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Crucial Hours in Venezuela and Across the Continent
Venezuelans march in Caracas demanding the release of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, January 9 -- image via X By Manuel Bertoldi 10 Points for debate and political orientation of the popular forces of Our America One. The recent military aggression by the United States and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro constitute the most serious and explicit attack that US imperialism has carried out in the entire history of the Venezuelan nation. At the same time, they repres

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China and the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Trump on December 13 -- public domain image By Tings Chak On 10 December 2025, U.S. forces seized the oil tanker Skipper off the coast of Venezuela, carrying over a million barrels of crude. “Well, we keep [the oil],” President Trump told reporters. Venezuela’s foreign ministry called it “blatant theft and an act of international piracy,” adding: “The true reasons for the prolonged aggression against Venezuela have finally been revealed. It has always been about our natural

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Dec 17, 20254 min read


Report on the 41st Central Convention of the Communist Party of Canada
The 41st Central Convention of the Communist Party of Canada convened in Montreal from December 5-7, 2025, amidst a consequential and dangerous period for the working class in Canada and worldwide. The Convention met in a spirit of political unity, determined to analyze and respond to an accelerating imperialist drive towards world war, a rightward shift by the federal government, and a rapidly intensifying corporate assault. Delegates assessed a situation where the Carney g

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Dec 15, 20257 min read


Coercion Without Consensus: The United States and the New Imperial Disorder
Trump in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington, October 28, 2025 -- public domain image By Atul Chandra The year 2025 witnessed escalated threats from the United States on the Global South. In the span of months, Washington declared Venezuelan airspace “closed in its entirety,” threatened to invade Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” to protect Christians from an alleged genocide, and demanded that the Taliban return Bagram airbase with warnings of uns

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Dec 12, 20254 min read


A Rebuke to Elliot Abrams’ Venezuela Delusions
When the infamous neocon warns about “criminal regimes,” I don’t think of Venezuela. I think of the mass graves, the scorched villages, the secret prisons, and the tens of thousands of Latin American lives shattered under the policies he championed. Abrams in 2019 -- public domain image By Michelle Ellner, Common Dreams Elliott Abrams has resurfaced with familiar instructions on how to “fix” Venezuela , a country he neither understands nor respects, yet feels entitled to rear

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Nov 26, 20256 min read


CELAC-EU Summit urges peace amid US escalation in the Caribbean
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Brazilian President Lula da Silva expressed opposition to growing US militarism in the hemisphere. Screenshot image via X By Ricardo Vaz, People's Dispatch Latin American and European nations issued a call for peace and dialogue following a high-level summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU). “We reiterate our opposition to the threat or use of force and to any action that is

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Nov 11, 20253 min read


Fourth CELAC-EU Summit begins in Colombia with Cuba in attendance
Images via the PCC By Hector Martinez, translated from the Spanish Santa Marta, Colombia.– The Fourth Summit Meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union commenced on Sunday morning in this South American city, transforming it into a hub of international diplomacy. Over the course of two days, delegations from countries on both sides of the Atlantic will explore methods to rejuvenate bi-regional relations. Salvador Valdés Mesa

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Nov 11, 20252 min read


Trump’s Murderous Policy Against Venezuela Is Part of a Bloody History
On the long tail of US intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean. Trump on October 28, 2025 -- public domain image By Chuck Idelson, Common Dreams If the Trump administration’s assaults on Venezuela and threats to Colombia and Mexico have a familiar stench, they should. For more than two centuries the United States government has acted as if it owned the Western Hemisphere, with the right of conquest, intervention, and interference part of the natural order. As of t

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Nov 6, 20256 min read


Dominican Left parties on the postponement of the Tenth Summit of the Americas
Via the Communist Party of Cuba Editorial Team, translated from the Spanish The Dominican Communist Party of Labor (PCT) and the Broad Front (FA) have described the recent postponement of the Tenth Summit of the Americas, which was to be held in the Dominican Republic, as a clear political defeat for both the government of Luis Abinader and the United States. This decision was driven by internal contradictions, diplomatic pressures, and widespread regional rejection of the ex

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Nov 5, 20252 min read


The Oldest Colony, the Newest War: Puerto Rico as a Launchpad for War on Venezuela
The island that has lived under US rule since 1898 is once again being used as a staging ground for US militarism, this time for Washington’s latest “war on drugs” narrative. U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, during an exercise on Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, September 6, 2025 -- Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Michelle Ellner, Common Dreams When President Donald Trump announced that the

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Oct 23, 20255 min read


Trump Baselessly Calls Colombia’s Petro ‘Drug Dealer’ as US Bombs Another Boat
The leftist Colombian president retorted that “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters.” Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the UN, September 23, 2025 -- Fotografía oficial de la Presidencia de Colombia from Colombia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams The United States carried out another deadly attack on a boat it claimed was being used by a left-wing Colombian revolutionary grou

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Oct 20, 20254 min read


Green Capitalism in the Americas: False Solutions, Real Threats
In this special issue of the NACLA Report, we critically examine the rise of green capitalism in the region in the lead-up to COP30 in...

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Oct 5, 20258 min read


The Return of the Kirkpatrick Doctrine
The Trump agenda in Latin America is about protecting US economic and financial interests, just as it was under Kirkpatrick’s reign of...

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Sep 8, 20256 min read


12 countries commit to arms embargo on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza
In the final document, the signatory countries commit, among other things, to cease arms trade with Israel, review public contracts with...

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Jul 17, 20253 min read


VI International Conference “Por el Equilibrio del Mundo” opens in Havana
All photos via Estudios Revolución By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish "We are going to rescue hope; we are going to save...
Michael Laxer
Jan 29, 20254 min read


At least 196 environmental defenders were murdered in 2023
New Global Witness report documents the violence faced by those resisting extractive industries, with Latin America remaining the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 13, 20245 min read


Take Cuba off the list of sponsors of terrorism!: Open Letter
Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons From Casa de las Americas in Havana:...
Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20247 min read


'Complicity in War Crimes': Report Names Countries, Companies Supplying Fuel to Israel
"Corporations supplying jet fuel and oil to Israel may be providing material support to the military," one expert said, "and therefore...
Michael Laxer
Aug 22, 20243 min read


Colombia’s Defense Minister Denounces Plot to Assassinate Gustavo Petro
Petro speaking on August 9 - image via the Office of the Presidency on X By Global News Service On August 8, Iván Velásquez Gómez,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 13, 20241 min read


Victims Win Historic Victory Against Chiquita in Colombia Paramilitary Case
The ruling against the banana giant formerly known as United Fruit makes history in holding a U.S. company liable for abuses committed...
Michael Laxer
Jul 22, 20246 min read
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