By Roger D. Harris and John Perry on January 1, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash and putting new, neoliberal administrations in power. The irony is that the rise in drug use and crime is driven by neoliberalism’s failure to meet social needs. But this has been successfully cloaked. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on December 30, 2025
Carmen Diniz
“From a very young age, I have been captivated by the Revolution and became a staunch defender of the Cuban people, their ideology, and the undefeated Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.” These were the words Carmen Diniz Santos spoke when I asked her when she began her solidarity work with the Island. (more…)
By Carlos Aznares, Resumen Latinoamericano on December 30, 2025
Dear comrades who have received our news services throughout 2025, we want to greet you and wish you that this coming year will be a little better than the one that is ending. Because we continue to believe in the struggle of the people and in the power of solidarity inherent in just causes, we nurture the hope of being able to stop this perverse wave driven by the extreme right and/or fascism. We will continue to oppose patriarchy, racism, and xenophobia with all our strength, but also everything that aims to destroy the achievements that humanity has built over time, at the cost of leaving a huge number of people imprisoned or killed in different battles. (more…)
By Ricardo Vaz on December 30, 2025 from Caracas
Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike purported drug targets inside Venezuelan territory
It is important to note that no open sources, that do not rely on Pentagon reports or the fabrications so embedded in the White House, have reported an attack on the Venezuelan coast. It is also important to remember that US wars are started by lies; from the created Gulf of Tonkin incident in Vietnam to the non existence “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq. -editorial (more…)
December 28, 2025
Ricardo Salgado, the Honduran secretary of Strategic Planning
Ricardo Salgado, the Honduran secretary of Strategic Planning, said that the country suffered a new form of coup d’état following the proclamation of right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura as the president of Honduras by the two CNE councilors who belong to the Honduran bipartisan system: Ana Paola Hall García and Cossette Alejandra López. (more…)
By Isaac Saney on December 26, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago’s new Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s receiving Marco Rubio’s support.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s declaration that Caricom is no longer a reliable partner, coupled with her insistence that her country must now “choose our path”, marks a potentially historic rupture in the long and fragile project of Caribbean unity. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on December 24, 2025
Venezuela’s UN ambassador Samual Mondcada condemns US aggression against his country.
On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council convened a special session at the request of Venezuela to address the escalating threats by the United States to international peace and security. The meeting included representatives from several Latin American nations -Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua- who condemned the increasing militarization of Caribbean waters by the US. These nations accused Washington of violating international law, including the United Nations Charter, with actions such as the US navy bombing small boats with impunity and pirating Venezuelan oil ships. (more…)
By Jesús Arboleya on December 24, 2025
The Donald Trump administration has, for the first time, placed new Cuban immigrants in legal limbo, which could lead to their deportation. This has disrupted the relationship between the privileges granted to Cuban immigrants, unparalleled in US history, and the role played by these migrants in US policy toward Cuba. (more…)