Journalists for Global Justice condemn US aggression on VenezuelaNewsThe 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. 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.

Source: Sunday Times January 07, 2026 06:05 UTC