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People sit near a mural of former President Nicolas Maduro with a message that reads in Spanish: ‘We want them back,’ during Carnival celebrations in Caracas, Venezuela, February 17, 2026
Latin America / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026
People sit near a mural of former President Nicolas Maduro with a message that reads in Spanish:
Features / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

Washington’s unprecedented capture of the Venezuelan president was meant to demonstrate US power — but instead it has galvanised the Bolivarian movement and exposed the limits of the regime change agenda, argue ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY

People who consider their detained family members to be political prisoners protest for their releases outside the United Nations office in Caracas, Venezuela, February 18, 2026
Venezuela / 20 February 2026
20 February 2026
Government supporters call for the release of former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, a month after U.S. forces captured them, in Caracas, Venezuela, February 3, 2026
Venezuela / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
DAILY MISERY: A driver refuels a motorcycle as other drivers wait in a long line at a gas station in Havana, Cuba, Friday, January 30 2026
Adelante! 2026 / 7 February 2026
7 February 2026

Continuous US threats against Cuba and Venezuela are a grave threat to democracy throughout the region, writes FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ

Campaigners gather for the Stop the War Coalition's 'No War On Venezuela' protest outside 10 Downing Street, London, over the US attack on Venezuela and the capture and detention of its President Nicolas Maduro by US forces, January 5, 2026
Adelante! 2026 / 7 February 2026
7 February 2026

JEREMY CORBYN calls on Britain to break free from Washington’s shadow and champion an independent foreign policy grounded in international law, solidarity and peace

Government supporters call for the release of former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, a month after U.S. forces captured them, in Caracas, Venezuela, February 3, 2026
Adelante! 2026 / 7 February 2026
7 February 2026

The bombing of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro were not isolated acts of aggression but the first move in a wider strategy to reassert US domination over the western hemisphere, argues LEE BROWN

Hundreds of Danish veterans, many of whom fought alongside U.S. troops, stage a silent protest as they march from Kastellet to the American embassy in Copenhagen, January 31, 2026
Round-up / 1 February 2026
1 February 2026
Drivers wait in a long line to enter a gas station in Havana, Cuba, January 30, 2026
The Americas / 1 February 2026
1 February 2026

Meanwhile, US sends its first charge d’affaires to Venezuela in seven years after Maduro kidnapping

A PDVSA worker of the state-owned oil company carries a cutout of former President Nicolas Maduro dressed as an oil worker during a rally, January 29, 2026
Venezuela / 30 January 2026
30 January 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters while meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan at the State Department in Washington, January 13, 2026
Venezuela / 28 January 2026
28 January 2026
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz attends the opening of the annual Alasita Fair in La Paz, Bolivia, January 24, 2026
Latin America / 27 January 2026
27 January 2026

Journalists and opposition politicians have described the decision to remove TeleSur from national TV programming as censorship against alternative and critical journalism, reports PABLO MERIGUET

Government supporters carry portraits of kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 23, 2026
Latin America / 26 January 2026
26 January 2026
Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro attend a rally he called to protest comments by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026
Latin America / 17 January 2026
17 January 2026

With US sanctions, military pressure and electoral interference looming, the struggle over Colombia’s sovereignty — and the fate of its fragile peace process — has reached a critical moment, says NICK MacWILLIAM

THE RESOLVE UNALTERED: Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, center, makes a statement flanked by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, right, and National Assembly President, Jorge Rodriguez, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela on Wednesday
Features / 16 January 2026
16 January 2026

International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez (centre) with Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello (right) and National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez after a press briefing at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, January 14, 2026
Venezuela / 15 January 2026
15 January 2026
Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, January 3, 2026
Venezuela / 14 January 2026
14 January 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, shakes hands with Honduras' President-elect Nasry Asfura at the State Department, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Washington
Latin America / 15 January 2026
15 January 2026

Honduras may not be as much in the spotlight as Venezuela and Cuba right now, but Trump's circling vultures are making their move. JOHN PERRY reports

Marchers protest during the San Francisco Fight Trump's War on Venezuela in the Mission district of San Francisco on Saturday, January 10 2026 / Pic: Yalonda M James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP
Features / 14 January 2026
14 January 2026

FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ considers Trump’s war on Venezuela as tentative prelude to US recolonisation of Latin America by military force

People attend a protest outside United States Consulate in Edinburgh, over the US attack on Venezuela and the capture and detention of its President Nicolas Maduro by US forces, January 10, 2026
Anti-War Activism / 11 January 2026
11 January 2026
Campaigners gather for the Stop the War Coalition's 'No War On Venezuela' protest outside 10 Downing Street, London, over the US attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its President Nicolas Maduro by US forces, January 5, 2026
Protest / 9 January 2026
9 January 2026

Campaigners call on public to join protests across the country demanding Starmer stands up to the far-right US president

Supporters of the Venezuelan government hold dolls depicting late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, during a rally calling for their release after U.S. forces captured Maduro and Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 7, 2026
Latin America / 10 January 2026
10 January 2026

In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution, warns MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS

A pedestrian walks past a mural of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026
Latin America / 9 January 2026
9 January 2026

In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE

Ramona Palma, center, mother of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, mourns during his funeral in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Garcia was killed in the U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Latin America / 9 January 2026
9 January 2026

A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON

Fellow soldiers carry, on Wednesday in Caracas, the coffins of comrades killed in the US treacherous attack and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife
Features / 9 January 2026
9 January 2026

ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy

Ramona Palma, mother of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, mourns during his wake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, after Garcia was killed in a U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Editorial: / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer picks up UK-US trade deal papers dropped by US President Donald Trump before speaking to the media at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, December 15, 2025
The ‘Special Relationship’ / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026

Starmer slammed for refusing to say whether Trump broke international law by kidnapping Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife

Venezuela / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (left) and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, speak on April 27, 2025, in Marienborg, Denmark. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP
Europe / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026

Danish Prime Minister says if US were to invade Greenland, then it would be the end of Nato