(2026-01-30). NYC: Mass march for Venezuela. Abolish ICE -Sat., 1/31, 2 PM, 43rd B'way. iacenter.org As part of the Week of Resistance in Solidarity with Venezuela (Jan 23—31), we are marching to demand the freedom of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, an end to U.S. imperialist war and sanctions, the demilitarization of the Caribbean, and the withdrawal of U.S. military forces surrounding Venezuela. U.S. imperialism abroad is inseparable from ICE terror at home—the same system that wages war and enforces sanctions abroad criminalizes, cages, and deports working-class and migrant communities here. One struggle, one fight. No War — Venezuela, Gaza, Iran. Abolish ICE. Saturday, Jan 31 2: 00 PM Times…
(2026-01-30). Marco Rubio Testifies to US Senate About Attack on Venezuela: His Claims Do Not Add Up. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, the US Secretary of State denied that the US was waging war against Venezuela. In the same appearance, he warned that he would oversee Venezuela's "transition" and threatened to use force if "other methods fail." | Marco Rubio appeared before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. "There is no war against Venezuela, and we did not occupy a country," Republican Senator Rand Paul, who describes…
(2026-01-30). US eases oil sanctions on Venezuela after reforms. geo.tv 
Installations at the El Palito refinery of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, after the National Assembly approved a major reform of the country's main oil law, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, January 22, 2026. — Reuters Caracas: The United States on Thursday eased sanctions on…
(2026-01-30). Presidenta encargada de Venezuela: Estamos dando pasos históricos. radiohc.cu La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez aseguró este jueves que están dando pasos históricos. | En un acto en el Palacio de Miraflores, sede del Gobierno, al terminar una marcha del pueblo y los trabajadores del petróleo, la dignataria informó que recibió una llamada de su par estadounidense, Donald Trupm, y de su secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio. | Detalló que le notificaron, en el marco de la agenda de trabajo, de la cual "hemos conversado y hablado, que estamos dando pasos importantes". | Subrayó que están hablando del cese de las restricciones en el espacio aéreo comercial de Venezuela y "venga…
(2026-01-30). Trump threatens tariffs on countries supplying Cuba with much-needed oil. aljazeera.com Trump signs executive order ramping up pressure on Havana's oil supplies in wake of US abduction of Venezuela's Maduro.
(2026-01-30). Headlines for January 30, 2026. democracynow.org Senate Democrats & Trump Reach Deal to Split Off Funding DHS to Avert Shutdown, Minneapolis Mayor Calls for Nationwide End to "ICE Siege", "No, No. Not at All": Trump Denies He Plans to Pull Back Federal Agents from Minnesota, Protesters Call for National Shutdown Today to Protest ICE, Sen. Collins Claims DHS Has Paused Operation Catch of the Day, Financial Times: Private Companies Reaped $22B in Contracts with ICE & CBP Last Year, Iran's Top Diplomat in Turkey as Trump Keeps Threatening to Attack Iran, U.S. Lifts Some Sanctions on Venezuela After Interim Leader Signs Bill Opening Do…
(2026-01-30). "Hostile Takeovers" : As U.S. Claims Venezuela's Oil, Trump Seeks "Vassal States" Across the World. democracynow.org 
In the aftermath of the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, Venezuela has agreed to submit a monthly budget to the Trump administration, which will release money from an account funded by oil sales. It's a deal for the interim government led by Delcy Rodriguéz that historian Greg Grandin calls "governing under the blade." In a further shift away from the nation-building foreign policy of the past several decades of U.S. power, "what the United States is planning for Venezuela is basically to run the country as a vassal state," he says. "T…
(2026-01-30). Trump administration threatens new war against Iran. wsws.org Just weeks after attacking Venezuela and kidnapping its president, US President Donald Trump is threatening to launch a major new war against Iran.
