Venezuela – Struggle

Venezuela under U.S. occupation

June 15, 2026 Gary Wilson

There is no honest way to discuss Venezuela today without starting from U.S. occupation. This occupation wears modern clothes. It uses Treasury licenses, frozen accounts, oil permits, blocked payments, prison cells, military threats and control […]

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Alex Saab and the fragility of the solidarity movement

May 22, 2026 Michelle Ellner

May 22, 2026 The recent deportation of Alex Saab from Caracas to the U.S. on May 16, 2026, has generated shock, confusion, anger, and intense debate across sectors of the international solidarity movement and many […]

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After the U.S. bombing, a Venezuelan community under siege speaks

April 24, 2026 Roger D. Harris

The large-scale U.S. airstrike on Venezuela was unprecedented in modern history. The surprise attack kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Combatant Cilia Flores, from Fort Tiuna on the outskirts of Caracas. The U.S. […]

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution and the worldwide struggle against U.S. imperialism

March 18, 2026 Ibrahem Younes

Originally published in Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi Journal, No. 565 (March 2026), Center for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. On January 3, 2026, the United States carried out a military aggression against Venezuela that […]

I was an elections observer in Venezuela, and the media is lying to you

February 26, 2026 Andrew Matatag

In 2018, my comrade and fellow Struggle – La Lucha contributor Berta Joubert-Ceci and I were invited by the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), or the National Electoral Council, to Venezuela as official international election observers. […]

Pentagon knocks, Wall Street enters: The U.S. oil grab in Venezuela

February 22, 2026 Gary Wilson

The U.S. war on Venezuela escalated rapidly — from lethal strikes on small boats in late 2025 to the Jan. 3, 2026, assault aimed at paralyzing Venezuela’s leadership and command structure — amid growing fears […]

El Mantilla: The invisible bridge between Cuba and Venezuela

February 13, 2026 Alejandra Garcia

There is a figure in Cuba’s history who was crucial to Venezuelan education, even if his name does not always appear in the great school pantheons. His books educated thousands of Latin American children and […]

Cuba’s Mariela Castro Espín: ‘Principles are not negotiable’

February 11, 2026 Carlos Aznárez

Mariela Castro Espín, in addition to being the head of CENESEX (Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education), is an active militant in all aspects of internationalist solidarity. Completely committed to the defense of the Palestinian […]

Reflections from the Harriet Tubman Center: Standing with Venezuela

February 5, 2026 Onyịnye Alheri

A report with John Parker and Dozthor Zurlent, moderated by Liz Antonio Hernandez, in Los Angeles Feb. 2 — This past weekend, I attended a crucial report-back session featuring John Parker, a community and international […]

NYC rally demands freedom for Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores

February 4, 2026 Jace Carter

New York, Jan. 31 — A spirited crowd gathered in the afternoon in Times Square for a rally and march demanding the immediate release of President Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores from the […]