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Russian Minister of the Interior visits Cuba
Photos via Estudios Revolución By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, described the visit of Police General Vladimir Alexandorovich Kolokoltsev, Minister of the Interior of Russia, and the delegation accompanying him as "of enormous significance" because of "the moment in which it is done." "Thank you very much for being in Cuba," th

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Jan 222 min read


Xi Jinping approves new round of aid from the People's Republic of China to Cuba
Photos via Estudios Revolución By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish The President of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, approved a new round of aid to Cuba that includes emergency financial assistance valued at 80 million dollars for the acquisition of electrical equipment and other urgent needs that the country has, as well as a donation of 60,000 tons of rice. The Chinese ambassador to Cuba, Hu

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Jan 212 min read


14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam begins in Hanoi
Image via news video screenshot Various Sources The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) officially opened on January 20, 2026, at the National Convention Center in Hanoi. The congress is the country's most significant political event, held every five years to determine the party's national leadership and strategic direction for the following term. It began with an appeal for unity, discipline, and determination to guide the nation into a new phase o

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Jan 202 min read


Communist Youth of Greece holds mass event in solidarity with the people of Venezuela
Image via the KKE Solidarity is our weapon – The people of Venezuela will win! Following the mobilizations that unfolded from the very first moment of the imperialist intervention in Venezuela, members and friends of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) from universities in Athens gathered on Thursday, January 15, at the Athens University of Economics and Business for an event in solidarity with the people of Venezuela and, more broadly, with the struggles of the peoples worl

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Jan 192 min read


Workers and peasants in India mobilize in National Day of Resistance against neoliberalism
The introduction of four new labor codes and the repeal of the national rural employment guarantee program by the ultra-right-wing government is widely opposed, as it may further increase the economic misery of India’s majority working population. Indian workers mobilize on January 16 -- image via CITU on Facebook By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Central Trade Unions (CTUs) in India jointly organized the National Day of Resistance on Friday,

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Jan 184 min read


International Academic Statement Against US Bombing of Venezuela and Kidnapping of President Maduro
More than 420 researchers and scholars globally have signed a statement denouncing the U.S. attacks on January 3 and calling for reparations for Venezuela. We, the undersigned scholars, students, and academic workers, unequivocally condemn the Trump administration’s January 3 strikes against Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. The attacks are a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter by a US president claiming, “I don’t n

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Jan 182 min read


Thousands of Cubans Protest US Assault on Venezuela, Demand Maduro’s Release
“No, imperialists, we have absolutely no fear of you... and we don’t like to be threatened,” said Cuba’s president. Image from the march via Miguel Díaz-Canel on X By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A day after receiving the remains of the 32 Cubans killed during the Trump administration’s invasion of Venezuela and abduction of its leader, Cuba’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, addressed thousands gathered outside the US Embassy in Havana on Friday. “The current US administrat

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Jan 173 min read


Cuba honours its 32 fallen heroes
Photos via Estudios Revolución Via Granma & the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish For Cuba, January 15, 2026, will always be marked by profound sorrow and, at the same time, by the pride that arises in the Homeland as it embraces its children who have perished to live on in honour eternally. On Thursday morning, the José Martí International Airport in Cuba received the courageous fighters who lost their lives in Venezuela due to the aggression of the United

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Jan 164 min read


‘Free Maduro!’ Thousands of Venezuelans Rally to Demand Trump Release Kidnapped President
“The empire can do whatever it wants, but we are here to tell you that we are free, independent, and sovereign,” said one demonstrator. Venezuelans march on Wednesday -- image via news video screenshot By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Demonstrations demanding the United States release Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife continued Wednesday as thousands more people took to the streets of Caracas in a show of support for the abducted leftist leader. Public workers

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Jan 153 min read


Communists honour Liebknecht and Luxemburg in Berlin
Images via the KKE On Saturday January 10, the Communist Party of Greece's (KKE) Party Organization in Germany held an event and discussion in Berlin on the topic: “Lessons from the class struggle in Germany, 1918–1923”. On Sunday January 11, the annual march in memory and honour of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, leading figures of the German revolutionary movement and founders of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), took place in Berlin. The march, first held in 1926,