(2026-01-30). Venezuela and US Agree To Reopen Commercial Airspace (+Cybersecurity Center). orinocotribune.com Caracas ( Following a telephone conversation between Acting President Rodríguez and Trump this Thursday, January 29, it was confirmed that the ill…
(2026-01-30). Relatives Of Civilians Killed In US Caribbean Missile Strikes Sue Trump. popularresistance.org Relatives of two Trinidadian citizens killed in a US missile strike in the Caribbean have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Trump administration. This litigation, the first of its kind, seeks justice for the brutality of the unauthorized military campaign that, under the pretext of a "war on drugs," has claimed more than 120 lives in the Pacific and the Caribbean since last September. | The lawsuit asserts that Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, two workers who earned their living in fishing and agriculture in Venezuela, were returning to their home in Trinidad and Tobago on October 14, 2025, when a US missi…
(2026-01-30). Foreign Minister Yván Gil Commends Pan-African Anti-Colonial Support for Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( In a social media post this Thursday, January 29, the top diplomat stated that the actions of the US represent a flagrant violation of national self-determination, and manifest as unacceptable aggression against the stability of a sovereign country. | Minister Gil's post was in response t…
(2026-01-30). Trump Opens Venezuela Airspace to Commercial Flights. news.antiwar.com President Donald Trump has said that Venezuela's airspace will soon be reopened to commercial flights from the United States, claiming the country was under "very strong control" and that Americans would be safe to travel there. Trump announced the decision during a cabinet meeting on Thursday, saying he had instructed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, as …
(2026-01-30). Latin America Pushes Back Against U.S. Intervention. dissidentvoice.org Photo: Nuestra America gathering in Bogotá, Colombia. Credit: Progressive International When Senator Tim Kaine told Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a recent Senate hearing on Venezuela that the administration's announcement of a new Monroe Doctrine "does not land well in the Americas," he was putting it mildly. I just returned from an emergency gathering in Bogotá …
(2026-01-30). Invasores con falsos pretextos siguen intimidaciones. radiohc.cu En medio de su embriaguez tras el ataque a Venezuela y el secuestro del presidente y esposa, la administración estadounidense calificó de satisfactorio el diálogo con el nuevo gobierno en el país sudamericano, pero recientemente ha renovado sus advertencias de eventual uso de la fuerza. | En una comparecencia ante el Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado para intentar justificar el ataque a Venezuela, el secretario norteamericano de Estado, Marco Rubio, levantó nuevamente el haz de la violencia. | El otrora senador dejó abierto ese recurso si, según sus palabras, la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez no co…
(2026-01-30). Venezuela's Rodriguez signs oil reform law while the US eases sanctions. aljazeera.com The Trump administration has pressured Venezuela to increase foreign access to the country's large oil reserves.
(2026-01-30). The Worldwide Dangers of U.S. Sponsored "Electronic Totalitarianism" globalresearch.ca It was stated that a sonic or other energy weapon was used during the abduction of Maduro, which paralyzed the soldiers guarding him.
(2026-01-30). Anger and anguish spread across Cuba as it learns of Trump's tariff threat on those who provide oil. devdiscourse.com Massive power outages in Cuba meant that many people awoke Friday unaware that US President Donald Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells or supplies oil to the Caribbean island. As word spread in Havana and beyond, anger and anguish boiled over about the decision that will only make life harder for Cubans already struggling with an increase in US sanctions. "This is a war," said Lázaro Alfonso, an 89-year-old retired graphic designer. He described Trump as the "sheriff of the world" and said he feels like he's living in the Wild West, where anything goes. After Trump made the announceme…
(2026-01-30). Trump adds tariff threat to campaign against oil supplies to Cuba. radiohc.cu The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order this Thursday classifying Cuba as an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to establish that Washington could impose tariffs on goods from countries that sell or supply oil to the island, in a new manifestation of the extraterritorial reach of the blockade policy against the Caribbean nation. | In the executive order, titled "Addressing Threats from the Government of Cuba to the United States," the US president mentions Havana's relations with countries like Russia and China and states that "Cuba brazenly harbors dangerous adversaries of the…
(2026-01-30). Canciller cubano: Nuestra América está en peligro. radiohc.cu El ministro cubano de Relaciones Exteriores, Bruno Rodríguez denunció este jueves los peligros que corre "Nuestra América" por la doctrina belicista del Gobierno de Estados Unidos, a 12 años de la declaración de la región como Zona de Paz. | En su cuenta en la red social X, el canciller recordó cuando, durante la Segunda Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (Celac), 33 mandatarios reunidos en La Habana firmaron la Proclama de América Latina y el Caribe como Zona de Paz. | Rodríguez, destacó el "marcado interés en revivir la desprestigiada Doctrina Monroe", por parte del Gobierno de EEUU…