Resisting the Empire Next Door, Protests in Mexico Grow

"Tens of thousands of people in Puebla's anti-imperialist front marched and closed the main highway through the city, which goes to Mexico City, on January 21, 2026.Tamara Pearson An anti-imperialist movement is building in Mexico, where the U.S. invasion of Venezuela has been seen as an act of intimidation for all of Latin America. Protests are swelling in response to this latest blow after decades of political and economic subjugation by its neighbor to the north."

"Over a hundred organizations met in university union offices in Mexico City and collectively condemned the U.S. intervention in Venezuela, calling for anti-imperialist action around the continent, as "Latin American sovereignty is at stake." The Zapatistas also released a statement, supported by around 170 organizations in Mexico, in solidarity with the Venezuelan people and denouncing "big capital's wars of conquest.""

"Here in Puebla, thousands of street vendors, small farmers, university workers, students, solidarity groups, and revolutionary organizations chanted, "We don't want to be a colony." The local anti-imperialist front was created on January 12. "The day the U.S. bombed Venezuela, we mobilized in Puebla ... and we condemned the aggression and denounced that this would be the start of something bigger," Rubé"

A nationwide anti-imperialist movement in Mexico has mobilized large protests in response to the U.S. invasion of Venezuela, framing the attack as intimidation of all Latin America. Major demonstrations occurred on January 3, 10 and 21, drawing pro-Morena groups, students, workers, farmers, Indigenous organizations, unions, environmentalists, feminists, and housing and anti-racist movements. More than a hundred organizations in Mexico City condemned the intervention and called for continental anti-imperialist action. The Zapatistas and roughly 170 organizations voiced solidarity with Venezuela and denounced big capital's wars of conquest. Local fronts, including in Puebla, organized highway closures and large street demonstrations.

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