Orinoco Tribune: US Strike Kills 4 in Caribbean, Escalating Tensions With Venezuela US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reported that Southern Command forces in the Caribbean Sea struck a “drug trafficking vessel” in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, not providing details about the location and the victims.  The new strike follows an incident … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 10.6.2025: US Seeks Provocation for Military Attack on Venezuela; Assata Shakur; Cuba’s UN report on the US Blockade; Anniversary of CIA Bombing of Cubana flight

Orinoco Tribune: Venezuela to Declare State of External Unrest After Trump Vows to Blow President Maduro ‘Out of Existence’ Hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to “blow out of existence” the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro announced the government is proposing a decree to declare a state of external unrest. This follows the Venezuelan Constitution, … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 9.29.2025: Trump vows to Blow President Maduro “out of existence”; UN Speeches: Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Russia

TeleSur: Venezuela catches DEA Agent with Cocaine in Drug Boat Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of attempting to stage a false-flag operation against Venezuela. “In a go-fast boat, Venezuelan forces found 3,680 kilos of cocaine, a GPS device, two radios, 2,400 liters of fuel and 100 sacks of cocaine hydrochloride,” … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News: 9.22.2025: DEA Agent caught with Cocaine in Drug Boat; President Maduro letter to Trump; US Role in Venezuela and Drugs; Cuba Call for Solidarity with Venezuela

TeleSur: Venezuela Stages Nationwide Militia Drills in Response to US Threats Venezuela conducted nationwide training for the Bolivarian Militia, as a response to potential military threats from the US. Defense Minister Padrino said Washington seeks to “turn the Caribbean Sea into a war zone.” Exercises were carried out across all 312 military garrisons in the … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 9.15.2025: US War Moves against Venezuela reveal the US involvement in Drug Trafficking

Orinoco Tribune: Majority of CELAC Members Voice Alarm Over US Military Moves in Caribbean  Colombia President Petro: “The United States government, if it respects international law, has my full support, but if it violates it, we must rebuild our collaboration. Under my administration, Colombia does not collaborate with murderers.”  Most member countries from the Community … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News #570, 9.8.2025: Venezuela Organizing 8 Million in Militias to Prepare for US Attack; Solidarity from Latin American nations

TeleSur: President Maduro Addresses the World Over the U.S. Military Threat “The heirs of the old colonialisms and supremacisms hold power and still view our nations with contempt and arrogance…A global awareness is rising that will not allow, under any circumstances, the imposition of a new type of supremacism or colonialism, either in Our America … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 9.2.2025: Venezuela Readies for US Attack; The Lie of Venezuela as a Narco State; Daniel Ortega and Diaz-Canel ALBA Speeches

The Collapse of the MAS revolution in Bolivia US Role in Divisions in Bolivia’s MAS party The US goal was to remove Evo and Arce and elect a rightwinger in 2025. In April 2024 US chargé d'affaires in Bolivia, Debra Hevia: “We have been working for a long time to achieve change in Bolivia, time is … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 8.25.2025: On the Collapse of the MAS revolution in Bolivia; Venezuela Mobilizes Five Million against the New US Military Threat

Bolivia TeleSur: The Dreadful Division of the Left in Bolivia Paves the Way for the Right This Sunday marked a significant setback in Bolivia. The detrimental division among the country’s popular and leftist forces has opened doors for right-wing candidates. Two right-wing candidates will compete in the second round run-off of the presidential election. Bolivia … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 8.18.2025: Bolivia – Another Example of Left Disunity Handing a Victory to the US Rulers; New US War Plans against Venezuela

Orinoco Tribune: US increases bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50 million Foreign Minister Yván Gil condemned the increase in the US bounty on President Maduro to $50 million. US Attorney General “Pamela Bondi’s pathetic ‘reward’ is the most ridiculous smokescreen we have ever seen. While we dismantle the terrorist plots orchestrated from your … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 8.11.2025: World gangster US now puts $50 Million Bounty on President Maduro

CEPR: New Study Estimates Over Half a Million People Die Each Year Due to Unilateral Economic Sanctions A new study in the British medical journal The Lancet finds that unilateral economic sanctions lead to about 564,000 excess deaths around the world each year. Most of the sanctions-related deaths in the five decades after 1970 were … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 8.4.2025: Great Chavista Election Victory; US Campaigns against Cuban International Medical Aid while US Economic Warfare Kills Half a Million a Year Worldwide