Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Revolutionary Government condemns in the strongest terms the military aggression of the United States against Venezuela, while categorically reiterating Cuba's absolute support and solidarity with the sister Bolivarian Republic and its government. It supports the speech of the Executive Vice President, comrade Delcy Rodríguez and supports her demand that the government of the United States provide proof of the w

A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on January 4 about the violation of the sovereignty of Venezuela by the US: We are paying attention to the gravity of the present Venezuelan situation caused by the U.S. high-handed act, in connection with the increase of instability to be added to the already weakened regional situation. The incident is another example that clearly conf

Cartoon via Countercurrents By Gabriel Haythornthwaite In the early morning hours of January 3rd 2026, Trump America launched a sneak attack on Venezuela after months of annihilationist threats, murderous bombings, full-on blockade and high seas piracy. Headlined by an aerial bombardment of Caracas, the capital, an elite American death squad unit succeeded in taking Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro--and his wife, Cilia Flores--hostage and spirited them swiftly to New York

Comrades Chavez and Maduro in better days. They will rise again. -- Daily LIFT #1838 Solidarity with the People of Venezuela! Long Live the Bolivarian Revolution! Long Live Chavismo! Freedom for Maduro! Down with US Imperialism! ¡Hasta la victoria siempre!

All images via the Presidency of Cuba on X Various Sources Saturday, January 3 - Tens of thousands of Cubans gathered at the historic Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana, alongside the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, to condemn the imperialist attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his partner Cilia Flores. "Down with immoral and fascist imperialis

This war also does not reflect the will of the people. Nearly 70% of Americans oppose another war and reject the endless cycle of military interventions carried out in their name. Maduro marching as part of a mass rally at the beginning of December -- image via Maduro on Facebook By Medea Benjamin & Michelle Ellner, Common Dreams Overnight, the United States government bombed civilian and military sites across Venezuela and illegally kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás M

Maduro at a rally in late December -- image via his Facebook page By Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad Poco después de las dos de la madrugada del 3 de enero de 2026 , hora de Venezuela, y violando el Artículo 2 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas , los Estados Unidos iniciaron un ataque contra varios puntos del país, incluida Caracas , la capital. Los habitantes se despertaron por fuertes estruendos, destellos de luz y la presencia de grandes helicópteros en el cielo. Pron

Nicolas Maduro at a rally at the end of December -- image via his Facebook page By Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad A little after 2am, Venezuela time, on 3 January 2026, in violation of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter, the United States began an attack on several sites in the country, including Caracas, the capital. Residents awoke to loud noises and flashes, as well as large helicopters in the sky. Videos began to appear on social media, but without much context

Organizations in the United States including the Answer Coalition, the People's Forum and the Party for Socialism and Liberation are calling for a National Emergency Day of Action Saturday, January 3 to oppose the criminal US imperialist assault on Venezuela. The statement announcing the Day of Action reads : Explosions have been reported across Caracas, Venezuela as an apparent U.S. bombing campaign has begun targeting the country. This war is not about drug trafficking, it

Statements from Cuba, Turkey, India, France, the United States, Ireland, Britain and Scotland. In the wake of the illegal US imperialist attack on Venezuela and the apparent kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, condemnation and outrage have been expressed by Left parties and leaders around the world. Cuba: Turkey: Communist Party of Turkey: TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan on the attack on Venezuela : "The United States has begun bo

The Trump administration had threatened that it would carry out land strikes against Venezuela for months, and even declared that the government of Venezuela is a “terrorist organization”, interpreted as a pre-text for bypassing the US Congress in order to take unilateral military action. Caracas under bombardment -- image via X By Zoe Alexandra & Devin B. Martinez, People's Dispatch Explosions were reported at key military bases and other sites across the Venezuelan capital

Marchers during the General Strike on December 11 in Portugal -- image via the Portuguese Communist Party As we welcome the year 2026, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) addresses its militant and class-oriented greetings to workers, trade unionists, and progressive peoples across the globe. The new year finds the international working class confronted with old and new challenges, but also armed with experience, organization, and the unbreakable strength of solidari

From India to Portugal to Italy and the United States and beyond, the working class fought back in 2025! Marchers during the December 11 General Strike in Portugal -- image via the Portuguese Communist Party By Cameron Harrison From the ports of Italy to the mines of India, from the public squares of Portugal to the picket lines re-emerging in the United States, in 2025 the international working class demonstrated a militant retort to the deepening crises of the capitalist sy

Image via the CPA By Vinnie Molina, National President Communist Party of Australia 2025 is leaving us with an enormous toll the peoples of the world are feeling as a result of genocide and the Zionist attacks on several countries in the Middle East. Also, environmental disasters like bushfires and the most recent hurricanes that devastated countries in the Caribbean among them Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and closer to home, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. This year also s

We are witnessing the reemergence of a dangerous repetition: one where the pattern of assertion becomes the prelude to action, and where action can lead to irreversible consequences. Powell with Bush as he signs H.J. Resolution 114 authorizing the use of force against Iraq, October, 2002 -- White House photo by Paul Morse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Angel Gomez, Common Dreams In the annals of modern international relations, few moments carry as heavy a legacy as

Rather than launching a military invasion that would provoke public backlash and congressional scrutiny, Trump is doubling down on something more insidious. Trump on December 17, 2025 -- public domain image By Michelle Ellner, Common Dreams The loudest question in Washington right now is whether Donald Trump is going to invade Venezuela . The quieter, and far more dangerous, reality is this: he probably won’t. Not because he cares about Venezuelan lives, but because he has

How can Washington claim the right to seize or blow up vessels, disrupt maritime trade, and kill civilian boaters—while bombing Yemen and condemning its de facto Houthi government for intercepting ships in the Red Sea to counter Israel’s genocide in Gaza? By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies, Common Dreams The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela , while also destroying dozens of small

Venezuelans rally in defense of their sovereignty, December 2025 -- image via Nicolas Maduro By Bisharat Abbasi The Venezuelan struggle against U.S. imperialism once again tears away the ideological veil with which liberalism disguises the real functioning of the world order. It compels us to confront a truth that Marxism has never evaded but which the liberal-left endlessly suppresses: national sovereignty is not a legal abstraction, a constitutional formula, or a moral righ

Cubans rally in support of Venezuela on October 17 By W. T. Whitney, People's World Hitting two birds with one stone, the U.S. government, top-level disturber of the peace now brandishing a Caribbean armada, is striking out against Venezuela—and Cuba too, indirectly. The U.S. military on Dec. 10 seized a large oil tanker in the Caribbean bound for China. Then, on Dec. 16, President Donald Trump declared he was imposing a total blockade on all oil leaving Venezuela. The ship

Joint statement by left parties, progressive and anti-imperialist organisations in Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Australia, Pakistan and India. Stop the US military aggression in the Caribbean! Hands off Venezuela! We, the undersigned organisations , are deeply concerned over the recent military escalation in the Caribbean and the aggression against Venezuela by the imperialist US. We strongly condemn the US military deployment in the Caribbean