The Sri Lanka Journalists for Global Justice (SLJGJ) strongly condemns the United States’ illegitimate and wanton aggression against Venezuela and the kidnapping of its democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026.
The SLJGJ joins the growing condemnation worldwide of what is seen as imperial thuggery that renders a rules-based international order ineffective and undermines international law that upholds the inviolability of state sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The SLJGJ sees the US action as naked imperialism and an abhorrent effort to reinstitute the 19th‑century colonialism that the world resisted and overcame.
We denounce US President Donald Trump’s might‑is‑right policy, which sets a dangerous precedent in international relations, and urge the United States to release Mr. Maduro and his wife unconditionally and without subjecting them to humiliation.
We also assert that Venezuela’s oil and other natural resources belong to the Venezuelan people and insist that neither the US nor any other country has any right to claim ownership over these resources or interfere in the international affairs of Venezuela with the aim of bringing about regime change.
If corrective steps are not taken to restore the status quo ante, history will lump the US together with pariah states such as Nazi Germany and Zionist Israel.
The government today granted permission for an Iranian warship with 208 on board to enter the country.
The United States has told Sri Lanka that the disposition of the Iranian naval vessel IRIS Bushehr and its crew is a matter for Colombo to resolve under its own laws and international obligations, while signalling it is in active talks with Sri Lanka to contain Iran’s threat to US interests.
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