Leaders and parliamentarians of major political parties in India, including the communist parties, organized a joint convention in New Delhi on Monday, January 12, condemning the illegal US actions in Venezuela and demanding the immediate release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

Hundreds of people, including representatives from the embassies of Venezuela, Cuba, and Palestine attended the meeting. Participants cheered and shouted slogans at every mention of the heroic resistance of the people of Venezuela, waving its national flag.

The participants in the convention adopted a unanimous resolution expressing solidarity with the people of Venezuela and demanding the Indian government pursue an independent, principled foreign policy and condemn the US threats and aggressions, which violate the UN charter and international law.

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🇰🇪🇻🇪Members of the Communist Party of Kenya - Marxist rallied outside the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, to reject the unilateral US bombing of Venezuela and demand the release and return of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

Ugandans are casting their ballots today in a highly tense contested presidential election, but many are doing so amid an ongoing nationwide internet shutdown that has cut off public access to social media, web services, and messaging platforms.

The election pits incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, 81, against eight presidential challengers, led by Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, 43, a musician-turned-politician whose supporters say they have faced repeated harassment throughout the campaign.

Museveni has been in power since 1986, making this his seventh bid for the presidency and extending a rule that now spans over four decades.

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The US Department of State announced on Tuesday, January 13, that it designated the chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon as “terrorist”, over allegations of them posing “a threat to the United States”.

Analysts assume that the Trump administration’s sanctions on the targeted organizations aims to further tighten the stranglehold on Hamas, by intimidating its supporters – on the political and popular levels – before an agreement on phase two of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal is reached.

By doing so, the United States and Israel hope to push Hamas to concede being part of any future Palestinian government that would rule post-war Gaza.

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Washington and Tel Aviv are laying the ground for a new campaign, with European participation and regional backing. The plan targets Iran’s political system, seeks to eliminate resistance forces across Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen, and presses ahead with the war of uprooting in Gaza and the West Bank.

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In these early days of January, we have had to witness what hoped never to see, though it comes as no surprise: the kidnapping of a legitimate sitting president through a criminal act of aggression by the United States.

After the illegal US military operation against Venezuela, the United States faces a crisis of legitimacy, even among its own allies.

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🇨🇺 Cubans honor 32 combatants killed by the US in Venezuela.

The people of Cuba and its armed forces honored the 32 Cubans who were killed by US forces during the illegal attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3. The remains of the 32 were repatriated to Cuba and honored in Havana at the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Witkoff clarified that the next phase will see the establishment of what he called the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), a transitional technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza that is supposed to run daily affairs in the war-torn enclave.

Meanwhile, rebuilding the severely-devastated territory, and the disarmament of all Palestinian resistance groups, which the US envoy described as “unauthorized personnel”, constitute the other two major aspects of the upcoming phase.

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Why is the Trump Administration seeking the direct annexation of Greenland, when the US empire already holds extensive rights over the island?

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