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  • Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia shakes hands with the head of the Jewish community in Venezuela, Rabbi Isaac Cohen, in Caracas on Sunday, August 9, 2026. Photo: X/@Cancilleria_ve.

    Venezuela moves toward renewed ties with ‘Israel’ amid Chavista criticism

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on August 11, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    The controversial decision was announced by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry on social media.

  • Banner for the special interview with María Páez Victor and Andreína Chávez Alava. Photo: Orinoco Tribune.

    Venezuela: Chavistas reject ‘treason’ claims against Delcy Rodríguez, defend Critical Unity

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on August 9, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    Venezuelan journalist Andreína Chávez Alava and sociologist María Páez Victor rejected allegations that Acting President Delcy Rodríguez and the Chavista leadership betrayed President Nicolás Maduro.

  • ‘To the victor belong the spoils’: Trump flaunts U.S. plunder of Venezuela

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on August 6, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    Trump has escalated his openly imperialist rhetoric against Venezuela, portraying the South American country as a neocolonial possession whose sovereign resources Washington may plunder as the “spoils” of military aggression.

  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro (right) with his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, in Havana, Cuba, July 31, 2026. Photo: radiocaribe.icrt.cu.

    Gustavo Petro visits Cuba on last official foreign tour as president

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on August 1, 2026 by Diario Red (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Aug 04, 2026)

    The outgoing president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, made a trip to Cuba on Friday, his last trip abroad before his term ends and he hands over the presidency to far-right Abelardo de la Espriella, who will take office on August 7 in Cali.

  • A Venezuelan flag hangs surrounded by debris, in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes, in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, July 9, 2026. Photo: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters.

    Venezuela’s earthquake response exposes the rot of western media

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on July 10, 2026 by Andreína Chávez Alava (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Jul 16, 2026)

    The sanctions death toll, an estimated 40,000 in 2017-18 and more than 100,000 in 2019, according to CERP and UN expert Alfred de Zayas, respectively, never received attention from the media, but the victims of the quakes are portrayed as the government’s fault.

  • Wreckage and remains of a US F-15 fighter jet, shot down by Iranian defense forces in Isfahan, on April 5, 2026. Photo: PressTV.

    U.S. lost 39 aircrafts during 40 days of war against Iran: Congressman

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on May 16, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    A U.S. lawmaker says the American military lost at least 39 aircraft during 40 days of the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression against Iran.

  • AI

    AI isn’t taking your job. Your boss is using AI to take your job.

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on May 2, 2026 by Neil Zhu (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted May 07, 2026)

    China just forced companies to admit what the rest of the world keeps pretending not to see.

  • An image from a video provided by the US Southern Command, showing a small boat accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the US, killing two and injuring one, on January 23, 2026. Photo: US Southern Command/AP/file photo.

    U.S. Southern Command maritime executions surge as international attention shifts to U.S. atrocities in West Asia

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on April 20, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    The latest series of attacks, which the U.S. regime continues to characterize as counter-narcotics measures, has resulted in at least 14 additional deaths since late March.

  • President Maduro's two-handed gesture, which means "Together we will win,” sketched on a placard at a Chavista rally. Photo: Alba Ciudad/File photo.

    President Maduro’s trial will not bring justice, but it can weaken U.S. imperialism

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on April 2, 2026 by Andreína Chávez Alava (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Apr 04, 2026)

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and congresswoman, Cilia Flores, made their second appearance Thursday in a New York court, three months after being abducted by U.S. forces in a large-scale illegal strike against Venezuela that killed at least 100 people.

  • Protesters in New York demanding the release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Deputy Cilia Flores, on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Photo: Joshua Deckert/Spectrum News NY1.

    Venezuela’s Presidential couple appear in New York court; judge questions legitimacy of legal fee freeze

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on March 29, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Deputy Cilia Flores, have appeared before the Court for the Southern District of New York for a second hearing.

  • Beyond the hospital network of more than 280 hospitals and 430 polyclinics, the project will also reach some 2,000 homes in isolated rural areas that historically lack stable access to electricity. Photo: Adelante Newspaper.

    China’s solar systems aid boosts Cuban health centers

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on March 18, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Mar 20, 2026)

    The Cuban Government, with China’s support, is rapidly deploying 5,000 solar systems, focused on hospitals, polyclinics and maternal homes, as well as water pumping stations and telecommunications nodes, to combat a severe energy crisis exacerbated by U.S. sanctions.

