(2025-12-28). What Russia's Support for Venezuela Signals to Washington. moderndiplomacy.eu Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's expression of "serious concern" over U.S. military activity in the Caribbean seas, delivered during a call with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, is less about immediate military realities than about strategic messaging. On the surface, the exchange reads as routine diplomatic solidarity between two sanctioned states aligned against Washington. Yet …
(2025-12-28). Venezuela Accuses US of Aggression, Wants Dialogue Amid US-Led Regime Change and Oil Claims (+Somaliland). orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that he remains willing to hold direct talks with US authorities, provided they take place "on the basis of respect." | "Our message is one of peace, love, and understanding," he declared during a cabinet meeting held on Friday, December 26, which was broadcast on state media. "And if, in the US, someone ever decides, based on respect, to engage in dialogue and move beyond failed [regime change] projects that have persisted for over 25 years, here there will always be a president who represents his people, ready to extend a hand and look for paths to peace, cooperatio…
(2025-12-27). Why we, the youth, must defend Venezuela. iacenter.org By Benny Schaft December 22, 2025 In recent months, we have seen the U.S. capitalist war machine once again reveal its true character as it launches fascist aggression against our comrades in Venezuela. This aggression has already claimed the lives of countless civilians through relentless bombings, justified, as always, by lies about so-called "drug smugglers." These lies have already been exposed, not only by the people of Venezuela themselves but by the proletariat, who have once again laid bare the deception and trickery of these warmongers. Completely out of touch with the material conditions and lived reali…
(2025-12-27). Venezuela's oil and the crisis of US imperialism. wsws.org Behind the US regime change operation aginst Venezuela is the unique, strategic role, Venezuela plays in the global economy — the largest holder of so-called "proven" oil reserve in the world.
(2025-12-27). Stop Trump from waging war on Venezuela! iacenter.org By John Catalinotto December 23, 2025 Since the U.S. escalated its piracy in the Caribbean threatening Venezuela's people, many in the anti-imperialist movement anticipated that President Donald Trump's Dec. 18 prime-time speech to the U.S. public would be a declaration of war. Organizations that had been working together to stop that war called an action in New York's Times Square for Dec. 19. Trump's 18-minute address made no mention of the imminent war. It was instead a rant against his presumed enemies and against most of the U.S. working class. Times Square, New York City, Dec. 19, 2025. (Photo: John Catalin…
(2025-12-27). US continues pursuit and seizure of Venezuelan oil tankers amid condemnation at UN Security Council. peoplesdispatch.org Tensions continue to rise in the Caribbean. The United States continues to confiscate and pursue Venezuelan oil tankers, while Caracas denounces what it considers an "act of international piracy" at the UN.
(2025-12-27). Letter from Venezuelan president on U.S. aggression. iacenter.org December 27, 2025 The following is a letter from Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro to the Heads of State of the Latin American and Caribbean region, urging joint action against the aggressions, acts of piracy and extrajudicial killings perpetrated by the United States in the Caribbean Sea. These actions not only violate the Zone of Peace proclaimed in 2014 by the regional group CELAC, but also threaten trade and regional stability. In his letter, President Maduro makes an urgent call to demand the immediate cessation of the military deployment, blockades and armed attacks. He also proposes activating the mecha…
(2025-12-27). Venezuela Releases 99 More Detainees for Post-Election Violence, Incitement of Hatred. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, Venezuela's Penitentiary Ministry reported the release of 99 people who had been detained for their involvement in acts of violence and incitement to hatred following the July 28, 2024, presidential election. To date, over 2,100 people have been released by Venezuelan authorities for these crimes, with the majority of the releases occurring between November 2024 and March 2025. | In an official statement, the institution explained that those released were involved in actions aimed at disregarding the mandate expressed by the Venezuelan people at the polls and generating scenarios of destabilization t…
(2025-12-27). Venezuela: UN Report Demonstrates Illegality of US Blockade. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government stated that the recent report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) constitutes a resounding legal and political condemnation of the armed blockade imposed by the United States. The report demonstrates that this policy gravely violates international law and the Charter of the United Nations. | On Wednesday, December 24, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil highlighted that the statement by independent UN experts confirms what Venezuela has been stating for years: that Washington is carrying out a colonial-style strategy of threats, force, and plun…
(2025-12-27). Video: Elections in Venezuela: An Original Observation. globalresearch.ca Renowned Canadian Author Arnold August documents his experience observing Venezuela's parliamentary and gubernatorial elections in May 2025. | Produced by Micaela Ovelar and Arnold August for Kawsachun News. | . | . | . | * | Click the share button below to email/forward this article. …
(2025-12-27). End of the Dream of One Caribbean or Renewal of the Vision. orinocotribune.com By Isaac Saney — Dec 22, 2025 | Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's declaration that CARICOM is no longer a reliable partner, coupled with her insistence that Trinidad and Tobago must now "choose our path," marks a potentially historic rupture in the long and fragile project of Caribbean unity. Coming at a moment of intensifying global instability, renewed U.S. imperial assertiveness, and deepening ecological crisis, her statement raises a stark and unsettling question: are we witnessing the death blow to the dream of a unified Caribbean, or a moment that will force a long-overdue r…