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Sponsored by Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, the January 19-21 event brings together scientists, political leaders, representatives of international organizations, and climate experts from across the region and the world.

Dr. Jalludin Mohamed, Director General of Djibouti’s Center for Research Studies, emphasized, in his speech, the urgency of taking action in the face of climate change affecting the region.

Professor Daniel Olago, Director of the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Nairobi, highlighted the importance of training a new generation of researchers equipped with 21st-century technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, to address the multidimensional challenges of climate change.

Djiboutian Minister of Higher Education and Research Nabil Mohamed Ahmed reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to placing science, innovation, and international cooperation at the heart of its climate adaptation strategy.

The event includes thematic sessions, workshops, and scientific presentations designed to transform discussions into actionable recommendations and concrete initiatives. abo/iff/lam/nmr

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The head of Moldovan diplomacy stated that the Ministry is currently drafting the denunciation of the agreements that are the legal basis of the organization, in particular the CIS Agreement and its protocol, as well as the CIS statute.

The minister explained that once the new parliamentary session begins, the denunciation documents will be submitted to the legislature.

The diplomat noted, “We will probably conclude the procedures at the governmental level by mid-February.

After that, Parliament will make the decision.”

Popsoi underscored that if Parliament approves the withdrawal of the three constituent agreements and President Maia Sandu ratifies them after the completion of the technical stages, Moldova will cease to be a member of the CIS.

The Moldovan government approved in November 2025 the withdrawal of seven agreements signed within the CIS.

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“It is not only about defining the objectives and guidelines for the 2026-2030 period, but also about making strategic decisions that will shape the future and destiny of the nation in the coming decades,” Cuong said in his opening address at the major event, which is being attended by 1,586 delegates representing more than five million party members.

The head of State noted that the party conclave “aims to ignite the national aspiration for development, pride, and resilience; mobilize all resources and engines of growth; and enhance the strength of the people and the great bloc of national unity in conjunction with the strength of the times.”

It also aims to boost comprehensively and in a coordinated manner the renewal, construction, development process, and defense of the Homeland, successfully achieving the goal of building a powerful nation on par with the world’s great powers, in accordance with the aspirations of President Ho Chi Minh and the entire Vietnamese people.

Cuong stressed that the 14th Congress marks the beginning of a new era of national development and reflects the unwavering resolve, firm political will, and the spirit of great unity of the entire people, with a view to building a peaceful, independent, democratic, strong, prosperous, civilized, and happy Vietnam, steadily advancing toward socialism.

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According to the official program, Noboa will meet this week with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); and Ajay S. Banga, President of the World Bank.

The Ecuadorian president will also meet with the presidents of Panama, Jose Raul Mulino; Israel, Isaac Herzog; and Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

During this trip, which will take place from January 20 to 24, Noboa has also scheduled meetings with entrepreneurs.

As part of the Davos Forum’s annual meeting, the head of State will participate in the panel “Rebuilding Trust in Latin America” and in the forum “Transforming Latin America’s Investment Frontier.”

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Opened at the Agricultural Exhibition Park in Salvador, Bahia, on Monday, the event aims to strengthen the MST’s strategic plan for the struggle for land, the construction of Popular Agrarian Reform, and the accumulation of forces toward socialism.

Over the five days of activities, the event addresses the role of capital in agriculture, the Brazilian economic and political situation, and the Movement’s work as a force, while also assessing the organization’s actions in education, agroecology, cooperation, and agro-industrialization.

During the opening session of the forum on Monday, in the presence of 3,000 activists nationwide, a panel discussion was held on global geopolitics and the current international situation, featuring journalist Breno Altman and Stephanie Weatherbee, an activist with the International Articulation of Peoples.

Both figures referred in their remarks to the crisis of hegemony of US imperialism.

The previous National Meeting of the MST was held in 2009 in Sarandi, Rio Grande do Sul, to commemorate the organization’s 25th anniversary, and was attended by 1,500 rural workers.

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The Public Prosecutor’s Office informed that the inquiry was launched on January 15, in execution of a process reserved for the presidential investiture, and after preliminary inquiries and questioning the president twice, the investigation will be suspended until the end of his term in July.

Attorney General Tomas Vasquez, who is handling the case, stated that the charges are only an initial reference point and could determine specific responsibilities and the full extent of the events under investigation.

