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Foreign intervention
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela alerts UN to imminent military threat amid US escalation

Hostility from Washington towards progressive governments in Caracas is not new, but the current administration has initiated an unprecedented escalation against the government and people of Venezuela.

Book review: “Why Venezuela? How the US tries to undermine democracy and sovereignty in Latin America”

Explore how the US has waged a relentless campaign against the Bolivarian Revolution’s fight for sovereignty in this review of the new pamphlet, “Why Venezuela?”

US media promotes military intervention In Venezuela

Writers and activists Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris reflect on the piece in the NYT which openly calls for a military intervention to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro

Former Colombian president calls for a military invasion of Venezuela

Álvaro Uribe, former Colombian president, calls for military invasion of Venezuela. President Maduro challenges him to lead the war himself.

Foreign intervention Haiti Haiti and Kenya establish diplomatic ties as UNSC mulls deployment of controversial “security support mission”  

Kenya has stated that it will lead a potential security intervention in Haiti backed by the US and the UN. The move has been condemned by progressive forces as yet another attack on the sovereignty of Haiti in service of imperialist interests while plunging the country further into insecurity