VENEZUELA: THE EMPIRE STRIKES AGAIN

In a fiery intervention, veteran anti-imperialist Ajamu Baraka dismantles Western hypocrisy over Venezuela’s future, warning that Washington’s renewed aggression is part of a broader colonial containment strategy across the Americas. His remarks come as the United States launched an attack on January 3, 2026, killing over 100 Cubans and Venezuelans and kidnapping Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cira Flores. Analysts say these attacks mark a dangerous escalation, turning the Caribbean into a frontline for US militarism.

Framing Venezuela as “key to the liberation of all the Americas,” Baraka links its struggle to the fates of Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua, insisting that the destruction of Caracas’s sovereignty is central to Washington’s regional domination. His message is uncompromising. There is no such thing as a “benevolent settler colonial project” in the United States. Liberation requires rejecting the false moralism of empire and defending Venezuela’s right to define its own path.

Baraka highlights the absurdity of celebrating figures like María Corina Machado, who was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize despite openly backing US-led regime change, resulting in the recent violation. He argues that Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves, has been systematically undermined because its independence threatens global power hierarchies built on extraction and control.

This soundbite is not just about Venezuela. It is a reminder that decolonisation in the Americas remains an unfinished project, and that every drone strike, every sanction and every “peace prize” conceals the same imperial hand.