🚫 Sanctions

Yemen's missile strike on Riyadh's airport and Iran's mining of the Strait of Hormuz escalate regional tensions, as Israel and the US weigh new attacks on Iran and its allies.

Venezuela's acting president announced the Venezuela Alimenta food plan at the FAO World Food Forum in Rome and held bilateral talks with Angola and the Dominican Republic on food security and energy cooperation.

Iran's IRGC Navy reports a third oil supertanker struck in the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring warnings, vowing decisive responses against vessels cooperating with US forces as transit through the waterway collapses.

Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez attends the FAO World Food Forum in Rome, promoting food as a human right while questions arise over the foreign-registered aircraft used for her official travel.

Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez has shifted sharply toward Washington on oil and foreign policy after the US military incursion, raising debate over whether Chavismo has abandoned its defence of national sovereignty.

A PSUV delegation in Mexico confronted Gustavo Petro over claims that Venezuela abandoned Cuban combatants during the January 3 US assault, amid disputes over sovereignty and electoral recognition.

Saudi Arabia's Operation Yemen's Dawn, a US- and Israeli-backed offensive to seize Yemen's western coast, collapsed as Ansarallah forces imposed a no-fly zone over Riyadh and struck Saudi airbases and oil facilities.

A Guardian open letter signed by 24 leftists urging solidarity with Iran's "political prisoners" is exposed as a regime-change tactic, drawing a fierce anti-imperialist backlash and six withdrawals.

Venezuela's acting president reports 22 consecutive quarters of growth, 6.5% third-quarter expansion, slowing inflation and rising consumption at the Fedecámaras business assembly, alongside new oil, gas and mining agreements.

Venezuela's foreign minister addresses the ECLAC session in the Dominican Republic, urging regional integration, diversified alliances, and an end to unilateral coercive measures against developing nations.

A US-backed reactionary wave has swept Latin America, and after Washington abducted President Maduro, Venezuela faces a forced negotiated sovereignty under an oil deal that leaves Chavismo intact but constrained.

Venezuela's chronic blackouts stem from a structurally degraded power grid, yet the government's answer is privatisation and oil concessions to US firms rather than public investment in the system.

A gas line rupture sparked a fire at Venezuela's Cardón refinery, which PDVSA quickly contained without injuries, while the incident highlights how US sanctions impede maintenance of the country's oil infrastructure.

Venezuela's state power company synchronised two thermoelectric units at the Termozulia complex in Zulia, adding 300 megawatts to the national grid as part of a wider plan to restore generation capacity hit by years of US sanctions.

Venezuela's Bolivarian government under Delcy Rodríguez negotiates an oil agreement with the US to rebuild social programs, framing it as survival amid sanctions, military threats and the abduction of Maduro.

New US sanctions tighten the six-decade blockade on Cuba while surging American exports aim to make the island financially dependent on Washington, displacing the Cuban government as its main supplier.

Canada's Five Eyes intelligence alliance has long served US efforts to destabilise Cuba, with Canadian spies passing signals intelligence to Washington as Trump tightens the embargo on the island.

Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi argues that seven months of siege and sanctions against Iran are instead strangling the oil-dependent Gulf monarchies that backed the war, leaving US bases around Iran destroyed or half destroyed.

Professor Mohammad Marandi argues that seven months of siege and sanctions on Iran are strangling the oil-dependent Gulf monarchies that backed the war, leaving US bases destroyed and the dollar under pressure.

A senior US federal prosecutor has departed the case against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, who were forcibly removed from their country during a January military strike.

Venezuela's Chavista leadership navigates US military coercion and an oil agreement, preserving state power and sovereignty through diplomacy while resisting regime change.

A global manifesto signed by activists, unions and intellectuals demands the release of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, denouncing their US abduction as a violation of sovereignty and international law.

Diosdado Cabello accuses far-right opposition groups of plotting violent disturbances to project a false image of national crisis, while announcing electrical equipment arrives despite US sanctions.

Cuba will dedicate 200 MW of solar generation to Havana's water pumping so the service no longer depends on the national grid, as distributed generation aims to reverse outages from November.

Airlines suspend flights to Cuba as a US energy blockade causes a Jet A-1 fuel shortage, cutting tourism revenue and triggering blackouts, while Washington adds the state oil company Cupet to its sanctions list.

Iran's IRGC says it strikes vessels violating its rules in the Strait of Hormuz daily while US forces have withdrawn, as Tehran demands an end to the naval blockade and economic war before talks resume.