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

Declaration of the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Communist Party of Cuba condemns, in the strongest terms, the escalation of aggression by the fascist government of the United States against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its legitimate president Nicolás Maduro Moros. The aggressive deployment of American imperialist military forces in the Caribbean Sea blatantly violates International Law and the Proclamation of Latin America and t

Photos via Estudios Revolución By Angélica Paredes López, translated from the Spanish With Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, joining via videoconference, and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, present, the Sixth Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power in its 10th Legislature was held this Thursday. While welcoming the deputies present in the plenar

Trump addressing top US military figures in September -- public domain image By Biljana Vankovska Like every U.S. administration since the Cold War, the Trump administration has released a document titled the National Security Strategy (NSS). I use the word “titled” deliberately, for if this text were not stamped with the official seal of the United States, it would hardly merit the designation of “strategy.” It is a document that contains little that is strategic and even

In a controversial statement, Trump has declared that the sanctioned oil belongs to the United States. Caracas rejects the statement and considers it an “imperialist naval blockade.” Maduro at a recent rally -- image via Nicolás Maduro's Facebook page By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch The US president has once again lashed out against Venezuela. Following a series of economic sanctions and the military deployment of over 15,000 soldiers and war ships in the Caribbean Sea,

Julian Assange has legally challenged the Nobel Foundation to stop Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado from receiving the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize funds, accusing her of promoting war rather than peace. Machado in Oslo, December 11 -- Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Various Sources Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has filed a formal complaint and lawsuit targeting the Nobel Foundation’s decision to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Ve

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

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

Donald Trump on the USS Harry S. Truman, October 5, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad Desde que Hugo Chávez assumiu o poder em 1998, os Estados Unidos têm tentado derrubar a Revolução Bolivariana. Eles tentaram de tudo, exceto uma invasão militar em grande escala: um golpe militar, a construção de um presidente substituto, o corte do acesso ao sistema financeiro global, a imposição de várias sanções, a sabotagem da rede elétrica, o envio de mercenários e a tentat

Images via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish The discussion during the plenary session of the Third Plenum of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) on December 10, centered on the role Cuban youth should assume in the current situation the country is facing and the contributions they can offer to implement the Government Program. During the meeting, Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of O

Trump aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, October 5, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad Ever since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, the United States has attempted  to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution. They have tried everything short of a full-scale military invasion: a military coup, selecting a substitute president, cutting off access to the global financial system, imposing layers of sanctions, sabotaging the electricity grid, sending in merc

Screenshot from a Department of Homeland Security video of the attack helicopter approaching the tanker The Communist Party USA condemns in the strongest terms the U.S. government’s illegal seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker which reports indicate was en route to Cuba. This is an act of piracy and a brazen escalation of imperialist aggression against the people of Latin America. Under the fraudulent pretext of combating “terrorism” and “drugs,” this criminal action has two

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

Image via the Communist Party of Cuba LET'S DENOUNCE THIS ACT OF IMPERIAL PIRACY! Declaration of the Cuban Delegation to the People's Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace in Our America The Cuban delegation participating in the People's Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace in Our America wants to publicly declare its support for the Communiqué of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denouncing "the brazen theft and the act of international piracy" that was the assault and seizure

Image of the protest via X Various Sources The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader known for her far right positions and explicit support for US military intervention in Venezuela. This decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee triggered considerable backlash both domestically in Norway and internationally due to Machado’s association with calls for conflict escalation, support for Israel and its genocide in Gaza and

Under international law, executing people outside a genuine armed conflict is an extrajudicial killing. Nothing about these strikes meets the legal threshold for war. But if we don’t hold the president to account, a war is exactly what we may get. Trump aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, October 5, 2025 -- public domain image By Michelle Ellner, Common Dreams The first US missiles that struck the boats in the Caribbean in early September 2025 were described by

An urgent call to preserve peace Call of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power ( translated from the Spanish ) The members of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba call on the citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean, and of the United States, to act in a timely and decisive manner in favor of preserving our region as a Zone of Peace, as approved and proclaimed b

It’s looking a lot like the run-up to the Iraq war — only this time, the allegations are even more bogus and easily disproven. Trump on December 1, 2025 -- public domain image By Farrah Hassen President Trump promised “no new wars,” but his aggression against Venezuela is the exact opposite. The U.S. military has been blowing up alleged “drug boats” near Venezuela that have killed at least 83 people. The UN has condemned these unprovoked strikes as unlawful extrajudicial exec

The Cuban delegation held bilateral exchanges with representatives of Venezuela, China, Russia and other countries attending the People's Summit. Rio de Janeiro, December 2, 2025 -- A delegation led by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and made up of representatives of the ICAP, FMC, CTC and the Network of Intellectuals in Defense of Humanity is participating in the BRICS People's Summit, which is being held from December 1 - 4 in Rio de Janeiro. The event, organized by the