By Atilio A. Boron on April 8, 2026
foto: AFP
As I put the finishing touches on these lines, we can now say with certainty that the threats made by the most sinister and powerful head of state of our time, Donald Trump, have been postponed for a period of fifteen days. The world breathes a sigh of relief upon learning that the order to wipe out one of history’s most brilliant civilizations, the Persian one—which Trump claimed would be returned to “the Stone Age”—has been postponed for two weeks. We will see how that stands. It is difficult to find in history a head of state who has expressed such a categorical destructive intent against a country that, according to UNESCO, has 29 sites inscribed on the World Heritage List—the result of a three-millennia-old history captured in beautiful architectural works, Persian gardens, and numerous archaeological sites. But nothing surprises us about Trump, who has made crude insults, verbal aggression, and racist contempt for his opponents the hallmark of his politics. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on April 6, 2026 from Caracas
aspiring young astronauts
In recent weeks, the United States has celebrated one of the most ambitious milestones in its space program in decades: the launching of the Artemis II mission, marking the return of crewed flights beyond Earth’s orbit. The project, led by NASA, aims to lay the foundations for a sustained human presence on the Moon and eventually open the door to missions to Mars. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 6, 2026
image: Adán Iglesias Toledo.
The illegal, devastating, and bloody U.S.-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic of Iran has also brought serious consequences upon the aggressors because they did not foresee that they would face powerful resistance very different from their previous aggressions in the Middle East against countries such as Libya, Syria, or Iraq. (more…)
By Party for Socialism and Liberation on April 1, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
Donald Trump used his address to the nation tonight to issue what can be described as nothing other than a genocidal threat: “We’re going to hit [Iran] extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong”. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 20, 2026
Che in Gaza in 1959
Ernesto Che Guevara traveled from Cuba to the Gaza Strip in 1959. A photograph immortalizes that unprecedented moment. He wore the olive drab uniform, the same from the struggles in the Sierra Maestra, which led to the victory of the Barbudos rebels in January of that year. At his side stood Palestinian leaders; in the background, a land marked by resistance and dignity. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti, from Caracas on March 14, 2026
Ali Chegini, Iranian ambassador to Venezuela
In Plaza Bolívar, photos of the girls killed in Iran by U.S. drones are arranged in a circle beneath the monument to the Liberator. On stage, speeches by activists and artists alternate. At the tables of the Cuba-Venezuela Association, medicines are being collected to send to Havana. Women and men hold flags of Iran, Palestine, Cuba, Nicaragua, and other countries and movements, including those from the United States, represented by the international delegation of the People’s Congress, which has just arrived from Cuba at the initiative of the Brazilian Landless Movement. Everyone watches, moved, as the Comunicalle theater group performs “La Matria Palestina,” battered, wounded, but not subdued. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 13, 2026 from Caracas
The global political landscape is marked by intense debate over the intentions and methods of U.S. foreign policy, especially in the face of rising aggression with nations like Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. Pawel Wargan, Political Coordinator of the Progressive International, offers a critical analysis of what he characterizes as a coherent and rational U.S. strategy aimed at undermining sovereign nations one at a time. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on March 12, 2026
illustration : Collectivo
In recent years, the Latin American far right has launched a crusade against the rights of women and sex-gender dissidents, hoping to crush some of the region’s most active opposition to neoliberalism. (more…)