By Vardan Bleyan on February 7, 2026
Milei Trump Javier Milei and Donald Trump, foto: Fabrice Coffrini, AFP
Argentina and the United States have signed a trade agreement in which our country assumes 113 obligations, while only 8 are mutual duties and 2 are solely for the US. The official document, which was published in English by the US embassy itself, does not include the benefits promised by the Argentine Foreign Ministry. (more…)
By Isaac Saney on February 7, 2026
“I am Fidel” Plaza of the Revolution, foto: Bill Hackwell
The survival of Cuba’s socialist project remains one of the most critical holdouts against hemispheric domination, making its defense a global litmus test for sovereignty. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on February 6, 2026 from Havana
The approach of the midterm elections in the United States (the entire House of Representatives, one-third of the Senate, and a similar number of governorships), scheduled for November 3 of this year, invites researchers, journalists, and the general public to make predictions about the likely results. Historically, these elections have been considered a kind of barometer for the party in power, which in most cases in recent periods has lost more seats than it has gained. (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet on February 5, 2026
President Maduro in an interview with Ramonet. Photo: Venezuelan Presidential Press
It was a month ago. On the night of January 2-3, 2026. It was a few minutes before two in the morning on that sinister Saturday… We were shocked by the brutality of the attack in the full light of the full moon. The violence of the successive explosions. The columns of dark smoke. The intensity of the flames lighting up here and there a Caracas that was shocked, sleepless, and silent. And then, like a punch in the gut, the news of the kidnapping… (more…)
By John Perry on February 4, 2026
The International Monetary Fund’s new assessment of Nicaragua’s economy labels it as “strong” no fewer than 56 times. But it also shows how key factors in the country’s growing prosperity – export earnings, trade relations and remittances (money sent by Nicaraguans living abroad) are vulnerable to US attacks. The IMF points out that US sanctions – more appropriately known as unilateral coercive measures – have severely restricted the help the country gets from multilateral bodies like the World Bank. (more…)
foto: Bill Hackwell
By Geraldina Colotti on February 4, 2026
Donald Trump’s recent decree against Cuba, which defines the island as an “unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy,” is not extemporaneous insanity or a simple electoral calculation. It is the reaffirmation of an imperial genetic code that knows no party alternation. Using the same legal formula adopted by Barack Obama in 2015 against Bolivarian Venezuela, Washington confirms that its strategy of aggression does not depend on the tenant of the White House, but on the permanent interests of the so-called Deep State. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 4, 2026, from Caracas
El Aliva, foto: Alejandra Garcia.
One month after the early hours of January 3, eyes return to El Avila, Venezuela. From its hillsides, the Caracas valley opens up in full: in the distance, the strip of the Caribbean Sea; closer in, the sprawling city; and between them, the mountain as a line of separation and shelter. The park, declared in 1958 and officially called Waraira Repano in its indigenous language, “Sierra Grande” -Large Mountain Range- functions as a green lung and a natural border between the capital and the coast. (more…)
By Jen Moore and Karen Spring on Feb. 1, 2026
Honduran president-elect Nasry “Tito” Asfura meets with U.S. Sec. of State Marco Rubio, Getty