By Vijay Prashad on December 13, 2025
Marines carrying out exercises on USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean Sea. Photo: SOUTHCOM
Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the “natural” zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on December 13, 2025
Nicolas Maduro
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Within the narrow spectrum of establishment punditry, “dictator” functions as a term of opprobrium reserved for governments Washington designates as enemies. By this measure, Maduro is cast as the dictator, while Zelenskyy is sanctified as democratic. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti 0n December 12, 2025
Reports from institutions responsible for analyzing this global phenomenon show that the United States’ aggressive maneuvers in the Caribbean were not aimed at drug trafficking: Reports from the UN, the DEA, the European Union, and the World Customs Organization over several years reveal that Venezuela is an “irrelevant” country in terms of drug production and trafficking. So much so that Venezuela has seized 70% of what has been attempted to pass through Venezuelan territory, which does not exceed 6% of the total traffic between Ecuador, Colombia, and the United States. (more…)
By Rick Sterling on December 10, 2025
600,000 rally in Mexico City in support of Claudia Sheinbaum and the Morena program.
On Saturday, December 6 an estimated 600 thousand persons packed the huge “Zocalo” plaza in Mexico City to celebrate the seventh anniversary of Mexico’s “Transformation.” President Claudia Sheinbaum, after one year in power, gave a powerful speech outlining the progress Mexico is making as well as specific goals, plans and promises for the remainder of her five years in office. (more…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)