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Cuba Receives First Supply of Aspirin as a Result of Cooperation with China

By Irais Maria García Portelles on January 22, 2026

Anyone who visits Cuba these days knows how many things, that we take for granted, are scarce or non existent on the blockaded island. This is an innovative and encouraging project combining Cuba’s medical scientific research with China’s economic development; a mutual beneficial agreement that means the entire Cuban population will be able to have access to aspirin for all of 2026 – edit (more…)

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez Leads Cabinet Meeting to Drive Economic Development in Venezuela

January 22, 2026

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez presiding over Cabinet Council No. 758 at Miraflores Palace. Photo: Venezuela’s Presidential Press.

At the second Cabinet Council of 2026, Venezuela’s government reaffirmed its push to move forward with two new sovereign oil funds aimed at supporting social programs, infrastructure, and public services. (more…)

Argentina: After Trump’s Bailout, Milei Issues Emergency Decree to Ramp Up Surveillance

By Sam Carliner on January 21, 2026

Argentine President Javier Milei closed out 2025 by quietly issuing a decree that centralizes the country’s vast intelligence apparatus and gives its intelligence agencies authority to apprehend individuals without prior judicial order.

Decree 941—issued on December 31, during legislative recess—reorganizes all intelligence agencies, including military intelligence, under the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE), which will report directly to the General Secretariat of the Presidency. The current General Secretariat of the Presidency is the president’s sister, Karina Milei. (more…)

Why Nicaragua is not Washington’s Next War – Yet

By John Perry and Roger D. Harris on January 21, 2026

Jan. 16, Nicaraguan co-president Daniel Ortega denounces the “terrorist behavior” of the US in appropriating the resources of others, such as Venezuela’s oil.

Since the US invasion of Venezuela on January 3rd and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua’s opposition figures – who enthusiastically identified with their confederates in Venezuela – have hoped that regime-change efforts in Caracas would encourage Washington to destroy Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. (more…)

42 Years of Struggle: How the MST Became a National Project for Social Transformation

By Alejandra Garcia on January 20, 2026

MST conference in Salvador Bahia

Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) is celebrating more than four decades of struggle for Popular Agrarian Reform, consolidating itself as one of the largest and most influential social movements in the world. With nearly two million members and a trajectory marked by resistance, the MST reaches its 42nd anniversary reaffirming its historic project of social justice, popular sovereignty, and structural transformation of the Brazilian countryside. (more…)

 Cuban Foreign Ministry Responds to Statements by Chilean President

January 20, 2026

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez responded today from this capital to Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who made statements against the island and the historic leadership of the Revolution. (more…)

Venezuela Declares Cuban Fighters Killed in US Attack ‘National Heroes’

January 20, 2026

Mortal remains of the Cuban combatants, Jan. 2026. X/ @EmbRusCuba

They demonstrated moral superiority and courage in defending the sovereignty of the Bolivarian nation. (more…)

Trump Received Nobel Peace Prize from Maria Corina Machado. But Who is She?

By Nuvpreet Kalra on January 20, 2026

Trump grins, like a kid with his new toy, with the Nobel Peace Prize given to him by Maria Corina Machado, 2025 winner , 16 Jan 2026.

Maria Corina Machado said it was a “historic day for us Venezuelans” as she handed President Trump her Nobel Peace Prize. For the pro-Israel, far-right opposition figure in Venezuela, being welcomed to the White House may have been an historic day. But for those of us interested in peace and justice, the only history the United States is making by keeping the sitting President of Venezuela locked up in New York is of colonialist bullying and imperialist violence. (more…)

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