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The Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity issued a statement on Tuesday, December 16, rejecting what it calls a “blatant threat of a total oil blockade against Venezuela.”

A new declaration by Donald Trump, ordering “a total and complete blockade against all oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela,” demonstrates that the world is facing a criminal and unscrupulous state logic on the part of the Donald Trump administration, the statement reads.

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Far from being dismissed as mere delusion, it is clear that imperialism, in its thirst for resources, seeks to wield power without limits or regard for international law, diplomacy, or the sovereignty of other nations. This is an arbitrary imposition that no longer even attempts to disguise its actions as piracy, the document adds.

With blatant disregard for humanity and the norms of international coexistence, these actions unambiguously reveal the intention to plunder Venezuelan oil, even going so far as to refer to it in the declaration as “THEIR” oil and offering the absurd and false excuse of “recovering” it. This discourse, the text states, not only exposes imperial voracity but also reveals the danger of a leadership that attempts to justify dispossession with implausible arguments.

The Network of Intellectuals, Artists, and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity maintains its firm stance in denouncing these actions before the international community. These actions will ultimately unleash an armed conflict in the region, and, as with every warmongering incursion by imperialism, will leave behind a scenario that will prove uncontrollable, with disastrous consequences for the entire planet.

An urgent call from the free peoples of the world is needed to demand, without delay, the neutralization of this common enemy of peace and justice. Our efforts today must result in an end to the impunity with which the United States has operated for the past 150 years, the intellectuals declared.

Likewise, the statement added, we send a message of solidarity to President Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan people. Rest assured of our unwavering support and our recognition of the courage and determination with which you defend all of humanity from the most savage empire in history.

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Unions warn of security risks nearly two months after Crown Jewels theft as budget cuts fuel dispute.

On Thursday, the Louvre Museum in Paris — the world’s most visited museum, with nearly 9 million visitors a year — partially reopened, despite the decision by about 300 workers to continue for one more day the strike they began on Monday.

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As on the previous day, Louvre management decided to reopen the museum to tourists, but only the sections of its facilities that house its most famous works, such as the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.

Valeri Baud, spokesperson for the French Democratic Confederation of Labor, said reopening the Paris museum under the current conditions, nearly two months after the theft of eight French Crown jewels, puts “the security of the institution at risk.”

It is estimated that a one-day closure at the Louvre — which did not open Tuesday because it is the museum’s weekly day off — results in revenue losses of about 400,000 euros.

In a minutes-long strike inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels. Here's what to know. pic.twitter.com/HXQD2vPh5h

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 20, 2025

Representatives of the striking workers have asked Culture Minister Rachida Dati to abandon budget cuts and are demanding that the money be allocated to museum maintenance rather than the planned renovation of the vast building, which they argue will not improve the institution’s overall conditions.

The unions have set their sights on Louvre President Laurence des Cars, whom they accuse of prioritizing large-scale events over addressing the museum’s necessary rehabilitation.

Appearing before a Senate investigative committee examining the Oct. 19 jewel theft, des Cars acknowledged Wednesday that the museum is going through a “crisis” and is suffering from “disorganization” in security matters.

The Louvre has been under intense scrutiny since that autumn Sunday. Since then, its troubles have mounted, including the closure of part of the museum because of weakened beams, the flooding of a room housing Egyptian manuscripts and now a strike.

The Louvre Museum 🇫🇷 was the scene of a historic robbery: in just seven minutes, armed thieves stole historic jewels.

⚠️ An event that calls into question the #security of one of the most visited venues in the world. pic.twitter.com/zViQwupdub

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 23, 2025

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Honduran President Xiomara Castro stated this Wednesday that democracy in the country is facing serious difficulties, denouncing the electoral coup in the presidential elections and demanding a vote-by-vote recount during a massive public rally in Tegucigalpa against the fraud in the November 30 elections.

She emphasized that “I have called you here because the country is once again going through a crisis. Today, democracy in Honduras is in serious trouble; they want to manipulate our democracy and make decisions that only the people have the right to make in the only democratic opportunity they have to express themselves: the electoral process.”

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The president urged the people to “defend the democracy of our country, to prevent the manipulation of the ballots,” and emphasized the importance of a “vote-by-vote” recount to ensure that the results are an “exact representation” of what was expressed at the ballot box. She also pointed out that “democracy is defended standing up, not in silence,” and called on those present to participate in a peaceful mobilization.

“We have changed the history of Honduras,” she said, adding that the history of a people who have marched in resistance has also been changed, and that this resistance “has allowed us to demonstrate the exercise of power.”

“What is needed is political will and commitment to you,” the president added. “Let us continue defending the people’s votes,” she affirmed, and called for waiting for the resolutions that are issued. “But the people,” she emphasized, “must demand a recount of every single vote. That is how we can build democracy.”

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President Nicolás Maduro thanked the people of Venezuela for their decisive and effective response to the imperialist aggression and manipulation by the fascist far right, which called for an invasion of his country.

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During the 99th edition of his nightly program, “Con Maduro +,” the president commented on the 300 nighttime marches that took place this Monday in as many locations throughout the Bolivarian Republic.

He emphasized that this fascist right wing, led by Leopoldo López, Juan Guaidó, Julio Borges, La Sayona (María Corina Machado), and David Smolansky, called for a military invasion of the country.

He stressed that the fascist right wing of Leopoldo López, Juan Guaidó, Julio Borges, La Sayona (María Corina Machado), and David Smolansky called for a military invasion of the country. The dignitary alluded to the recent DataViva international poll, which revealed that 89 percent of Venezuelans “repudiate this infernal demon, this criminal who calls the Venezuelan people drug traffickers and incites an invasion and the killing of Venezuelans in an imperialist, gringo-backed invasion.”

