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…)
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…)
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 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…)
January 15, 2026
foto: Yaimi Ravelo
On the tarmac at José Martí International Airport, silence marked the first posthumous tribute to the 32 Cubans who fell performing their duties during the attack perpetrated by the United States against Venezuela. (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…)