The U.S. War on Cuba’s Doctors
Nuvpreet Kalra “Cuban eye doctors in Jamaica are the only reason why my grandmother didn’t go fully blind in one eye after she got a botched surgery. The work they’ve…
As Trump Talks of Taking Cuba, Havana Promises “Impregnable Resistance”
Joshua Scheer As Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced escalating threats from Donald Trump, Havana made clear that any U.S. attempt to impose regime change by force would not go unanswered. “The United…
US Attacks in Venezuela and Greenland Lay Groundwork for Billionaire Fiefdoms
Trump’s foreign interventions may pave the way for techno-fascist city-states to seize sovereignty.
The Value Chain of Suffering in the Global South
The drug trade – and the ‘War on Drugs’ that polices it – unleashes a value chain of suffering on peasant communities in the Global South. You cannot explain such…
Peter Thiel Is Unleashing a Neocolonial Billionaire Fantasy in Honduras
By Edith Romero for Truthout n April 2025, Peter Thiel’s Palantir made headlines after documents were released detailing its partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to create ImmigrationOS, a…
“Hostile Takeovers”: As U.S. Claims Venezuela’s Oil, Trump Seeks “Vassal States” Across the World
By Democracy Now 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…
Latin America Pushes Back Against U.S. Intervention
By Medea Benjamin 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…
‘To Die for the Freedom of a Brother People Is the Highest Form of Living’: Cuba Honors 32 Killed in Venezuela
During the commemoration of the combatants who fell on January 3, several Cuban leaders responded to Washington’s threats and affirmed that they will not surrender in the face of adversity.
Chris Hedges: The Machinery of Terror
The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late.
Sanctions, Strategy and Spin: Venezuela Lobbying Soars Under Trump
As U.S. policy toward Venezuela hardened over the course of the year, federal lobbying activity accelerated.
Cuba Vows to Defend Itself Against Trump to ‘The Last Drop of Blood’
“Cuba is a free, independent, and sovereign nation. Nobody dictates what we do,” said Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel in response to the latest threat from the authoritarian US president.
From Noriega to Maduro: The Long US History of Kidnapping Foreign Leaders
Kidnapping heads of state is not a Trump innovation. It is American tradition.
TULSI GABBARD, THE SPY CHIEF WHO OPPOSED WAR — AND WAS KEPT OUT OF THE WAR ROOM
Posted Joshua Scheer As a Democratic congresswoman in 2019, Tulsi Gabbard warned the United States to “stay out” of Venezuela and opposed interventionist policies that have typified U.S. foreign engagements.…
Chris Hedges: America the Rogue State
The evisceration of the rule of law at home and abroad solidifies America as a rogue state.
Trump Will Try to Defend Aggression Toward Venezuela. It’s Still Illegal
Forcible regime change and US occupation of Venezuela are unlawful under the UN Charter.