Image via X By Vijay Prashad Iran is in turmoil. Across the country, there have been protests of different magnitudes, with violence on the increase with both protesters and police finding themselves in the morgue. What began as work stoppages and inflation protests drew together a range of discontent, with women and young people frustrated with a system unable to secure their livelihood. Iran has been under prolonged economic siege and has been attacked directly by Israel an

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

Gaza, December 2025 -- image via the UNRWA on X By Vijay Prashad On 19 January 2025, a ceasefire took effect to halt the Israeli bombing of Palestinians in Gaza. This ceasefire emerged from a mediation process by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, which had been sealed in June 2024 with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735 . However, the Israelis rejected the agreement and waited until Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election to proceed so that Trump coul

Ursula von der Leyen, Volodymyr Zelensky, Mark Rutte & António Costa, December 8, 2025 -- © European Union, 2025, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad Sitting in a lively room in the University of Amsterdam, I ask a question about the respect accorded by students to their former Prime Minister and now head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Mark Rutte. The room is animated and funny. No-one seems to accord Rutte with the respect that he might deser

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

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

Javier Milei speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) -- Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad A extrema-direita na América Latina está enfurecida. Jair Bolsonaro, do Brasil, e Javier Milei, da Argentina, sempre parecem furiosos e falam alto e de forma agressiva. A testosterona escorre por seus poros, um suor tóxico que se espalhou por toda a região. Seria fácil dizer que ess

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

Catherine Connolly campaigning in October -- image via Connolly for President on X By Vijay Prashad Catherine Connolly (born 1957) only became involved in active politics in 1999. Michael D. Higgins, the outgoing president of Ireland (2011-2025), encouraged Connolly to join the Labour Party and stand for election. Both Connolly and Higgins (known in Ireland as Michael D) come from Galway, a city on the west coast of Ireland. Connolly was born there, the ninth of fourteen chil

Trump and Netanyahu with a number of US officials at the White House, September 29, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad On 26 October, Caroline Willemen of Médecins Sans Frontières stated that Israel continues to use the need for humanitarian aid in Gaza as “means of pressure”. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza has not improved significantly”, she told the press, “as water and shelter shortages persist and hundreds of thousands of people continue to live in tents

Image via X By Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad A Flotilha Sumud para Gaza navega de Túnis em direção às águas que circundam a...

Scene from the protests in Kathmandu, Nepal in September 2025. Photo via People's Dispatch By Vijay Prashad and Atul Chandra If your...

A Syrian Arab Army checkpoint abandoned during the offensive, December 2024 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad On 8 December 2024,...

Marek Slusarczyk, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad and Grieve Chelwa On 8 July 2025, the IMF published a brief blog post...

A queda de Assad e os recentes ataques de Israel à Síria envolvem também um complexo conflito relacionado à produção de anfetaminas no...

IDF merkava tank in Gaza, July 2025 -- IDF Spokesperson's Unit via Wikimedia Commons By Ubai al-Aboudi and Vijay Prashad On 16 June 2025,...

Syrian Ministry of Defense HQ in the aftermath of an Israeli bombing, July, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad Tensions...

Image via Jara on X By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva Jeanette Jara (born 1974) prevailed in the Chilean presidential primary of...

Abdul Ghani al-Kikli prior to his killing -- image via X By Vijay Prashad No dia 12 de maio de 2025, Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, conhecido por...