He emphasized that, in response to another question, 96 percent of those interviewed, regardless of religion, ideology, political position, or socioeconomic status, “repudiate the act of piracy” against a ship carrying Venezuelan oil, which flagrantly violates international law and “takes us back to the days of pirates and privateers.”

The Venezuelan leader stated that, to this day, the whereabouts of the crew of that vessel, which was transporting 1.9 million barrels of oil, remain unknown.

The president referred to the 25th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), highlighting its firm positions, and alluded to the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, “an intelligent, determined, and honest man”; to the great commander Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua; as well as to the prime ministers of Dominica and Saint Lucia, and foreign ministers such as the one from Grenada.

In the president’s view, this Latin American and Caribbean integration bloc “is an extraordinary space for true integration, for the advancement of ideas, for unity and solidarity for the joint emancipation of our peoples.”

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Ever since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, the United States has attempted to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution. They havetried everything short of a full-scale military invasion: a military coup, selecting a substitute president, cutting off access to the global financial system, imposing layers of sanctions, sabotaging the electricity grid, sending in mercenaries, and attempting to assassinate its leaders. If you can think of a method to overthrow a government, the United States has likely tried it against Venezuela.

However, in 2025, the escalation became unmistakable. The US sent its warships to patrol Venezuela’s coast, began sinking small boats and killing those on board as they left the South American mainland, and seized an oil tanker bound for Cuba. The quantity of attacks on Venezuela has increased, suggesting the quality of the threats has now reached a different magnitude. It feels as if the United States is preparing for a full-blown invasion of the country.

Donald Trump came to office saying that he was opposed to military interventions that did not further US interests, which is why hecalled the illegal US war on Iraq a waste of “blood and treasure”. This does not mean Trump is against the use of the US military – he deployed it in Afghanistan (remember the “Mother of all Bombs”) and Yemen, and has fully backed the US/Israeli genocide against the Palestinians. His formula is not for or against war categorically, but about what the US would gain from it. With Iraq, he stated that the problem was not the war itself, but the failure to seize Iraqi oil. Had the US taken Iraq’s oil, Trump would likely have been in Baghdad, ready to build – with Iraqi treasure – a Trump hotel on one of the former presidential properties.

Naturally, the US military buildup in the Caribbean is about Venezuelan oil – the largest known reserves in the world. The US-backed politician, Maria Corina Machado, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize just this week after supporting the Israeli genocide and calling for a US invasion of her own country, is on recordpromising to open up her country’s resources to foreign capital. She would welcome the extraction of Venezuela’s wealth rather than allow its social wealth to better the lives of its own people, as is the goal of the Bolivarian Revolution started by Hugo Chávez. A hypothetical “President Machado” would immediately surrender any claim to the Essequibo region and grant ExxonMobil full command of Venezuela’s oil reserves. This is certainly the prize.

But it is not the immediate spur. A closereading of the2025 National Security Strategy of the United Statesshows that there is a renewed emphasis on the Western Hemisphere. The Trump Corollary to the 1823 Monroe Doctrine is clear: the Western Hemisphere must be under US control, and the United States will do what it takes to ensure that only pro-US politicians hold power. It is worth reading that section of the National Security Strategy:

“After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere, and to protect our homeland and our access to key geographies throughout the region. We will deny non-Hemispheric competitors the ability to position forces or other threatening capabilities, or to own or control strategically vital assets, in our Hemisphere. This ‘Trump Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine is a common-sense and potent restoration of American power and priorities, consistent with American security interests.”

When Argentina faced local elections, Trump warned that the US would cut off external financing if candidates opposing pro-US President Javier Milei lost. In Honduras, Trump intervened directly to oppose the Libre Party, even offering to release a convicted drug trafficker (and former President). The United States is moving aggressively because it has accurately assessed the weakness of the Pink Tide and the strength of a new, far-right “Angry Tide”. The emergence of right-wing governments across South America, Central America, and the Caribbean has emboldened the US to squeeze Venezuela and thereby weaken Cuba – the two major poles of the Latin American left. Overturning these revolutionary processes would allow a full-scale Monroe Doctrine domination of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Since the 1990s, the United States began to speak of Latin America as a partner for shared prosperity, emphasizing globalization over direct control. Now, the language has changed. As the Trump Corollary asserts: “We want a Hemisphere that remains free of hostile foreign incursion or ownership of key assets and that supports critical supply chains…We want to ensure our continued access to key strategic locations.” Latin America is seen as a battlefield for geopolitical competition against China and a source of threats like immigration and drug trafficking. The attack on Venezuela and Cuba is not merely an assault on these two countries; it is the opening salvo of direct US intervention on behalf of the Angry Tide. This will not deliver better lives for the population, but greater wealth for US corporations and the oligarchies of Latin America.

Trump is ready to revive the belief that any problem can be solved by military force, even when other tools exist. The Trump Corollary promises to use its “military system superior to any country in the world” to steal the hemisphere’s resources.

The aggression against Venezuela is not a war against Venezuela alone. It is a war against all of Latin America.

Vijay Prashadis an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is an editor ofLeftWord Booksand the director ofTricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He has written more than 20 books, includingThe Darker NationsandThe Poorer Nations. His latest books areOn Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle(with Noam Chomsky),Struggle Makes Us Human: Learning from Movements for Socialism, and (also with Noam Chomsky)The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of US Power. Chelwa and Prashad will publish How the International Monetary Fund is Suffocating Africa later this year withInkani Books.

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Russia and Iran announce a joint initiative to create a global group against unilateral sanctions, calling them a violation of international law.

Russia and Iran announced a joint initiative to establish a global group against unilateral sanctions, which they label a violation of international law.

