By Vijay Prashad on November 27, 2025
USS Gerald Ford. the world’s largest aircraft carrier
US President Donald Trump has authorised the USS Gerald R. Ford to enter the Caribbean. It now floats north of Puerto Rico, joining the USS Iwo Jima and other US navy assets to threaten Venezuela with an attack. Tensions are high in the Caribbean, with various theories floating about regarding the possibility of what seems to be an inevitable assault by the US and regarding the social catastrophe that such an attack will occasion. CARICOM, the regional body of the Caribbean countries, released a statement affirming its view that the region must be a “zone of peace” and that disputes must be resolved peacefully. Ten former heads of government from Caribbean states published a letter demanding that “our region must never become a pawn in the rivalries of others”. (more…)
By John Perry and Roger D. Harris on November 26, 2025
It’s increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela. This is the objective – on a longer timescale in some cases – across several of the countries in the Caribbean Basin, aiming to cleanse the region of governments deemed undesirable to Washington. (more…)
November 26, 2025
President Nicolas Maduro
On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro expressed his gratitude for the gestures of support from various world leaders in the face of multifaceted aggression from the United States and assured that the country will overcome all obstacles. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on November 23, 2025
Throughout its history, the United States has a long list of false flags to attack or invade countries that are not aligned with it or to take over their wealth. (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet on November 25, 2025
Few men have known the glory of entering legend and history while still alive. Fidel is one of them
In the global pantheon dedicated to those who fought most hard for social justice and showed the greatest solidarity with the oppressed of the Earth, Fidel Castro—whether his detractors like it or not—has a place of honor reserved for him. (more…)
By Isaac Saney on November 25, 2025
Amid one of the most severe economic moments since the triumph of the Revolution—and under the weight of a suffocating, ever-expanding U.S. imperial siege—Cuba is attempting something that remains almost unthinkable in the so-called advanced capitalist democracies: it is involving its citizenry directly, consciously, and systematically in charting the country’s economic future. While the wealthy western nations increasingly marginalize their own working populations, Cuba insists that the resolution of the crisis must be a collective, participatory, and profoundly democratic undertaking. (more…)
By Cira Pascual Marquina on November 23, 2025
A Conversation with political theorist Atilio Borón provides a comprehensive analysis of Washington’s new military activity in the Caribbean and how to resist it.
With US warships stationed off Venezuela’s coast and a new regional right-wing bloc forming under Washington’s tutelage, the Western hemisphere is entering a volatile phase. Yet today’s confrontation unfolds in a world very different from the one that allowed the US to dictate regional politics with little resistance in the past. China’s rise, the return of progressive governments in key countries, and projects like the Bolivarian Revolution challenged US power. In this changing landscape, few analysts have been as persistent or as lucid as Argentine Marxist thinker Atilio Borón. (more…)
Statement from the Observatory of the Progressive International on November 24, 2025
As Honduras approaches its November 30 general election, troubling signs have emerged of a coordinated effort to distort, delegitimize, and ultimately interfere in the country’s sovereign democratic process. (more…)