Venezuela Celebrates Christmas with Defiance and Unity

By Alejandra Garcia on December 24, 2025

Venezuela’s UN ambassador Samual Mondcada condemns US aggression against his country.

On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council convened a special session at the request of Venezuela to address the escalating threats by the United States to international peace and security. The meeting included representatives from several Latin American nations -Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua- who condemned the increasing militarization of Caribbean waters by the US. These nations accused Washington of violating international law, including the United Nations Charter, with actions such as the US navy bombing small boats with impunity and pirating Venezuelan oil ships. (more…)

Cuban Migrants: From Exceptionality to Exclusion

By Jesús Arboleya on December 24, 2025

The Donald Trump administration has, for the first time, placed new Cuban immigrants in legal limbo, which could lead to their deportation. This has disrupted the relationship between the privileges granted to Cuban immigrants, unparalleled in US history, and the role played by these migrants in US policy toward Cuba. (more…)

Hunting Immigrants in the US? Nothing New Under the Sun

By Raúl Antonio Capote on December 24, 2025

Mass mobilization for immigrant rights in Washington DC. May 2010, foto: Bill Hackwell.

More than 622,000 undocumented immigrants have been deported since Donald Trump returned to the White House

Since taking office in 2024, the current administration has implemented a series of policies that restrict and persecute immigration. More than 622,000 undocumented immigrants have been swept up and deported from the US since Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20. (more…)

From Spain to the US: A History of Naval Blockades and Venezuelan Resistance

By Raúl Antonio Capote on December 22, 2025

Navy patrol boat from the boardwalk of Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo Venezuela. Photo: EFE/ Henry Chirinos

On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, US President Donald Trump ordered a total blockade of “sanctioned” oil tankers bound for Venezuela. (more…)

Claudia Sheinbaum Reaffirms Mexico’s Support for Cuba

December 23, 2025

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum highlighted the historic relationship between her country and Cuba and emphasized that agreements with the island in the energy sector are carried out within a legal framework. (more…)

From Monroe to Trump, Two Centuries of Imperial Interference

By Carlos Aznárez. On December 23, 2025

image: Al Mayadeen

When the now much-quoted James Monroe uttered that famous phrase “America for Americans” in 1823, he could not have imagined that this sincere statement would run through the entire subsequent history of US foreign policy, much less that 200 years later one of his compatriots—as arrogant and ambitious as he was—would raise the stakes. (more…)

As PDVSA Hits Oil Production Target, US Seizes 2nd Venezuelan Tanker

December 21, 2025 from Caracas

Screen grab from a video of the US Coast Guard boarding an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, constituting a new US imperialist aggression

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported Saturday that Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year. Simultaneously, Washington announced the hijacking of a second Venezuelan oil tanker carrying the South American country’s crude this month, raising international and regional tensions about a disruption in oil supplies and potential military escalation. (more…)

Venezuela: From Blockade to Economic Recovery. A Decade under Sanctions

By William Castillo Bolé on December 21, 2025

The sin we have committed in Venezuela is to dare, for the first time in a hundred years, to confront the gross privileges of a senseless and insensitive oligarchy… Hugo Chávez, January 2003 (more…)

« Previous Entries Next Entries »