The proposal was presented by Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Abbas Araghchi during a press conference in Moscow, as part of their commitment to strengthening bilateral strategic cooperation.

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Lavrov further highlighted the active cooperation between both countries on strategic projects, such as the Bushehr nuclear power plant, and expressed Russia’s willingness to join mediation efforts if requested by Tehran.

The Russian foreign minister also expressed concern over the Pentagon’s actions in the Caribbean, including “threats of military action and the sinking of civilian vessels,” criticizing the European Union’s lack of reaction to such acts.

For his part, Araghchi emphasized the importance of the International North-South Transport Corridor, a key route to mitigate the effects of unilateral sanctions and strengthen regional connectivity.

He reaffirmed Iran’s commitment to international nuclear agreements, without renouncing its sovereign rights, and warned that the U.S. approach of alleged “peace through force” represents a global threat.

Iran and Russia have further cemented their upward trend in cooperation, signing a new agreement that outlines practical implementation steps for some clauses of the strategic partnership treaty they signed earlier this year.https://t.co/5LH2Y90x0z

— Tehran Times (@TehranTimes79) December 18, 2025

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The United States has transferred 22 Cuban migrants to the Guantánamo Bay naval base this week, resuming a controversial Trump-era immigration policy for the first time since January.

The United States Government transferred 22 Cuban immigrants this week to the Guantanamo Bay naval base, a move that marks the first transfer of those nationals to the facility since January 2025, when President Donald Trump ordered the creation of an immigration detention center at the base with a capacity for approximately 30,000 people.

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The 22 men were transferred from Louisiana on a charter flight by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) despite a federal court ruling.

According to an anonymous Department of War official, five of them are considered “high-risk illegal aliens” and will likely remain in an area previously used to detain Al Qaeda suspects.

Official data shows that ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people without criminal records between January 20 and October 15, 2025, more than one-third of the 220,000 arrests reported in that period.

US sends 22 Cuban migrants to Guantanamo Bay despite court ruling
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The US has transferred 22 Cuban migrants to its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, defying a recent federal court decision that ruled the administration exceeded its authority by holding migrants at the facility,… pic.twitter.com/PTIhVJOOSb

— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) December 17, 2025

By May, the Trump Administration had spent $21 million on flights to transfer only a few hundred migrants to Guantánamo, many of them Venezuelans.

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Argentinian police used water cannons & riot gear in a new repression against pensioners protesting outside Congress during a budget debate.

Argentinian security forces repressed a weekly pensioners’ march outside Congress on Wednesday for approximately 40 minutes using riot gear and water cannons, as lawmakers inside debated the government’s contentious 2026 budget.

Medical volunteers from the Corps of Evacuation and First Aid (CEPA, in Spanish) treated at least five individuals for injuries. Two were affected by pepper spray, while others were hit by high-pressure water jets. In one severe incident, a young woman was knocked to the ground by a water cannon blast, sustaining a serious knee injury.

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The incident occurred during the retirees’ weekly march, as deputies inside the legislative palace held extraordinary sessions convened by far-right President Javier Milei to debate the Fiscal Innocence Principle law, and the National Commitment for Fiscal and Monetary Balance law.

For her part, Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva promoted the narrative of a violent breach of public order, which she attributed to an “Antifascist Club.” A force of between 700 and 800 officers encircled the building with barriers, transport trucks, and water cannons—equipment that was subsequently turned on the elderly demonstrators.

ARGENTINA | así fue la represión de la policía contra jubilados que protestaron (hoy) frente al Congreso
video compartido por @gisoleok pic.twitter.com/ZOLcqytAEn

— PIENSAPRENSA 357 mil Seguidores (@PiensaPrensa) December 18, 2025

Text reads: ARGENTINA | It was the police repression against pensioners who protested (today) in front of the Congress”.

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The Provincial Commission for Memory also denounced the repression. Acting as the Local Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture, the body highlighted the direct responsibility of Minister Monteoliva, who publicly stated she would apply the same anti-picket protocol at the major mobilization called by the General Confederation of Labour (CGT, in Spanish) against Milei’s neoliberal labour reform.

The CGT argues that the labour reform bill under debate in the Senate embodies “austerity and the precarization of work.” Key provisions include drastically reduced severance pay and the option for employers to pay wages in goods instead of currency.

The reform also aims to remove mandatory union dues collection by companies and create a new category of “independent delivery workers” for platform-based jobs. According to the union, these measures systematically undermine job security and workers’ rights.

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Gaza’s healthcare authorities reported a surge in victims of both renewed Israeli military operations and a severe winter storm, pushing the total death toll past 400 since the ceasefire agreement began to unravel on October 11, 2025, and overwhelming a decimated medical system.

This figure now includes victims of a punishing winter storm that has collapsed damaged buildings and exposed displaced people to extreme cold, killing at least 12.

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In the last 24 hours alone, one civilian was killed and another wounded by direct Israeli fire, according to the Health Ministry’s daily report. The broader collapse of infrastructure, however, is proving just as deadly.

Israel Has Violated the Gaza Ceasefire More Than 800 Times

Since the US-brokered ceasefire came into effect in October, Israel has carried out near-daily violations across the Gaza Strip.

⭕️Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad stated that Israel has committed more than 813 ceasefire… pic.twitter.com/jLP90kh7xi

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 18, 2025

Gaza’s Healthcare System in Crisis

Beyond the immediate trauma, a severe public health disaster is accelerating. Khalil al-Daqran, a ministry spokesperson, warned that the healthcare system is facing “unprecedented pressure.”

He stated that patient numbers have quadrupled available hospital capacity, with a significant surge in infectious diseases—particularly respiratory and digestive illnesses—rapidly spreading among children.