  • Trump Corollary

    The Trump Corollary: Imperialist offensive and the assault on Venezuela

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on March 11, 2026 by William Camacaro and Frederick Mills (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Mar 14, 2026)

    The “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine is a central feature of U.S. strategy designed to secure hegemony and limit Chinese and Russian influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

  • Sketch of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores appearing before a US federal court in New York on January 5, 2026. Photo: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters/file photo.

    President Maduro denounces U.S. violation of Right to Defense amid funding blockade

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on February 28, 2026 by Orinoco Tribune Staff (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Mar 04, 2026)

    Through his attorney Barry Pollack, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has denounced the United States for violating his right to a legal defense by attempting to prevent the Venezuelan government from paying his law firm’s fees.

  • Fire and smoke rise in Tel Aviv following the impact of an Iranian missile fired in retaliation to US-Israeli aggression on February 28, 2026. Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

    Chavista Grassroots rebuke Venezuelan Government’s ambivalent statement on U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on March 1, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Mar 03, 2026)

    Venezuelan authorities described the military response by Iran against targets in various countries as “undue and condemnable,” questioning the right to self-defense, despite the fact that the Iranian response targeted U.S. military assets throughout West Asia, not civilian installations.

  • Still image of the small boat destroyed by the US SOUTHCOM in the Eastern Pacific on February 9, 2026. Photo: X/@Southcom/screenshot.

    U.S. Southern Command resumes extrajudicial killings as piracy spreads to Indian Ocean

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on February 11, 2026 by Orinoco Tribune Staff (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Feb 12, 2026)

    U.S. Southern Command reported a new extrajudicial execution against a small vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, February 9.

  • An Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion in the occupied West Bank. Photo: Reuters.

    China labels Israeli-occupied lands as ‘high risk area,’ bans all new investments: Report

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on February 7, 2026 by Orinoco Tribune Staff (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Feb 09, 2026)

    The news emerged in Israeli media outlets amid a lawsuit filed by members of Kibbutz Hanita against Ballet Vision, a Chinese-controlled fund that holds an 80% stake in Hanita Lenses, an intraocular lens manufacturing plant located in the northern part of the occupied lands near the Lebanese border.

  • AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington DC. Photo: Matt Popovich/Flickr/file photo.

    U.S. labor independence and solidarity with Venezuela

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on January 30, 2026 by James Patrick Jordan (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Feb 03, 2026)

    Illegal U.S. military strikes on January 3, 2026, against Venezuela have elicited a flood of resolutions from labor unions. Some of these have focused solely on the U.S. aggression and solidarity with the Venezuelan people. Others have gone further to condemn the kidnapping and arrest of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. In […]

  • Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez (center), accompanied by National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez (left) and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello (right), holds a press conference, Caracas, Venezuela, January 14, 2026. Photo: Ding Hongfa/Xinhua News.

    Trump neither selected Delcy Rodríguez nor Governs Venezuela

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on January 17, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Jan 19, 2026)

    Trump’s explicitly colonial language has also included the use of bullying as a tactic of provocation, as he recently proclaimed himself “interim president” of Venezuela in a post on Truth Social.

  • Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores escorted by US DEA agents in New York, January 5, 2025. Photo: XNY/Star Max.

    President Maduro’s son provides information about his father’s abduction by U.S.

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on January 9, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Jan 12, 2026)

    During the International Anti-Fascist Forum in solidarity with Venezuela held by video conference on Thursday, January 8, Maduro Guerra pointed out that the military invasion ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, in addition to violating all international and even U.S. law, was a crime against humanity and turned Maduro and Flores into “prisoners of war” of an operation aimed at seizing Venezuela’s natural resources.

  • Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez addressing the nation on January 3, 2026, following the news of the US abducting President Nicolás Maduro. Photo: Screenshots from publicly broadcast video footage.

    Venezuela’s revolution remains intact—International and domestic demonstrations demand return of abducted President

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on January 3, 2026 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Jan 05, 2026)

    It remains unclear if Vice President Delcy Rodríguez will follow the Constitutional path of presidential succession or if the PSUV will instead continue to demand the return of President Maduro—a formula that many consider highly improbable—or whether both of these options will be pursued simultaneously.

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  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

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  • The Rise and Fall of the United Farm Workers
    Michael D. Yates Cesar Chavez (center) marches with United Farm Workers members in Redondo Beach, California, July 9, 1975.

    Chavez could not abide the idea, much less the reality, that the farm workers themselves could and should run the union.

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