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Jan 151 min read


Díaz-Canel signs the Book of Condolences in Tribute to the Heroes and Martyrs of Venezuela and Cuba
Loyalty "to the legacy of our heroes, Fidel and Chávez," was reaffirmed on Tuesday afternoon by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in the Book of Condolences in Tribute to the Heroes and Martyrs of Venezuela and Cuba who gave their lives in defense of the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The tribute was also attended by other senior leaders of the Revolution. Photos via : Estudios Revolución By Alina Perera Robbio, translate

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Jan 142 min read


“When we are united, no one can defeat us!”: Bolivian workers defeat gasolinazo and win new rights
Several weeks after it was introduced, the Paz government repealed the elimination of fuel subsidies in response to the organized struggle of workers, Indigenous people, teachers, and other social movements. Bolivian workers rally at a roadblock during the strikes -- image via X By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch After several weeks of mass marches and road blockades, Bolivian workers succeeded in forcing the recently inaugurated neoliberal government of Rodrigo Paz to repe

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Jan 143 min read


Communists denounce hypocritical stance of the Dutch government towards US Venezuela attack
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof with the Trump at the NATO Summit in June, 2025 -- public domain image The unacceptable, hypocritical stance of the Dutch government and House of Representatives towards the imperialist intervention of the US in Venezuela International Commission of the Central Committee of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands On 8 January, the bankrupt outgoing Schoof cabinet held a debate with the House of Representatives on the imperialist interventio

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Jan 142 min read


Cuban heroes killed in Venezuela to return January 15
Via the Revolutionary Government of Cuba This Thursday, January 15, 2026, the mortal remains of the 32 combatants who fell heroically during the criminal attack perpetrated by the government of the United States against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will arrive in the Homeland. In a military ceremony at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, they will receive the first posthumous tribute. They will then be transferred along Rancho Boyeros Avenue to the

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Jan 131 min read


Solidarity with the peoples of Cuba and Iran: British Communists
Britain's Communist Party has condemned the latest threats against Cuba and challenged the British government to uphold international law. At the party's Political Committee on Sunday (January 11) , general secretary Robert Griffiths was responding to President Trump's announcement that the 64-year long economic embargo embargo on Cuba would now include all exports of Venezuela oil to the Caribbean island. US forces have also hijacked Venezuelan and Russian-flagged oil tanker

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Jan 132 min read


Broad-based public meeting in solidarity with Venezuela held in New Delhi
Image via the CPI(M) on Facebook A broad-based public meeting in solidarity with Venezuela was organised today (January 12) at the Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhavan, New Delhi, to protest against U.S. aggression, the conspiracy to abduct the democratically elected President of Venezuela and the First Lady, and to express solidarity with the people of Venezuela. The meeting was addressed by leaders and Members of Parliament from several political parties, including: M. A. Baby [

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Jan 123 min read


WFTU calls for International Action Day in Solidarity with the people of Venezuela, January 22nd, 2026
Following the deployment of U.S. forces in the Caribbean with the pretext of war against drug trafficking and after the first land strike on a dock area inside the country, the USA uncontrollably escalates its aggression by conducting of a large-scale strike against Karakas, capturing of the President Nikolas Maduro and Cilia Flores. The US is intensifying its aggression against the sovereign people of Venezuela, threatening at the same time the whole region, reviving the Mon

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Jan 122 min read


There are no talks with the U.S. government: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
Image via the PCC Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez took to X and the Communist Party of Cuba website today (January 12) to stress that there are no ongoing talks between the governments of Cuba and the United States. Statement: There are no talks with the U.S. government, except for technical contacts in the field of migration. We have always been willing to engage in serious and responsible dialogue with the various US administrations, including the current one, on

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Jan 121 min read


No prohibition will stop the struggle for social justice: Polish Communists
On the case of illegalisation of the KPP We strongly condemn the unacceptable decision of the District Court in Warsaw to remove the Communist Party of Poland from the register of political parties. This decision is based on a prior ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal, issued in violation of the law, which, at the request of the President Nawrocki, ruled that the Party's goals and activities were incompatible with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. The Tribunal's j

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Jan 121 min read


Trump threatens, Cuba responds
In yet another demented social media rant, Donald Trump threatened Cuba today saying that the embargoed nation would no longer be allowed to get any oil from Venezuela. “THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. He also accused Cuba of "extortion" against Venezuela, especially ironic given that his government bombed Caracas, kidnapped its president a

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Jan 112 min read
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