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Cuba Under Siege Battles U.S. Oil Blockade

President Donald Trump on January 29 imposed import tariffs on any country providing Cuba with oil. The false claim that Cuba threatened terrorism...

25.02.2026 20

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The Fight Builds against US Plan to Deprive Cuba of Imported Oil

The U.S. president issued an executive order on January 29, “declaring a national emergency and establishing a process to impose tariffs on goods...

04.02.2026 8

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Cold War Context for the Killings of Four US Political Leaders

The imperialist U.S. state stops at nothing; anything goes. Really?  After victory in World War II and with U.S. manufacturing in high gear, the...

14.01.2026 30

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US Pirate Attacks in the Caribbean Will Aggravate Emergency in Cuba

Hitting two birds with one stone, the U.S. government, top-level disturber of the peace now brandishing a Caribbean armada, strikes out against...

18.12.2025 10

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Interventions in Venezuela and Honduras Advance Imperialist Purposes

The National Security Strategy (NSS) is a document setting U.S. foreign policy goals that the Executive Branch periodically sends to Congress....

10.12.2025 10

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Electoral Coup Surfaces in Honduras Amid Signs of US Intervention 

Elections taking place November 30 in Honduras will decide the country’s next president and make-up of the national assembly. Current President...

19.11.2025 7

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How the UAE Enables Human Catastrophe in Sudan, with the US in Tow

The Sudanese people are victims of top-down oppression inflicted by big imperialists, lesser ones, and Sudan’s elite. Image by Randy Fath. The...

09.11.2025 10

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Brazilian Workers Lead in Offering Solidarity to Venezuelans under US Attack

Since August, U.S. warships, fighter planes, and troops have deployed in Caribbean waters off Venezuela and in Puerto Rico. Venezuela’s neighboring...

27.10.2025 10

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New Cuban Report Confirms US Blockade is War

Cuba’s foreign ministry on September 17 released the nation’s annual report on adverse effects of the lengthy U.S. economic blockade of Cuba. It...

30.09.2025 20

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The Truth and Fiction Regarding US Military Aggression toward Venezuela

On September 2, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio separately reported that a U.S. attack on a small boat off Venezuela’s...

18.09.2025 10

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Fakery Is Part of US Assault on Venezuela 

On September 2, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio separately reported that a U.S. attack on a small boat off Venezuela’s...

17.09.2025 10

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Say NO to US Assault on Cuba’s Medical Missions

The UN General Assembly’s August 25 session on global health and foreign policy heard from Cuban Ambassador Yuri Gala López. Cuba’s top UN...

05.09.2025 10

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Bolivia Elections Restore Established Order, Socialists are Dismissed

Preliminary results of first-round voting for president of Bolivia on August 17 determined that centrist Rodrigo Paz, with 32.1% of the vote, and...

22.08.2025 20

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Trump’s Cuba Memorandum Provokes Strong Criticism Amid New US Aggressiveness Abroad   

The Trump administration on June 30 released its “National Security Presidential Memorandum 5” on U.S. plans for Cuba. Criticism from Cuba’s...

16.07.2025 10

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Fascism and the Dangerous Logic of the Trump Circus 

At first glance, U.S. political life under Trump looks like a sprawling, circuslike affair going nowhere. However, measures are in force hitting at...

24.06.2025 10

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U.S. War on China, a Long Time Coming

Movement toward war with China accelerates. The public, focused on troubles currently upending U.S. politics, does not pay much attention to a war on...

13.05.2025 10

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Sheinbaum’s Message of Change for Mexico − Wake-up Call in US

On January 12, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, speaking to 350,000 people gathered in Mexico City’s Zócalo plaza, outlined her government’s...

24.01.2025 20

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Petro Government in Colombia Confronts Lawfare, Alvaro Uribe and US Intervention 

President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact government, in power since 2022, is a first in Colombia’s history. No other party ever aspired to serve...

09.01.2025 20

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