My article: Beyond the “Delcyification” of analysis: siege, survival, and the dialectics of Venezuelan sovereignty:
“Confronting the ongoing U.S.-led project of hemispheric recolonization requires recognizing Venezuela not simply as a symbol of past resistance, but as a living political process within which popular forces continue to struggle over what sovereignty can still mean under conditions they did not choose.”
Special thanks to @AChavezAlava whose incisive words closed out this piece, on the need for the global north left to approach the Venezuelan ppl as political subjects, not just objects of solidarity when their suffering validates our anti-imperialist narrative, and dismissed when it doesn’t. 🇻🇪♥️
https://t.co/Ux4ruUqoM6
Why aren’t the presidents that oversaw slavery or the genocide of Native Americans or the destruction of societies around the world ever considered “authoritarian”?
NEW: 🇨🇳 China's nuclear fusion research has completed a massive magnet weighing 582 tons.
The goal is an "unlimited energy" artificial sun.
They plan to start the first power generation by 2030.
A safe, CO2-zero ultimate energy race.
1) Ortega didn’t cancel elections in Nicaragua 2) the CIA just admitted they’ve lied about Venezuela rigging elections for 20 years. Thanks for confirming pro statehood positions for 🇵🇷 line up with U.S. imperial narratives much of the time tho🫡
Ortega did not say this he said" we will no longer have elections where parties funded by the Yankees can coup our government. The national assembly will change the laws to make parties with Yankee money ineligible "
I will put up the full clip
This is false and ridiculous.
This propaganda spread by the US government (which supports actual dictatorships around the world) has been widely regurgitated by the corporate media.
But they are all taking out of context comments made by Nicaragua's Co-President Daniel Ortega.
Below I have posted a screenshot of the official transcript of the speech given by Ortega on 19 July 2026, alongside my translation. (This is link to the official transcript: https://t.co/9x3oIbipC4)
The full context clearly shows that Ortega was discussing the history of US interference in Nicaragua, and how the US government funds right-wing political parties to try to overthrow the Sandinista Front. (This should not come as a surprise to anyone who knows the basic history of Nicaragua and the CIA's Contra terror war in the 1980s.)
In 2018, the US government sponsored a very violent coup attempt in Nicaragua, which was extremely traumatic for the population.
Ortega was saying that "there will be no more elections" for these coup-plotting right-wing political parties that are funded by the US government.
Nicaragua is defending its sovereignty and preventing the US empire from installing another puppet regime like the corrupt Somoza dictatorship, which Washington propped up for decades, on the corpses of countless Nicaraguans.
The US empire has invaded Nicaragua multiple times, militarily occupied the country, waged a terror war, imposed sanctions, funded the opposition, and meddled nonstop in its elections. The Sandinista government is saying that that history of foreign interference is over. No more.
Nicaraguan co-president Daniel Ortega’s remarks at July 19th celebrations in Managua have been purposely taken out of context and have been mistranslated and the international media is running wild.
“They will never see another election where they can attempt to seize power by cheating their way into government.”
In his address, Daniel warned that the country’s institutions will take measures to prevent political parties—which have been involved in recent violent acts aimed at inciting sedition, with political and financial backing from the United States—from undermining national peace.
His comments weren’t directed at the Nicaraguan people nor in reference to their constitutional right to vote. He was referring to those who have promoted sanctions, foreign interference and acts that undermine the sovereignty and peace of Nicaragua.
I am so sick of the way western media covers Nicaragua and the left here eats it up🙄 ..On the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, Ortega didn’t say abolish all electoral processes. He said parties aligned w/U.S. interests and U.S.-backed intervention will no longer be allowed to compete or foment coups.
After seeing what Trump’s done in Honduras, Colombia and others, I can’t believe ppl would deny U.S. meddling in Latin American elections is a real threat. An FSLN supporter clarifies here: https://t.co/6OVwEZPol0
This document is a bone-chilling signal that the new McCarthy era has already begun.
But it is all the more bone-chilling to see that the entire report was 100% written by Claude.
We are asked to prepare for a lethal LLM-powered Red Scare. What a dreadful time to be alive.
McCarthyism is back:
The US State Department just published an insane, McCarthyite report that maliciously portrays leading left-wing groups in the US as supposed "front groups" for Cuba.
This is part of an authoritarian attempt, led by Marco Rubio, to criminalize and persecute leftist groups that oppose the US empire's crimes at home and around the world.
Some of the organizations being targeted in this fascistic crackdown are CODEPINK, the People's Forum, DSA, Black Alliance for Peace, the National Lawyers Guild, and Pastors for Peace.
After they bombed 100 Venezuelans to death, after they caused the equivalent of 3 Great Depressions by sanctions, after they kidnapped the president, the CIA finally admits that there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the Venezuelan government ever committed election fraud.
🇻🇪 La CIA reconoció que NO hubo fraude masivo en Venezuela.
Tras casi 20 años de vigilancia sobre los sistemas electorales, la inteligencia estadounidense no encontró evidencia concluyente de manipulación electrónica a gran escala.
El informe admite que no se probó ejecución real de ningún plan y que “otros factores explicaban mejor los resultados”: apoyo popular del chavismo, programas sociales, alta movilización de su base, división de la oposición.
Esto desmonta años de acusaciones infundadas usadas para justificar sanciones y presión externa.
Venezuela ha resistido con procesos electorales y auditorías.
Los hechos pesan más que las narrativas.
La manipulación es un hecho, lee por ti mismo y haz tu análisis, acá les dejo el documento.
What is currently happening to the Garifuna community in Honduras is so gross & infuriating. This not only affects the Garifuna community but also other Afro/Afro-Indigenous/Indigenous communities in the region, like the Miskitus, Creoles, etc.
Calling us Houthis is like calling the Iranian people Khomeinis. Wouldn't it be better to call us Yemenis instead of Houthis?
I wish that were the case, because "Houthi" is the title of the leader of the Yemeni revolution, Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, while the entire population participated in the September 21, 2014 revolution. Therefore, you should call us by our true name: Yemenis or Ansar Allah (Supporters of God).
The name "Houthis" is used by our enemies to belittle us and deny our existence as a state, government, people, and army. Therefore, I hope you will not call us by the name our enemies use for us.