of great change. As the old order decays, its hegemon sheds off all pretenses and reveals its willingness to exploit, bully, and harm friends, foes, and anyone to continue dominating and exploiting the world.
Now is the time to stand firmly with Venezuelans, Cubans, and all those opposing US hyperimperialism. We cannot lament our losses on the sidelines. We must rage against the US war machine to prevent temporary retreats from becoming permanent defeats. If US imperialism wins, we not only lose national sovereignty, self-determination, and democracy, we also endanger humanity and posterity.
The only unusual and extraordinary threat to humanity is the United States and its willingness to burn down the planet and risk nuclear holocaust to continue dominating the world.
Free Maduro! Free Flores! Hands off Venezuela! Hands off Cuba!
February 3rd, 2026
International Strategy Center
Seoul, South Korea