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Colombia’s Historic Pact Unifies the Left into a Single Party

December 7, 2025

President Gustavo Petro

The CNE accepted the merger of the left-wing parties Unión Patriótica, Polo Democrático Alternativo, Comunista and Progresistas, leaving only Colombia Humana out. (more…)

‘Venezuela, the Threat of a Good Example’

By Cira Pascual Marquina on December 9, 2025

As Washington intensifies its hybrid war against Venezuela—combining sanctions, lawfare, psychological operations, and military threats—the South American country once again finds itself in the headlines. To understand this moment, Cira Pascual Marquina spoke with Geraldina Colotti, an Italian journalist, revolutionary militant, and former political prisoner who has engaged with Venezuela for decades. Colotti argues that the current offensive against the Caribbean nation is part of a broader imperial strategy to reassert US hegemony amid a terminal crisis of global capitalism. Drawing parallels with Iraq, Libya, Palestine, and Vietnam, she explains how the Bolivarian Revolution represents the “threat of a good example” and why, despite suffocating sanctions and relentless destabilization, Venezuela continues to be a living paradigm of popular resistance. (more…)

A Radar to Intimidate the Caribbean

By Francisco Arias Fernández on December 8, 2025

The protection of the US radar in Trinidad and Tobago could serve as an argument for the opening of military bases in that territory. Foto: EFE

The tranquility and tourist atmosphere of Trinidad and Tobago are going through a nightmare, following recent local collaboration with Washington’s military forces. (more…)

Trump’s Interference Invalidates the Presidential Election in Honduras

By John Perry on December 8, 2025

foto: Orlando Sierra

An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras. Trump has succeeded in closing the door to progressive government and in all likelihood his preferred neoliberal candidate – previously trailing in many opinion polls – will be declared president when the count eventually finishes. (more…)

Ongoing Support for the Venezuelan People

By Jorge Cruz on December 7, 2025 from Havana

Dec. 6 solidarity demos world wide for Venezuela. photo: Bill Hackwell

Demonstrations were held world wide yesterday against the war mongering of the Trump administration against Venezuela. In the US over 60 rallies and events took place.  (more…)

The President Who Laughs at Democracy

By Atilio Borón. On December 5, 2025 from Buenos Aires

Argentinean President Javier Milei kissing up to Trump. foto: Buenos Aires Times

In another gesture that confirms him as the empire’s biggest bootlicker, Javier Milei’s government demanded that the International Criminal Court in The Hague immediately issue an arrest warrant for Nicolás Maduro and other senior officials of the Bolivarian government. (more…)

 US State Department Travel Warning on Venezuela: What Washington Fears Most

By Roger D. Harris on December 7, 2025

The author speaking at a protest against US threats of war against Venezuela in San Francisco, one of over 60 that took place around the US yesterday. foto: Bill Hackwell

Following his earlier threat that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days are numbered, US President Donald Trump announced on social media he was closing Venezuelan airspace. He then immodestly proclaimed the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, commending his nineteenth century predecessor for presciently envisioning “a superpower unlike anything the world had ever known.” (more…)

Kristi Noem Lies: Stop the Deportation of 340,000 Haitians with Temporary Protected Status

By Charlie Hinton on December 6, 2025

foto: Bill Hackwell

Per The Guardian 11/26/25, “The Trump administration has once again moved to halt humanitarian protections for Haitians living in the US, this time announcing that their temporary protected status (TPS) will expire on  February 3. (more…)

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