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Venezuela Alerts UN to Imminent Military Threat Amid US Escalation
Samuel Moncada speaks at the UN -- image via video screenshot By Carlos Ron On Friday, 10 October 2025, Venezuela’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada , delivered a serious and urgent warning during an emergency session of the Security Council, asserting that Venezuela’s peace and security —and that of the entire region— is under imminent threat of military aggression by the United States. The War on Drugs Pretext Hostility from Washington towar

The Left Chapter
Oct 16, 20255 min read


Trump’s military escalation against Venezuela repeats the Iraq War blueprint
With the suspension of dialogue between the US and Venezuela, the sighting of US B-52 bombers in Venezuelan airspace, and the further lethal US strikes in the Caribbean, the US seems to be accelerating its drive towards war with Venezuela Trump aboard the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, October 5, 2025 -- public domain image By Manolo De Los Santos The mood in the Caribbean grows increasingly tense, as the United States intensifies its military threats. Beneath the dece

The Left Chapter
Oct 16, 20255 min read


Trumpism and Peace through Strength
Donald Trump is striving to leave his doctrine as his legacy to the world, which, as a guiding principle, seeks to reposition the United States as the holder of absolute military power and to disparage multilateralism. This is because we are no longer dealing with the world’s leading economic power, and this proportionally affects its military capacity. Trump at the UN, September 23, 2025 -- public domain image By Carmen Navas Reyes From Monroe to Trump, Unilateralism The fam

The Left Chapter
Oct 14, 20255 min read


Trump chooses war over diplomacy in the Caribbean
After killing 21 people in a series of airstrikes on boats off the coast of Venezuela, the US closes all diplomatic channels and prepares...

The Left Chapter
Oct 11, 20255 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...

The Left Chapter
Sep 8, 20256 min read


Trump and Rubio Tighten the Noose on Cuba
The impacts of a tightened US blockade, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the return of Trump with a vindictive Marco Rubio as Secretary of...

The Left Chapter
Jun 6, 20258 min read


South African Diplomat Called a 'Disgrace' by Marco Rubio, Returns Home a Hero
The Trump administration's ouster of South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool was certainly meant to warn other countries...
Michael Laxer
Mar 24, 20256 min read


The persecution of Mahmoud Khalil is a threat to free speech across the US
If a student can be jailed for speaking out, so can anyone who criticizes U.S. government actions. That’s the point. Scene from a protest...
Michael Laxer
Mar 20, 20253 min read


China counters Rubio smear campaign in Panama
Marco Rubio at the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal, February 2, 2025 -- public domain image During a Q&A session on Friday, February...
Michael Laxer
Feb 8, 20254 min read


ALBA-TCP denounces Trump Gaza plan, attacks on Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua
Public domain image of Donald Trump, January 2025 The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) is condemning Donald...
Michael Laxer
Feb 7, 20253 min read
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