Health officials stress that the convergence of continued aggression, devastated infrastructure, and extreme weather has created a perfect storm, deepening the humanitarian crisis and crippling the enclave’s remaining medical response capabilities.

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US boat strikes have killed four more people as part of a deadly Pacific campaign, with Washington escalating pressure on Venezuela.

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The ministry added that, in addition to serious damage, the armed aggression injured 77 civilians and displaced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

The ministry also called on the international community to “strongly condemn Thailand’s violations of the Joint Declaration and its repeated war crimes and illegal activities,” and demanded that the neighboring nation “assume full responsibility for these blatant violations.”

Cambodia urged Thailand to immediately cease all hostile activities, withdraw its forces from its territory, and refrain from acts of aggression that threaten peace and stability in the region, the statement added.

Meanwhile, at a press conference Lieutenant General Maly Socheata, spokesperson for the Kingdom’s Ministry of National Defense, revealed that Thai forces deployed a new weapon, identified as the DTI-2, in their attacks against Cambodia’s territorial integrity.

She detailed that the new weapon was used to launch attacks on the battlefields of Preah Vihear province.

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro hails Iran as a global example in defending international law.

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A serious crisis is rapidly unfolding inside UK prisons as eight Palestine Action-Affiliated activists held on remand continue a prolonged hunger strike (the biggest in the UK since 1981), that has already forced five of them into hospital. Lawyers warn that the group, detained under “terrorism charges,” are being left to face death while government officials remain silent.

Legal representatives from Imran Khan & Partners Solicitors have appealed directly to Justice Secretary David Lammy, urging an emergency meeting before the activists’ health “deteriorates beyond possible recovery.” With two prisoners now around day 40 without food, lawyers say they are suffering severe symptoms including shortness of breath, memory loss, blurred vision, and rapid physical decline. All eight are being held in prolonged pre-trial detention, which could stretch to two years due to court delays, despite none being convicted.

The hunger strikers have issued five demands they insist they will continue to pursue regardless of the risks. Three relate directly to their legal conditions: an end to the censorship of their communications, immediate bail, and the disclosure of documents detailing alleged Israeli state and corporate influence in their prosecutions. The remaining demands are: the de-proscription of Palestine Action, which the UK labelled a terrorist organization in July, and the complete shutdown of Elbit Systems’ UK operations. Elbit, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, supplies most of the drones used in Israel’s military campaigns; Palestine Action has long targeted its UK sites.

As the hunger strike enters a potentially fatal stage, pressure is mounting on the Justice Secretary and The Crown Prosecution Service to intervene.

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Human rights organizations say the crisis stems from the UK’s extreme misuse of counter-terror legislation. Amnesty International UK warned the situation has reached “crisis point,” accusing prosecutors of stretching terrorism laws far beyond their intended purpose. Amnesty’s Kerry Moscogiuri described the activists as “victims of the UK’s excessively broad terrorism laws,” which she said have transformed ordinary protest actions into terrorism cases and threaten the rights to expression and assembly for all.

As the hunger strike enters a potentially fatal stage, pressure is mounting on the Justice Secretary and The Crown Prosecution Service to intervene. Without immediate action, Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Kamran Ahmed, Jon Cink, Teuta Hoxha, Heba Muraisi, Lewie Chiaramello, and Muhammad Umer Khalid continue to face the risk of death as per medical opinion. Any consequences of the prisoners’ mistreatment and neglect would rest squarely on the government’s refusal to engage with their demands or address the escalating concerns over political repression.

(Al Akhbar)

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A meeting on the scientific, historical and application development of tropical agriculture took place in the presence of experts and members of the community, said the statement on Wednesday.

The official document, distributed in Havana, describes that specialists and the community of the western territory of Santiago de Las Vegas promote the scientific and historical collection of INIFAT.

The meeting was organized by the Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical Alejandro de Humboldt (INIFAT), in collaboration with the International Committee for the Development of Peoples (CISP).

The workshop took place as part of the actions planned in the task Conservation and dissemination of scientific knowledge and results of basic research in tropical agriculture.

It also includes elements such as the energy component, which is inserted in the Green Line, Renewable Energy Communities and Food Security project in Pinar del Río, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).

In addition to managers and specialists of the institution, the meeting was attended by officials from the Agro-Forestry Business Group (GAF), and students from the Information Sciences career, the Faculty of Communication of the University of Havana.

The purpose of the event was to disseminate the scientific, historical and heritage collection preserved in the INIFAT library and archive, and highlight its potential for academic and scientific use in the locality.

At the meeting, certain programmes were announced to promote agriculture, such as the digitization of the documentary heritage of Cuban agriculture, improvement of material conditions, strengthening of staff skills and new information services.

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Coordinadora Mexicana de Solidaridad con Venezuela organized a quick rally, held outside the new US embassy in Mexico City, protesting US President Donald Trump’s growing aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its people. Speakers expressed solidarity from the Mexican people and demanded respect for Venezuela’s sovereignty, an end to US imperialism’s militarization of the Caribbean and regional peace.

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Cuba has condemned the U.S. naval blockade on Venezuela, reaffirming support for President Nicolás Maduro and the Bolivarian government amid growing regional tensions.

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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced the “naval blockade” imposed by the United States on Venezuela, asserting his country’s firm backing of the Bolivarian government. “Our energetic rejection of the U.S. Government’s naval blockade of Venezuela. We firmly support President Nicolás Maduro, the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution, and its Popular-Military Union,” Díaz-Canel stated on Wednesday.

He also expressed Havana’s “full backing” of a Venezuelan government statement that accused Washington of seeking to “appropriate Venezuelan resources, such as hydrocarbons, minerals, and territorial assets” through “massive campaigns of lies and manipulation.”

