Trump on November 25 -- public domain image By Julia Conley, Common Dreams Policy experts and advocates on Saturday denounced President Donald Trump’s claim that he had ordered the airspace above and around Venezuela “to be closed in its entirety”—an authority the US president does not have but that one analyst said signaled a “scorched earth” policy in the South American country and that others warned could portend imminent airstrikes. Francisco Rodriguez, a senior researc

Statement by Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Central Committee addressing the escalating imperialist aggression against Venezuela A new phase of imperialist aggression against Latin America is unfolding through the U.S.-orchestrated threats directed at Venezuela—military escalation, attempts at economic strangulation, and preparations for direct intervention. For years, the imperialist actors have targeted the Venezuelan people’s independence and sovereignty, employing every

Kamla Persad-Bissessar with Marco Rubio, September 30, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad US President Donald Trump has authorised the USS Gerald R. Ford to enter the Caribbean. It now floats north of Puerto Rico, joining the USS Iwo Jima and other US navy assets to threaten Venezuela with an attack. Tensions are high in the Caribbean, with various theories floating about regarding the possibility of what seems to be an inevitable assault by the US and regarding

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

Image via the US ambassador to Sri Lanka on X On the NPP Government’s Military MOU with the United States The Communist Party of Sri Lanka strongly condemns the NPP government for entering into a new military Memorandum of Understanding with the United States National Guard under the so-called State Partnership Program (SPP). This agreement between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and the Montana National Guard represents another step in the militarisation of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ an

Image via the PSL on X By Subin Dennis Zohran Mamdani, who describes himself as a “democratic socialist”, has won the New York City mayoral elections. He is a vocal critic of billionaires, ran on a plank to make the city affordable to the working people, and took a firm pro-Palestine stand in a country whose government is the staunchest supporter of the genocidal Zionist state. His campaign overcame the challenges posed by the propaganda fuelled by billionaires and the Zioni

Amid US threats of an attack on Venezuela, we look back at some of the most infamous chapters in the history of US military invasions in Latin America and the Caribbean. US Marines outside a destroyed Panamanian Defense Force building during the US invasion of Panama, 1989 By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch The administration of US President Donald Trump began carrying out extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea under the auspices of waging a war on drug trafficking ove

Screenshot of the Forum in session Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CCPCC), led by Emilio Lozada García, head of the Department of International Relations, denounced the escalation of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the fascist U.S. government and the country's irrational military deployment in the Caribbean. This came during the second session of th

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

The Berlin Freedom Week, hosted by Mayor Kai Wegner (Christian Democratic Union), brings together an international cast of regime change actors. Credit: Mo Wüstenhagen/visitBerlin By Susann Witt-Stahl. Junge Welt, 8 November 2025. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen. The German capital has been bathing in a sea of freedom. While Berliners were able to withstand the scurrilous attacks by high priests like Ronald Reagan against the "Evil Empire" in 1987 ("Tear down this wall!"),

The Politburo of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on the international situation, including the United States’ imperialist military and other forms of aggression against Venezuela, the war crimes in Sudan, the Israeli regime’s genocide on the Palestinian people, the United States’ illegal blockade against Cuba, the Western Saharan people’s struggle against Moroccan colonialism, and the struggle for democracy in Swaziland. This was part of a broader statement looking a

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

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

The Trump administration continues to escalate its threats of war against Venezuela, as millions in the US are set to lose essential benefits US Marines engaged in an amphibious training exercise, October 18, 2025 -- image via Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan on X By Manolo De Los Santos The United States government is in the grips of one of its longest-running funding gaps in history. The ongoing government shutdown has already stretched beyond 30 days and now, the food

Trump on October 30, 2025 -- public domain image South African Communist Party statement on the continued United States aggression against Venezuela Thursday, 30 October 2025 : - The South African Communist Party (SACP) unequivocally condemns the persistent aggression of the Trump regime against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The United States government has for the past two months at the very least openly threatened war against Venezuela and further escalated its aggr

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla -- image via X Statements to the press by Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla October 22, 2025 Thank you very much for attending. I apologize for the short notice, but I would like to share relevant information with our people and the international community regarding the United Nations General Assembly sessions on October 28 and 29. These sessions will consider the issue and resolution entitled "Necessity of ending the economic

The US has imposed visa restrictions on Central American nationals for their links with China in its latest move to pressure countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to break ties with the Asian powerhouse. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun -- image via the Chinese MFA By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday, October 21, that his country has formally lodged serious protests a

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

Image via the PCC By Arnaldo Laborde Williams, translated from the Spanish The creation of a new Joint Task Force (JTF) under the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) by the U.S. Southern Command has set off alarms in diplomatic and military circles in Latin America. While officially its mission is to bolster counternarcotics efforts in the Western Hemisphere, its deployment in the Caribbean and its operational structure suggest a much broader capability: a strategic pressu

The PCP on US imperialism, NATO warmongering, Palestine and the Middle East, Venezuela, the Nobel Peace Prize, and the blockade of Cuba. A PCP flag at the 2025 Avante! Festival -- image via the PCP From the Communiqué of the Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party of October 14, 2025 (For the full communique looking at the results of the local elections, addressing various aspects of the Portuguese national situation and the elections for President of the Republic