(2026-01-23). Attacks Against Venezuela and the Scramble for Oil and Cash. orinocotribune.com By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez — Jan 20, 2026 | The State of the Union address, which takes place every year in the plenary session of the US House of Representatives, is a political exercise that has been used for decades to present the executive branch's main proposals and concerns to the legislative branch. As political polarization has increased in that country, the staging has evolved into an exhibitionist platform, where, in addition to slogans, personalities are projected who appear the next day in the headlines of the main (mis)information media. | February 5, 2019, was the night Donald Trump took cent…
(2026-01-23). Labeling Kidnapping a 'Capture,' Media Legitimizes Violation of International Law. orinocotribune.com 
By Gregory Shupak — Jan 20, 2026 | Corporate media have deployed a lexicon of legitimation in their coverage of the deadly US invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, along with his wife and fellow politician Cilia Flores. Major news outlets have routinely described these events using words like "capture" (New York Times,
(2026-01-23). Un médico y profesor en Guinea Bissau. radiohc.cu Una brigada médica cubana labora en Guinea Bissau desde 1986 y tiene la misión, no sólo de prestar asistencia médica, sino también de formar a profesionales del sector en la facultad de medicina Raúl Díaz Argàºelles. | Dentro de su claustro docente está el doctor Alexeis Calderín Vázquez, Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral (MGI) y Profesor Asistente. Procede del poblado de Manacas, municipio Santo Domingo, provincia Villa Clara. | øHas tenido otras misiones fuera de Cuba con anterioridad? | ´Venezuela del 2010 al 2014. Me desempeñé inicialmente como médico de familia en c…
(2026-01-23). Falleció el periodista y analista internacional Walter Martínez. cubadebate.cu El ministro del Poder Popular para la Comunicación e Información de Venezuela, Miguel Pérez Pirela, informó el fallecimiento del periodista Walter Martínez, figura emblemática del análisis geopolítico en la televisión venezolana. Martínez consolidó un estilo único, basado en el rigor académico y una gran capacidad para descifrar la política internacional.
(2026-01-23). Trump Plotting Regime Change in Cuba by Year's End: WSJ. news.antiwar.com The Donald Trump administration hopes to execute a regime change in Cuba by the end of 2026, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. The report comes just weeks after the US military kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on dubious drug charges. The newspaper said Washington is now "searching for Cuban government insiders …
(2026-01-23). Destacado periodista Walter Martínez falleció en Venezuela. radiohc.cu El ministro de Comunicación e Información de Venezuela, Miguel àÅngel Pérez Pirela informó este jueves en Caracas del fallecimiento del destacado periodista Walter Martínez, conductor del programa televisivo Dossier. | En su cuenta de la red social Telegram, el escritor y filósofo señaló: Ha partido de nuestra querida, contaminada y única nave espacial Walter Martínez". | Pérez Pirela señaló que Walter consolidó un estilo único, fundamentado en el rigor académico y una capacidad excepcional para descifrar la geopolítica global. | Significó que, a través de su labor, acercó realidades distantes a los hogares…
(2026-01-23). Roaming Charges: Are We Not Men? No, We Are DAVOS. counterpunch.org 
Trump left for the elite meet-and-greet at Davos in one of his manic phases. He'd just spent the previous two days trash-talking, bragging about his Venezuelan coup, boasting over pocketing the revenue from Venezuelan oil in offshore accounts, lobbing invasion threats against allies, brandishing new tariffs as if they were hypersonic weapons, badmouthing his rivals, trolling his political enemies, and serial-posting of memes depicting himself as the latest conquistador of the New World. The Re-Conquistador.
(2026-01-23). Siempre viva la solidaridad con Cuba. radiohc.cu Cuba despierta solidaridad en el mundo, como ha quedado evidenciado una vez más, ante el discurso agresivo e injerencista del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, contra la nación caribeña. | Tras la violación de la soberanía de Venezuela y el secuestro de su presidente constitucional Nicolás Maduro, el inquilino de la Casa Blanca arremetió una vez más contra Cuba, con amenazas, incluída una posible agresión. | Gobiernos de distintos paises, como China, respaldaron a Cuba en la defensa de su soberanía y seguridad nacionales. | Asimismo, ciudadanos de diversas naciones y organizaciones políticas y sociales rep…
(2026-01-23). Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire. juancole.com (
(2026-01-23). Watch: Trump brags about capturing Maduro, defeating ISIS and NATO agreeing to 5% defence spending. hindustantimes.com At Davos on Day 2, Donald Trump leaned into a high‚Äëoctane victory lap on foreign policy, claiming credit for "capturing" Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, defeating ISIS, and pressuring NATO allies to agree to a 5% defence‚Äëspending benchmark. The remarks were framed as proof of Trump's "strength-first" approach—using coercive leverage, hard deadlines, and public pressure to force outcomes on adversaries and allies alike—while also signalling that his second-term agenda will keep prioritising security, burden-sharing, and rapid, headline-driven deals.
(2026-01-23). Civiles en Venezuela también sintieron impacto de agresión. radiohc.cu El gobierno venezolano, encabezado por la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez, atiende las víctimas civiles del ataque en gran escala de Estados Unidos del pasado tres de enero. | La embestida, que culminó con el secuestro del presidente Nicolás Maduro y su esposa Cilia Flores, fue descrita por la administración de Donald Trump como perfecta, enfilada solo contra objetivos militares. | Los reportes oficiales niegan esa versión, al reseñar ataques a zonas civiles, donde viven más de 20 mil personas. | La refriega fue desatada por los helicópteros estadounidenses contra asentamientos en Caracas, la capital, y en l…
(2026-01-23). Cuba Reaffirms Strategic Alliance With Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Cuba reaffirmed its support and solidarity for Venezuela and its people and government, as well as its decision to continue strengthening the historic bonds of brotherhood and cooperation that unites both nations. | This was stated by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodríguez in a telephone conversation held on Thursday, January 22. | During the conversation, the Cuban pr…
(2026-01-23). Venezuela's weapons: solidarity, communes, militias. workers.org 
U.S. imperialism and Bolivarian Venezuela have been engaging in what has been called asymmetric warfare. For five months since August 2025, the enormous destructive power of a U.S. Navy warfleet bombed and destroyed more than 25 small boats and killed over 100 people, most civilians. In a world ruled by . . . |
(2026-01-23). Why Nicaragua Is Not Washington's Next War — Yet. popularresistance.org Since the US invasion of Venezuela on January 3rd and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua's opposition figures — who enthusiastically identified with their confederates in Venezuela — have hoped that regime-change efforts in Caracas would encourage Washington to destroy Nicaragua's Sandinista government. | Republican senator Rick Scott thinks now is the time to "fix" Nicaragua as well Cuba. Commentator James Bosworth, a cheerleader for US imperialism, asks, "Why hasn't Trump gone after Ortega in Nicaragua?"
(2026-01-23). Testimony of a Cuban combatant who defended President Maduro. workers.org 
The following is an interview of Cuban internationalist combatant Yohandris Varona Torres, who was in the unit that confronted the U.S. imperialist invasion of Caracas on Jan. 3. The interview was done by Ignacio Ramonet (author of "100 Hours with Fidel"). Translation: Walter Lippmann, publisher of Cuba News, a daily . . . |