🔴🇨🇺Cuba respalda al Gobierno de Maduro frente al bloqueo naval de EEUU🇺🇸

🔹El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, ha repudiado el “bloqueo naval” impuesto por EE.UU. contra Venezuela🇻🇪 y expresado apoyo al Gobierno del país bolivariano.

🔗https://t.co/l5YOaEksH2 pic.twitter.com/H4zh4QdMbR

— HispanTV (@Nexo_Latino) December 17, 2025

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez echoed the condemnation, describing the blockade as “a serious violation of International Law” and reaffirming the country’s “total and firm support” for President Maduro and Venezuela.

The U.S. measures follow President Donald Trump’s designation of the Venezuelan government as “a terrorist organization” and his announcement of a total blockade on all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the country. Trump stated that the blockade will continue until “they return to the U.S. all the oil, land, and other assets that were stolen from us.”

🇨🇺❗️⚓️🇻🇪Cuba repudia "el bloqueo naval" de EE.UU. contra Venezuela

➡️https://t.co/kGBsswZUWe pic.twitter.com/SvUSA2pUXo

— RT Última Hora (@RTultimahora) December 17, 2025

This move comes shortly after U.S. forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker off the country’s coast, an unusual operation amid an expanding U.S. military presence in the Caribbean. Since September, U.S. forces have carried out multiple operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, resulting in at least 95 deaths in the name of anti-drug campaigns.

Venezuelan authorities have warned that Washington’s ultimate goal is regime change and control over the country’s strategic resources, including oil, gas, and gold.

We reject the naval blockade against #Venezuela announced by the #US government, which is a very serious violation of International Law and a new escalation of the aggression against the Bolivarian government.

Our all-out and firmest support goes to the constitutional President… pic.twitter.com/hemaOjAojt

— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) December 17, 2025

Cuba’s statement reinforces its longstanding alliance with Venezuela and highlights regional opposition to U.S. interventionist policies.

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro led this Tuesday the first plenary session of the Constituent Congress of the Working Class, a process he described as “victorious, successful, exemplary, unique and extraordinary,” which, he said, marks a historic rebirth of the Venezuelan labor movement amid a scenario of external aggression and international pressure.

During his address, the head of state underscored that more than 5,000 proposals were systematized following 22,110 grassroots assemblies held in workplaces across the country, a mechanism that enabled the direct and secret election of 66,330 principal delegates and 66,330 alternates, a figure he stated has no precedent in the country’s democratic history.

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“The greatest gift of all is the giant strength this constituent process of the working class has taken on, rising as the backbone of prosperity and guaranteed peace for our country,” Maduro said, stressing that no previous process had reached such a level of direct participation by organized workers.

In this context, the president reaffirmed his political and social identity by stating that he does not come from the economic elites, but from the popular sectors. “I have not been, nor am I, a tycoon or a multimillionaire; I am simply a man of the working class, an ordinary man,” he said, while reiterating his status as “Worker President and Commander-in-Chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces,” a statement directed, he noted, “at the oligarchies.”

#Venezuela | More than 1,300 workers gathered in Caracas to take part in the “Great Constituent Congress of the Venezuelan Working Class,” an event whose main objective is the transformation and organization of the country’s labor movement.https://t.co/nWfJRFs8ma

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) December 16, 2025

The President insisted that true power does not reside in the presidential office, but in popular organization. “My main mission in life is to build the greatest power, which is not the power of a president, but the power of the people in the streets, governing and leading,” he emphasized, noting that the constituent process has enabled an awakening and a resurrection of the Venezuelan labor movement.

Assessing the first eight weeks of the process, the president stated that the working class has consolidated itself as a central political actor, at a time when Venezuela, he denounced, has been facing for 25 weeks a campaign of multidimensional aggression, including psychological terrorism, economic sabotage, and acts of piracy against Venezuelan oil tankers.

“Venezuela has proven to be a strong country, and we are prepared to accelerate the pace of a profound revolution that gives power to the people fully and without intermediaries,” he said, thanking the solidarity support of social movements and governments that reject interventionist aggressions against the South American nation.

On the organizational front, the head of state called for a second plenary session of the Constituent Congress of the Working Class during the first week of January 2026, with the full participation of elected delegates, in order to approve the 2026 Action Plan. He also proposed extending the work of commissions and grassroots assemblies to deepen participation and consolidate proposals emerging from workplaces.

The Head of State also announced the relaunch of the Venezuelan university system, aimed at turning it into the great training school for leaders of the working class, and instructed the Council of Vice Presidents to immediately receive a workers’ delegation to implement proposals in the economic sphere.

In the area of defense, he reported on the expansion of working-class combat units, made up of nearly one million militiamen in workplaces, and called for an immediate review of the defensive plan, factory by factory and region by region, in coordination with the Bolivarian National Armed Forces.

On the international stage, the president called to defend in all multilateral bodies Venezuela’s right to freedom of trade, particularly oil trade, and denounced U.S. piracy as a threat not only to Venezuela, but to global commerce. “Defending Venezuela’s freedom of trade is defending the freedom of trade of the entire world,” he stated.

🔴 The immediate and unconditional release of the kidnapped crew.

🔴 The immediate return of Venezuelan oil illegally confiscated on the high seas.

🔴 The immediate cessation of any forceful action or interference against the legal commercialization of Venezuelan oil.

🔴 To… pic.twitter.com/TqpTcR4t3H

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) December 16, 2025

The Dignatary urged oil workers and international trade unions to activate a permanent global protest against piracy and attempts to impose new letters of marque, while rejecting drug trafficking accusations as “fake news and pretexts for war.”

