Earlier this year (February 2023), in similar joint statement, 30 Communist Parties condemned the anti-communist machinations of the social democratic Venezuelan government.
The full statement reads:
In the recent past, we have published several articles concerning the attempt of the United Socialist Party (PSUV) to undermine the activity of PSUV: What's going on in Venezuela? PSUV plan to assault the Communist Party exposed , Communist and Workers Parties condemn the anti-communist practices of the Venezuelan government , Joint statement for the respect of the political rights of the Communist Party of Venezuela , PSUV government's offensive against the Communist Party of Venezuela continues, etc.
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| Right: PSUV VP Diosdado Cabello (up) & PSUV MP Jesus Faria |
Caracas, 03-11-2023 (TP Newsroom) - A recently leaked audio revealed that the plan of the leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Psuv) to take the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) by assault continues.
It is about a phone call in which Deputy Jesús Faría Tortosa, member of the National Directorate of the Psuv, assures that the so-called "assemblies" organized by the Government of Nicolás Maduro to intervene the PCV continue in some states of the country.
WE CONDEMN THE PLAN TO ASSAULT AND INTERVENE IN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VENEZUELA (PCV)
In the last few days, a plan of open intervention against the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) has been set in motion, organized by the ruling social-democratic United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). On 4 February, small groups with shirts and flags bearing the emblems of the CP of Venezuela appeared in a staged manner at rallies of the ruling PSUV, declaring their support for the government’s anti-popular policy and condemning the leadership of the CP of Venezuela for opposing it.
The statements coincided with a new national day of protest by the education workers, who had planned to gather outside the Ministry of Education but had to concentrate in the surroundings of the Central University of Venezuela after the National Government ordered a last minute partisan act to avoid the protest.
On January 10, 2022, José Urbina, a militant of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) was shot to death inside his home in Puerto Páez, Apure.
Urbina was a prominent popular communicator; director of the radio station Frontera 92.5 FM. His case shocked public opinion and today, one year later, impunity and institutional silence have prevailed.
"The Communist Party did not vote in favor of these two instruments that were approved by the fraction that expresses the policy of the so-called "revolutionary bourgeoisie" and of the Venezuelan Government, in agreement with the collaborationist opposition", informed Figuera.
This Thursday, November 3, the highest leadership body of the Venezuelan communists will meet. Figuera extended the invitation to the workers and popular movement to participate in the Act of Public Installation to be held at 3:00 pm in the facilities of the Cantaclaro Theater.
"It is a hypocritical dialogue that prevents the participation of trade union centers opposed to the anti-worker policies of the Government", affirmed Elena Linarez, member of the Political Bureau of the PCV during a press conference held this Monday.
For the respect of the political rights of the PCV
The organizations and people who subscribe this statement see with great concern the expressions of Diosdado Cabello, First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), broadcast through his program on VTV, "Con el mazo dando". In them, the leadership of the Communist Party of Venezuela and its Secretary General, Óscar Figuera, are accused of being a “representative of the United States”, among other serious accusations of a similar nature.
This week, Vice President of the PSUV Diosdado Cabello once again lashed out against the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), but this time he went a little further, irresponsibly accusing our Party of receiving financing from one of the former PSUV ministers.
The statements made by this high-ranking governing party leader seek to link the PCV with alleged acts of corruption committed by a former minister of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro’s administrations. They come as part of the plan aimed at forging a false flag that will serve to nationally and internationally justify the intervention and illegalization of the PCV, as well as the violation of the parliamentary immunity of our Deputy and Secretary General Oscar Figuera.
The full statement reads:
On July 21, the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) was the object of a new aggression that demonstrates the Nicolas Maduro government's repressive escalation against the struggles of the workers' and popular movement that confronts the neo-liberal adjustment and government policies that destroy workers' wages.
Hands off the communists of Venezuela!
Solidarity with the Communist Party of Venezuela and the labour–popular movement of Venezuela
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| Oscar Figuera, PCV General Secretary. |
Within Venezuelan politics, there are many challenges to be faced by the parties, especially those of the left which are critical of the current system of government.
Among these parties is the Communist Party with its critical voice and which currently faces the contradictions of a country that can be read from various realities.