By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on January 20, 2026, from Havana
The State of the Union address, which takes place every year in the plenary session of the US House of Representatives, is a political exercise that has been used for decades to present the executive branch’s main proposals and concerns to the legislative branch. As political polarization has increased in that country, the staging has evolved into an exhibitionist platform, where, in addition to slogans, personalities are projected who appear the next day in the headlines of the main (mis)information media. (more…)
January 17, 2026, Buenos Aires
for 40 years the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo have gathered to demand justice for their missing children. foto: Bill Hackwell
As they have done for more than forty years, repeating the ritual every Thursday, the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo once again gathered at the Pyramid in the Plaza to demand justice for their missing relatives and children. On this occasion, marking the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Tupac Amaru leader Milagro Sala, the usual demand for justice for the 30,000 was joined by the demand for the release of the Jujuy leader. “What they are doing to this woman is an outrage and a disgrace,” said Carmen Arias, president of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association. (more…)
By Mark Ginsburg on January 16, 2026
The opening of the 65th anniversary of ICAP. fotos: Bill Hackwell
Between December 21 and January 3, I traveled to Cuba to participate in events organized to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples. I stayed at ICAP’s “Julio Antonio Mella International Camp” in the province of Artemisa along with approximately 120 Cuba solidarity activists from 24 countries (including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Catalan Countries, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Luxembourg, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Russia, Sweden, the United States, and Venezuela.) (more…)
By Cira Pascual Marquina on January 18, 2026 from Caracas
There are moments when geopolitics stops being an abstraction and becomes something you feel in your body. In Caracas, January 3 was one of those moments. The low, grinding sound of warplanes overhead, the shockwaves from explosions rippling through apartment blocks, the brief, suspended silence that follows—it all collapses the distance between imperialist violence and everyday life. (more…)
By Marc Vandepitte on January 12, 2026
Is Nicolás Maduro a ruthless dictator or the guardian of a besieged castle? In a country torn apart by sanctions and “electoral warfare,” the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe.
Nicolás Maduro Moros (1962) comes from a working-class family and was shaped by the trade union movement. He worked as a bus driver in the metro system of the capital Caracas and became a trade union activist. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on January 13, 2026
graphic: Adán Iglesias Toledo.
The European Union is experiencing its most unfavorable economic and political period since its founding in 1993 because it has obeyed all the guidelines imposed on it by the United States and has had to renounce its former ambitions of world hegemony. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on January 15, 2026
I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note about the US war on Venezuela. The senator’s reply, with my translations of his Washington-speak (in italics) provided in brackets, is as follows: (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on January 14, 2026 from Havana
Caracas, foto Bill Hackwell
January 3, 2026, will remain etched in the memory of Venezuelans, Cubans, and many Latin Americans/Caribbeans for various reasons. There are those who were directly impacted by the US attack on Caracas, those who had family members or acquaintances residing in Venezuela, those who had visited the country at some point, and those who had never been there but respect the tranquility and civil peace that all human beings should enjoy. (more…)