October 21, 2025 from Caracas
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, left, with Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, Miraflores Palace, Caracas, in October 2022. Photo: Rayner Pena
President Nicolás Maduro said Monday that he will always close ranks with Colombia, whose president, Gustavo Petro, was accused—without evidence—Sunday by his US counterpart, Donald Trump, of being a “leader of illegal drug trafficking.” (more…)
By Francisco Delgado Rodríguez on October 22, 2025
The well-known thinker of the Prussian era, Carl von Clausewitz, left posterity with an iconic concept about war, stating that it was nothing more than a continuation of politics by other means. In other words, fractured domestic politics hinders and seriously jeopardizes even the most elaborate war plans. (more…)
By Manolo de los Santos on October 20, 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with the former commander of SOUTHCOM Alvin Holsey. Photo: Secretary of State / X
Over the last several weeks, Washington has escalated threats and hostilities against Venezuela, and US President Donald Trump openly confirmed that he authorized the CIA to carry out covert action against the country. These actions are concerning and represent a serious intensification of the war drive against the Caribbean country, and they also confirm what many have been saying for years, the US is heavily invested in what happens in Venezuela and is not afraid to use all tools at its disposal to impose its interests. (more…)
By Jessica Washington on October 19 2025
Federal agents use tear gas on protesters in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2025. foto: Washington Post
Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while the Trump administration spends millions to militarize American cities.
Maria Heavener had opened the windows of her first-grade classroom to let in the unusually warm October breeze when the sound of helicopters, sirens, and a flood of notifications compelled her to slam them shut. During a raid on a nearby grocery store, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had hurled tear gas canisters into a parking lot across the street from Chicago’s Funston Elementary School, spreading a thick, choking smog toward the building while class was in session. (more…)
By Maria Páez Victor on October 20, 2025
US SEALs train at Joint Expeditionary Base Photo: William S. Parker/US Navy/file photo.
Funny thing about war: it is relatively easy to start. An insult here. A lie there. A “false flag” as a casus belli there, and shots, bombs, missiles ensue…and destruction and deaths follow until there is some sort of “victory”. However, when the odds are stacked against a much smaller opponent that is facing an overwhelmingly larger foe, then “victory” will not appear straightforward, or even clear. It will be messy. (more…)
By Gloria Guillo on October 19, 2025
In Nicaragua, where children often need to be treated for parasite infections, a treatment with albendazole costs around 10¢. In the US, parasitic infections are increasing it costs $380.
In The Graduate (1967), a family friend corners young Benjamin Braddock with one word of advice for his future: “Plastics.” It was a nod to a booming, transformative industry—lucrative, ubiquitous, and shaping modern life. Today, a new contender emerges in the pharmaceutical realm: anti-parasitical drugs like albendazole. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on October 16, 2025
Venezuelans, Dr. José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Elena Rendiles will be canonized by Pope Leo XIV on October 19.
In three days Venezuela will experience a significant moment in its religious and cultural history: the canonization of its first two saints, Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez and Mother Carmen Elena Rendiles. The solemn ceremony will take place at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, presided over by Pope Leo XIV, marking a recognition in the spiritual life of the nation by elevating these two revered Venezuelans to the universal altar of the Catholic Church, all the while the Venezuelan people are being menaced by an armada of US warships off their shores and B-52 bombers flying overhead. (more…)
By Becca Renk on October 16, 2025
photo: Bill Hackwell
Portland, Oregon was my sanctuary as a teenager. I was a weird kid, a label I mostly embraced. But being different in my hometown rural north Idaho was exhausting. When I needed to recharge myself, I would drive the nine hours to Portland to bask in the city that accepted me just as I was. Maybe that is the Trump administration’s problem with Portland today: it is literally a sanctuary city. (more…)