“They cannot say we have weapons of mass destruction, but we do have the moral authority to say no more Vietnam, Libya, Afghanistan or Iraq. No to an eternal war,” he said, warning that “Nazifascist” right-wing sectors seek to colonize Venezuela in order to seize its strategic resources.

The president closed his address by reaffirming his oath to defend the homeland, peace, and shared happiness, and called to unite forces and consciousness in the face of what he defined as an imperial offensive against Venezuelan sovereignty.

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There was little doubt about the outcome of Chile’s second round presidential election on December 14. After receiving overwhelming support from almost the entire Chilean right (which, if you add up their vote shares in the first round, represented the vast majority), José Antonio Kast will become Chile’s next president.

In the first round, Jeanette Jara narrowly took first place with 26.85%, followed closely by Kast, who won 23.93% of the valid votes, thus securing his place in the runoff. In third, fourth, and fifth place were three right-wing candidates: center-right Franco Parisi (19.71%), libertarian Johannes Kaiser (13.94%), and conservative Evelyn Matthei (12.47%). All of them asked their voters to support Kast in the second round and joined his campaign.

Thus, on his third attempt, the far-right candidate, who ran for the Cambio por Chile coalition, won 58.2% of the valid votes, far ahead of Jeanette Jara, from the Unidad por Chile coalition, who won 41.8% after 99% of the ballots were counted. Thus, although the Chilean Communist Party activist managed to garner considerable support, she was unable to reverse a right-wing trend that mobilized the majority of the electorate.

In a message on X, Jara acknowledged her defeat: “Democracy has spoken loud and clear. I have just spoken with President-elect José Antonio Kast to wish him success for the good of Chile. To those who supported us and were called upon by our candidacy, rest assured that we will continue working to advance a better life in our homeland. Together and standing tall, as we have always done.”

For his part, Kast celebrated his victory: “This is a day of joy… Millions of Chileans decided to rise up, to stand up. This is not a personal victory or a victory for one party. Chile has won, and so has the hope of living without fear… We are going to restore the law and respect for the law in all regions without exception, without political, administrative, or judicial privileges… We celebrate the advance of freedom.”

The defeat of the Chilean center left
Jara represented the continuity of Gabriel Boric’s center-left government, which has not enjoyed overwhelming popularity during his term in office. However, it is important to emphasize that the tendency not to re-elect a political project seems to be almost a historical law. Since the return to democracy, no ruling party or coalition has managed to win re-election, so the Chilean electorate seems to be a kind of ideological pendulum that demonstrates, in reality, the inability of its governments to convince people to immediately trust their plan again. Nevertheless, it is also a country where former presidents such as Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010 and 2014-2018) and Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014 and 2018-2022) returned to the La Moneda presidential palace, although never consecutively.

However, it is the first time since the return to democracy that a far-right candidate that has openly identified with Pinochet has won. After the bloody Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), in which more than 3,000 people were killed, and there were more than 38,000 victims of human rights violations, it was politically inconvenient to be associated with the far right and Pinochet, though that did not stop many from admiring him.

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The shift to the far right in Chile
One of them is the future president of Chile. 59-year-old Kast ran for president in 2017 and 2022 and had always faced strong resistance from the majority of the Chilean electorate due to his far-right statements in favor of the dictatorship and his proposal to ban abortion in the country. Kast’s German-born father was a member of the German Nazi Party.

Several years ago, he said that if Pinochet were alive, he would vote for him, which did not go down well in a country still trying to heal social trauma. In these elections, Kast decided to take a less controversial stance and pledged to take into account the political programs of the other right-wing candidates.

Kast won over many people with his populist, alarmist campaign and by building his image as a kind of savior who will rescue Chile. Under the slogan “Chile is falling apart,” Kast promised to launch an “emergency government” to tackle what he calls “the worst crisis in Chile’s history.” Chile’s president-elect has decided to blame countless problems on migrants from neighboring countries who seek work in Chile.

Kast said that he will fortify the border with fences and ditches to stop migrants from entering. What is more, during his campaign, he started a countdown to the day when the more than 380,000 undocumented migrants working in Chile will leave the country voluntarily. If they do not, the far-right politician has promised to find them and expel them.

On economic issues, Kast, a self-declared admirer of Argentinian President Javier Milei, promises radical neoliberal reform: cutting fiscal spending by more than $6 billion in just 18 months without allegedly affecting social spending, which has been seen by several Chilean economists as impossible unless he cuts the budget for social programs.

On the diplomatic front, Kast has expressed his strong support for President Donald Trump, which several analysts have interpreted as a realignment of Santiago’s international policy in line with Washington. And while Boric had not been particularly critical of Washington, he did maintain a very critical stance on the Palestinian genocide and was in favor of greater regional integration. Kast will surely abandon those diplomatic positions in order to cozy up to Washington.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote: “Congratulations to Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast on his victory. The United States looks forward to working with his administration to strengthen regional security and revitalize our trade relationship.”

Thus, in less than two months, two countries, Bolivia (Rodrigo Paz) and Chile (José Antonio Kast), have shifted to the right and joined several South American countries that are governed by countries close to Washington, such as Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, and Argentina. On the other hand, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Venezuela still maintain center-left and left-wing political projects that resist what some analysts have called “the shift to the right in South America.”

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The U.S. stance is a clear manifestations of a policy based on the use of force and systematic harassment.

On Wednesday, the government of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a statement reiterating the Persian nation’s solidarity with Venezuela and its President Nicolas Maduro in the face of a new wave of U.S. threats.

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Earlier, on Tuesday night, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a total blockade on the entry and exit of oil tankers, a measure that would remain in effect until Venezuela “returns all the oil, land and other assets they previously stole” from the United States.

In response to Trump’s unprecedented claims, which violate the most basic principles of international law, Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued the following statement:

“The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns the threatening statements and actions of the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including threats of a maritime blockade and the prevention of this country’s lawful oil exports.

