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The intervention of the United States in Venezuela marks a political turning point that goes far beyond the Venezuelan case itself. It is not merely a concrete operation, but an operational precedent: the decision to act de facto outside the…

(Moscow Bureau) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has sharply criticised the near absence of African media presence in the Russian Federation, arguing that this gap undermines the development of a positive and balanced Russia–Africa relationship. Speaking at the plenary…

I’m  noticing some of my fellow Democrats are talking about Trump’s not going through Congress before kidnapping the president of Venezuela (a notion that’s already riddled with contradictions. As if US congressional approval would have been justification to shatter all…

New year, new mayor: 2026 had begun just a few minutes earlier when Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York in the presence of family members, some colleagues, and the state attorney general, Letitia James, who presided…

I listened to the January 3 press conference with a knot in my stomach. As a Venezuelan American with family, memories, and a living connection to the country being spoken about as if it were a possession, what I heard…

The early hours of January 3, 2026, are marking a dangerous turning point in the International Order. Explosions in Caracas and other regions of Venezuela, accompanied by aircraft overflights and attacks against military and strategic installations, have been denounced by…

New set of demonstrations are happening in Iran. It started with the merchants of Tehran and some big cities closed their shops as a protest movement to the unaffordability of life in Iran and the horrible unstable economy in the…

Introduction I consider this article, which is actually a six-page essay that I’ve divided here into two parts, to be one of the very best pieces of socio-political writing that I’ve penned to date. In fact, I’m confident that if…

2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash and putting new, neoliberal administrations in power. The…

The people of Bangladesh have bid a final farewell to former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia with unprecedented respect and love. She was laid to rest with full state honors beside the grave of…