Caracas under bombardment, January 3, 2026 -- image via X By Donald Ramotar Latin America and the Caribbean countries are being re-colonised. This time it is not by Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Portugal, but by the United States. At a period of time the United States had an anti-colonial position and had advocated for the ending of colonialism. That was one of the features of the Monroe Doctrine that has become somewhat obscured since the US became so bellicose

"I want you to know that we stand firm, with our hearts full of your love, that love that reaches us transformed into prayer, into constant action, into solidarity and true support. Infinite thanks for every word, for every gesture, for every blessing." -- Maduro from prison, June 25, 2026, public domain image By Stephanie Weatherbee Brito and Vijay Prashad Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is innocent. This is a statement of law and fact, since Maduro has not been convicte

We face an unprecedented fascist and imperialist threat from the Trump administration; mealy-mouthed centrist imperialism just won’t do the trick. Tim Kaine at a press conference in February, 2026 -- public domain image By Joseph Bouchard, Common Dreams On Friday, the Trump administration announced a “deal” handing the United States 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan crude oil, roughly a fifth of the country’s total reserves (the largest on Earth), on leases running up to 100 y

A Free Maduro / Free Cilia billboard in Barcelona, Venezuela -- Guaiquerí, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Via Rizospastis, the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), September 2, 2026 In light of the complete surrender of Venezuela’s natural resources to the USA through the agreement signed by the social democratic government of Interim President Delcy Rodríguez —who served as vice president under Nicolás Maduro, who is being held in the US followi

While Simon Bolivar has been right for 200 years, the US is not doomed to act this way forever. Trump and allied leaders at the Shield of the Americas summit in March, 2026 -- public domain image By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Common Dreams Simon Bolivar, the great liberator of South America, famously observed, “The United States appear(s) to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” For 200 years, US leaders have never prov

The South African Communist Party on US imperialism, Cuba, African solidarity, Venezuela, Swaziland, Bishop Trevor Mwamba, Russia, the Ukraine War, Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon and other issues. An excerpt on the international situation from the South African Communist Party's Central Committee statement following its 13th Plenary of the 15th Congress held 28 to 30 August 2026. For the full statement on the party's activities and South African domestic politics see: South Africa

Cuban President speaking at the IMCWP Presentation to the International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties August 10, 2026, Havana, Cuba Anita Waters, Organizational Secretary, Communist Party USA Dear Comrades. I bring you heartfelt greetings of solidarity from your sister party, CPUSA. It is a deep honor for me to represent us here in socialist Cuba, in this year, the centenary of Fidel Castro, hero of working people everywhere. Thank you to the Communist Party of

Images via Estudios Revolución By Leticia Martínez Hernández, translated from the Spanish Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, awarded the "For Bravery During Service" medal to eighteen members of the Cuban Search and Rescue Brigade. They had provided aide in Venezuela following the devastating June 24 earthquakes, which claimed the lives of over 6,000 people. At the Portocarre

In Bolivar Square, Caracas -- J.A. Vergara, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Guillermo R. Barreto We are living in complex times in which U.S. imperialism is manifesting itself in an extremely aggressive manner, with greater violence and disregard for international law and the sovereignty of peoples, but with a desperation that translates into increasingly irrational decisions that openly threaten not only world peace but the future of all humanity. What we are witnessi

Public domain image By Carlos Ron On 14 July, at a summit in Orlando, the head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Terrance Cole, declared that Mexico’s cartels and Mexico’s government are ‘one and the same.’ He offered no evidence. President Claudia Sheinbaum demanded some; none came. Mexico’s Security Cabinet answered with figures—tens of thousands of arrests, hundreds of tons of narcotics seized—while Cole’s office remained silent. The accusation was never meant to

Editorial from the newspaper O Poder Popular (The People's Power) No. 107 (July 2026) We are living through moments of extreme concern in Latin America. The desperate tragedy resulting from the recent earthquake in Venezuela claimed the lives of more than 4,500 people and injured around 17,000, with the UN estimating that up to 50,000 individuals may be missing. The difficulties in confronting this grave problem are treated by the bourgeois mainstream media as being the exclu

US troops at Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela, July 1, 2026 - public domain image Tribuna Popular — Pedro Eusse, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), denounced on Tuesday the “escalation of U.S. imperialist domination” over Venezuela, asserting that the tragedy caused by the earthquakes on June 24 is being used to deepen the United States’ presence and influence in the country. During a press confer

When people think of economic sanctions, they often imagine a mechanism targeting a specific government, specific assets, or a list of names. But the U.S. sanctions regime operates differently and in a much broader way, relying on a phenomenon known as ‘overcompliance’: banks, companies, and platforms around the world sever ties or reject transactions with institutions and individuals from sanctioned countries far beyond what the law strictly requires, simply out of fear of l

Images via Estudios Revolución By Claudia Díaz Pérez, translated from the Spanish President Miguel Díaz-Canel headed the Cuban delegation that On June 6 visited the Venezuelan embassy in Havana to sign the condolence book for the devastating earthquakes on June 24, which resulted in over 3,300 fatalities, 16,700 injuries, and thousands left homeless. Díaz-Canel expressed solidarity with the families and friends of the victims and reaffirmed Cuba's commitment to help support V

Communist Party of Swaziland Statement of solidarity with the people of Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes Friday, 3 July 2026: The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) extends its deepest revolutionary condolences to the families of all those who have lost their lives following the devastating earthquakes that have struck the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. As the CPS, we also wish a full and speedy recovery to the thousands who have been injured and express our

Image via Venezuela Analysis on X By Guillermo Barreto On 24 June, Venezuela was celebrating two important holidays: the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo, the battle that sealed the country’s independence, and the feast of St. John the Baptist, declared by UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a celebration with deep spiritual significance, especially for the Afro-descendant communities of Venezuela. A day of celebration that was cut short at 6:04 and 6:

Workers Party of Ireland Solidarity with the People and the Communist Party of Venezuela Following the back-to-back earthquakes and the resultant destruction and loss of life in Venezuela, the Workers Party of Ireland expresses its deepest sympathy and solidarity to those who have lost family and friends and sustained damage to their homes and communities. The Workers Party of Ireland also sends its internationalist solidarity to our comrades in the Communist Party of Venezue

In Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, both parties agree with the assumption that Washington has the right to shape the political future of other nations. Daniel Ortega, Nicolas Maduro, and Miguel Diaz-Canel By Roger D. Harris & John Perry, Common Dreams Donald Trump’s second term has precipitated a tsunami of criticism from Democrats over his foreign policy. Yet when it comes to Washington’s efforts to dominate Latin America and the Caribbean, the substantive dispute—if there i

“The fuel restrictions imposed since early 2026 and recent tightening of extraterritorial sanctions, taken together, are directly harming Cubans, especially the most vulnerable,” said Volker Türk. Image via the UN on X By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The United Nations’ top human rights official on Monday implored the Trump administration to immediately lift its oil embargo and economic sanctions on Cuba as the island faces a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian emergency, with

Image via the Communist Party of Cuba on X South African Communist Party Statement on indictment of Raul Castro by US department of justice The South African Communist Party (SACP) has noted with grave concern the US government’s decision through its department of justice to indict Comrade Raul Castro on flimsy and baseless charges related to a plane incident that occurred 30 years ago. Besides the fact that the US government has no legal jurisdiction by any measure to instit