These positions and actions are clear manifestations of a policy based on the use of force and systematic harassment, which constitute a flagrant violation of recognized principles and norms of international law and the United Nations Charter, including freedom of navigation, maritime security, and freedom of international trade.

The action by the United States to attack, seize or obstruct the free transit of commercial vessels to or from Venezuela is a clear example of state piracy and armed robbery at sea.

Venezuela Accuses US of Seizing Oil Tanker, Calls It ‘State-Sponsored Piracy' | Asia One News#Venezuela #USTankerSeizure #Asiaone #Asiaonenews #EnglishNews pic.twitter.com/tbIm4bEmzW

— ASIA ONE NEWS (@AsiaOne_News) December 17, 2025

Invoking U.S. domestic laws and its unilateral and illegal sanctions to justify these actions cannot in any way serve as a basis to legitimize such criminal acts.

The threat, economic blockade and use of force against an independent country that is a UN member constitute an explicit violation of the UN Charter’s fundamental principles, in particular the principle of respect for national sovereignty, territorial integrity and the prohibition of the threat or use of force.

No power has the right to intervene in Venezuela’s internal affairs, and that country, in accordance with the fundamental principles of the UN Charter, enjoys the inherent right to self-defense against any external threat or aggression.

The persistence of the United States’ belligerent unilateralism against independent countries, in the absence of a responsible response from the international community and the United Nations, will lead to a dangerous precedent and the normalization of lawlessness in international relations, with consequences that will disrupt global peace and security as a whole.

Accordingly, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, and all responsible governments and relevant international institutions are expected, recognizing the gravity of the current situation, to condemn the illegal and coercive actions of the United States and hold the U.S. government accountable for its flagrant violation of the principles of international law and the UN Charter.”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responds to Tuesday's statements by United States President Donald Trump regarding Venezuela, reiterating Mexico's constitutional position of non-intervention, non-interference in foreign affairs, the self-determination of peoples, and the… pic.twitter.com/UCm1ATlc0z

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PDVSA emphasized that no aggression has affected its operational capacity.

On Wednesday, Venezuelan state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), affirmed that crude oil and refined product exports continue as normal, despite the “total blockade” ordered by the United States on oil tankers entering or leaving the country.

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PDVSA asserted that, despite recent sanctions and acts of international piracy, its oil tankers are sailing with technical support and operational guarantees. The company exercises its rights to free navigation and trade recognized by international law.

It denounced as theft the December 10th seizure by the U.S. of an oil tanker that carried Venezuelan crude. PDVSA emphasized that no aggression has affected its operational capacity or the determination of its workforce, which has the support of the Venezuelan people.

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Venezuela is surrounded by “the largest armada ever assembled in South America” and that there will be unrest until Venezuelans return allegedly stolen oil, land, and assets.

In his administration’s latest act of war, Donald Trump has ordered a naval blockade of Venezuela.

We must organize and mobilize to stop this blockade and prevent a wider war. No war on Venezuela!https://t.co/dR32RA7Vaw

— Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) December 17, 2025

Trump announced a “total blockade” against oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, as part of the military operation in international waters of the Caribbean Sea, initially intended to combat drug trafficking organizations operating in the region.

The U.S. president accused the Venezuelan government of using oil to “finance” narcoterrorism, human trafficking, murder, and kidnapping, and linked the work of Venezuelan oil fields to international illicit activities.

Since August, the U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) has attacked more than 30 boats allegedly linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. It recently seized the Skipper oil tanker, which carried Venezuelan crude.

During the Constituent Congress of the Working Class, led by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, he emphasized that imperialism wants to colonize the #nation to steal its mineral wealth. He also stressed that peace and stability will always prevail in #Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/gEuWXLAOtO

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ICRC Spokesperson in Gaza Amani al-Naouq stated that continuous Israeli attacks, the collapse of buildings damaged by floods, and bad weather have tragically increased the number of victims in Gaza.

Quoted by Al Quds newspaper, Al-Naouq emphasized that many civilians were forced to take refuge in those dilapidated structures despite the risks, as they have no other option.

The spokesperson noted that despite the ceasefire, conditions have not returned to what they were before the escalation in October 2023, because thousands of families remain separated.

Additionally, she added, people are having difficulty accessing food, drinking water, medicine, and adequate shelter.

Al-Naouq revealed that more than 80 percent of the population of the coastal enclave has been affected by successive evacuation orders from the Israeli Army over the last two years.

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stated this Tuesday during the closing of the Constituent Congress of the Working Class that “a process like this, of profound democratization of a country and of the labor movement, has never been seen before.”

In this regard, he pointed out that 22,110 grassroots assemblies were held in workplaces to elect, through qualitative debate incorporating the ideas of millions of workers, 66,330 workplace delegates.

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“There has never been a more democratic process and greater empowerment of the workers,” he emphasized, while insisting that “this force has risen as a vital pillar of stability, economic development, and guaranteed peace in our country.”

He also stressed that “a country rests and thrives thanks to its working class.” The Venezuelan head of state also announced the election of 1,059 super-delegates, chosen by 347 workers’ assemblies, with 60 percent being men and 40 percent women. In this context, he emphasized revolutionary quality and political effectiveness as central principles, while recounting part of the history of the Venezuelan labor movement.

Furthermore, Maduro asserted that “we have a popular constituent process. We have the method,” adding that they are “defending this homeland against oligarchies.”

The head of state stressed that “now, with the militia, we will defeat the oligarchy and imperialism under any circumstances,” and stated that they have spent “25 weeks denouncing, confronting, and defeating a campaign of aggression that ranges from terrorism to the piracy of privateers who attacked the oil.”

