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Commotion across Latin America over the violation of Venezuelan sovereignty

January 10, 2026 Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell
Havana, Jan. 7 — On January 3 Latin America awoke shaken by one of the most serious and dramatic episodes in international relations in recent decades. The bombing of military facilities and residential neighborhoods in Caracas […]
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From the Monroe Doctrine to Caracas: how a declining empire turns to force

January 5, 2026 Gary Wilson
The jets over Caracas in the early hours of Jan. 3 were not an aberration. They were a signal. By the time the sun rose, Venezuela’s president had been kidnapped by U.S. special forces and […]
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And then 2026 arrived

January 2, 2026 Rosa Miriam Elizalde
Nicolás Maduro remains in Miraflores Palace, and Cuba celebrates the 67th anniversary of the Revolution today. January 1, 2026, dawns with this uncomfortable truth for the opinion machine that has spent months predicting the imminent […]
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While Trump spoke of peace, the CIA escalated war against Russia

January 1, 2026 Gary Wilson
While the Trump administration spoke publicly of peace talks, the CIA escalated a covert war on Russia’s oil infrastructure with the president’s approval. A recent New York Times report documents this dual track, detailing how […]
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Ukraine: The erased evidence

December 28, 2025 Manlio Dinucci
Since 1991, the year Ukraine became an independent republic after the dissolution of the USSR, NATO has been building a network of ties within the Ukrainian armed forces. Simultaneously, through the CIA and other intelligence […]
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The Alliance of Sahel States launches unified military force and strengthens regional security

December 27, 2025 Nicholas Mwangi
The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has taken a decisive step toward regional self defense after officially launching a joint military force aimed at combating Islamist insurgency and terrorism across the Sahel. The force was […]
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U.S. Christmas bombing of Nigeria to reassert control in West Africa

December 26, 2025 Gary Wilson
On Christmas Day 2025, while much of the world marked a religious holiday, U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes in Nigeria’s Sokoto State. Washington described the operation as a precise counter-terrorism mission against ISIS-linked fighters, framed […]
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Only U.S. imperialism benefits from Thailand-Cambodia war

December 22, 2025 Lev Koufax
Dec. 20 — Intense fighting has again erupted along the roughly 500-mile border between Thailand and Cambodia, marking the second major outbreak of hostilities between the two countries in 2025. Since February, clashes between the […]
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Embargo movement exposes Oakland airport’s role in weapons shipments to Israel

December 20, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
Unions and community organizations demonstrated at the Port of Oakland on Dec. 18 as part of an ongoing campaign to demand an embargo on the shipment of weapons to Israel from both the city’s sea […]
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Honduras on the edge: Xiomara Castro calls for popular mobilization to confront U.S.-backed coup plot

December 17, 2025 Pablo Meriguet
Dec. 17 — After a five-day hiatus and more than two weeks since the elections, the Honduran National Electoral Council (CNE) has resumed counting votes in an electoral process that has been widely questioned by […]