“Venezuela has demonstrated, across all sectors, that it is a strong country, that it has real power, and that we are prepared to continue our progress and accelerate the march of a profound revolution that gives power to the people without intermediaries,” he said.

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The Cuban Central Bank (BCC, in Spanish) announced Wednesday the implementation of a new exchange market structure, introducing a daily floating exchange rate segment for currencies, alongside two existing fixed rates.

The Central Bank’s President, Juana Lilia Delgado Portal stated that the current coexistence of different foreign exchange rates “generates distortions, incentivizes informality, and complicates the banking and fiscal traceability of economic activity”, so authorities have the objective of create the conditions to initiate transformations in the foreign exchange market, under principles of graduality and temporality.

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A new three-segment structure was designed as a transitional scheme to avoid a sharp, disruptive devaluation:

• Segment I: Maintains a fixed rate of 24 Cuban pesos (CUP) to 1 unit.
• Segment II: Maintains a fixed rate of 120 CUP to 1.
• Segment III: A newly created segment featuring a daily floating exchange rate, to be published by the BCC. This rate is intended to reflect “the objective existence of differences between the official exchange rates and the real value that reflects the scarcity of foreign currency”, explained the official. The BCC will daily update  this rate on its official website.

The first two segments will be maintained to prevent sharp devaluations of the exchange rate and, consequently, the value of the national currency, trying to protect the population in basic and sensitive transactions, preserving stability and predictability in the prices of essential goods and services.

The third segment, based on a daily floating rate, will allow exporters and other foreign currency suppliers to sell at a competitive price determined by supply and demand, in a way to incentivize the inflow of foreign currency into the exchange market, which will serve as a source for its operations and reduce the pressures and irregularities of the informal market.

The reform aims to gradually recover the convertibility of the Cuban peso and move toward monetary convergence in an economy plagued by multiple, disjointed exchange rates.

🗣️💵|| Anuncian transformación del mercado cambiario de divisas

🗣️ @BancoCentralCub, en la persona de su ministra presidenta @JlDelgadoPortal anunció, una transformación de su mercado cambiario de divisas, que entrará en vigor a partir de este 18 de diciembre.#ACNreporta pic.twitter.com/1ZedHIA030

— Agencia Cubana de Noticias (@ACN_Cuba) December 18, 2025

Text reads: “Currency exchange market transformation announced @BancoCentralCub, in the person of its Minister-President @JlDelgadoPortal announced a change in its foreign exchange market, which will take effect on 18 December.”

Addressing the MLC

On the other hand, Delgado explicitly denied rumors about the elimination of accounts in the so-called “freely convertible currency” (MLC, in Spanish), asserting the goal is to “strengthen the purchasing power of the MLC and its use value.”

“An immediate unification of the exchange rate, without a transition stage, could cause a sharp devaluation, with greater inflationary effects than current ones and a deepening of the loss of purchasing power of the national currency,” Delgado warned, citing international experience with economies facing accumulated imbalances.

The strategy, aimed at recovering the purchasing power of the national currency, is to concentrate and orient the foreign exchange market by connecting the various economic actors -state and non-state- in the production, export and marketing of goods and services at competitive prices.

The legal provisions enacting these changes will be published in Cuba’s Official Gazette and will enter on force on December 18, 2025.

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The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, participated this Tuesday in the Constituent Assembly of the Working Class, a national deliberative forum that brought together delegates from 110 assemblies across the country, representing more than 66,000 delegates.

The event, led by the Minister of Popular Power for the Social Process of Labor, Eduardo Piñate, aimed to present a summary of the proposals gathered to strengthen the labor sector and the Bolivarian Economic Agenda.

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“More than 5,000 proposals were first systematized and then synthesized before arriving here. Proposals for each of the pillars of the Bolivarian Economic Agenda,” explained Piñate, noting that the initiatives have already been incorporated into documents that culminated in this session.

The spokesperson for the working class, María Alejandra Rondón, read the conclusions of the meeting, reporting that 22,110 assemblies were held throughout the country during the workers’ constituent process, with the participation of productive, urban, rural, and fishing sectors.

#Venezuela | More than 1,300 workers gathered in Caracas to take part in the “Great Constituent Congress of the Venezuelan Working Class,” an event whose main objective is the transformation and organization of the country’s labor movement.https://t.co/nWfJRFs8ma

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) December 16, 2025

These assemblies resulted in the appointment of 66,330 delegates, a figure that, according to Grimán Rondón, represents a historic milestone in the inclusion of women in these spaces: 40% are women and 60% are men, highlighting progress in gender equality within the Venezuelan labor movement.

During her address to the head of state, Grimán Rondón presented a set of proposals that emerged from the collective debate, among which the appointment of a National Workers’ Transition Commission (CENOT) stands out. This commission would have full powers to lead the renewal of the Bolivarian Socialist Workers’ Central at all levels, sectors, and structures.

The National Confederation of Workers (CENOT) must present a transition timeline within 20 days, culminating in the National Workers’ Congress within 18 months, which will formalize the renewed central organization. Furthermore, within six months, it must define new bylaws, design the methodology for general elections in unions, federations, and the central organization itself, and ensure that grassroots leaders are active, employed workers with revocable mandates.

Other key proposals include the relaunch of the Bolivarian Workers’ University “Jesús Rivero,” the creation of the National School of Workers’ Cadres with a curriculum focused on production management, political economy, Venezuelan history, science, technology, and innovation, and the consolidation of the National Plan for the Training and Self-Training of the Working Class, promoted by the Ministry of Popular Power for the Social Process of Labor.

Grimán Rondón also announced that the workers’ sector has developed its own Production Plan, the result of collective work in assemblies, which will be presented in detail at the presidential meeting with representatives of the working class.

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