Meanwhile, an anti-corruption prosecutor’s office will investigate, without the limitations applied to Jeri, Chinese entrepreneur Zhi Hua Yang, who manages a group of companies that provide services or sell products, and with whom the president met secretly at least twice.

The case came to light on October 11, when a photograph was released showing Jeri, hooded and wearing dark glasses, heading towards a meeting with Yang near midnight, and later offered contradictory explanations for his actions.

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Lieutenant Pedro Sarmiento, of the Presidential Honor Guard, was one of the Venezuelan military personnel wounded during the armed invasion by the US regime on January 3. The action that left over 100 dead and resulted in the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and National Assembly Deputy and First Lady Cilia Flores.

At the Military Hospital in Caracas, where he is receiving medical care, Sarmiento recounted how he and his troops experienced the US attack, emphasizing their valiant fight. “We Venezuelans are truly resilient. Despite the rapid intervention, we were able to confront and respond to this great power,” he commented during an interview with Telesur journalist Madelein García.

Recalling the events, the lieutenant noted that he managed to position his troops on a hill that morning, but they were bombed when they were detected.

“I managed to position myself on the hill with them. I gave them instructions and told them to ‘get up.’ The moment I told them to ‘get up,’ I got up, loaded the magazine, loaded the weapon, pointed upwards, and saw nothing. The moment I said ‘advance,’ what I felt was the impact of the explosion and the shockwave,” he recalled.

With wounds covered by bandages on one arm and both feet, he praised the efforts of his troops. He pointed out that, despite the technological superiority of the US, Venezuelan forces managed to respond to the incursion, while claiming that the invading country also suffered casualties during the confrontation.

“At first, they didn’t acknowledge the losses they had. Now, as time has passed, it can be said publicly that they also had losses,” he said.

Furthermore, he described the attack ordered by Donald Trump as a cowardly act.

Also at the Military Hospital, Corporal Yeiber Valbuena of the Presidential Honor Guard stated that his patriotic character remains intact.

“We Venezuelans always stand up to everything. They wanted to overshadow us, but they’ve never been able to,” he said.

Toll of US aggression
The toll of the attack ordered by Donald Trump was published by the Ministry for Science and Technology (Mincyt) in an infographic. The report specifies that the aggression caused the death of over 100 people, including 43 members of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) and 32 Cuban combatants who gave their lives fulfilling institutional protection and defense tasks within the framework of cooperation between Venezuela and Cuba.

The Many Victims of the Attack on Caracas

US troops bombed various civilian and military infrastructure sites, including the Fuerte Tiuna Military Complex and the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base (La Carlota). The missiles also struck 85 containers at the port of La Guaira carrying critical supplies for kidney patients at the IVSS Dialysis and Nephrology Program, intended for the care of over 9,000 patients.

(Diario VEA)

Translation: Orinoco Tribune

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On Monday, January 19, Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez led a working meeting with the mining and basic industry sector to advance the recovery of the national steel complex, the reactivation of industrial plants, and the improvement of workers’ quality of life.

“We are making an effort to restore economic stability,” Rodríguez stated, emphasizing that “the goal is to generate foreign currency.”

In that context, she announced the reactivation of the Barquisimeto steel plant and pointed out that “what used to be wealth for the oligarchy, now belongs to the people.”

The acting president of Venezuela emphasized that “we have the resources to produce sovereignly and reactivate industries,” and reiterated, “These are our natural resources for the Venezuelan people, for their well-being.”

Rodríguez reported that gold production in the public sector increased by 81% in 2025. Meanwhile, a 30% increase is projected for 2026. She acknowledged the contribution of the private sector alongside the government. Rodríguez also noted that iron ore exports in the last quarter of 2025 were the highest in the last decade, with a target 50% growth this year. Coal production registered 260% growth in 2025 and is expected to exceed 100% in 2026.

Minister of Ecological Mining Héctor Silva reported on the progress in the reactivation of the steel complex and the achievements of the mining sector, including an increase in gold production, which is key to financing economic development.

Actions to ensure aluminum production were also detailed, including material transport and river dredging to extract bauxite. She also welcomed the delivery of 60 cargo trucks under the Bauxite Plan, intended to strengthen mining logistics.

Within the framework of the Ciudad Obrera program, 90 homes were built in the state of Bolívar. According to Rodríguez, their construction uses “nationally produced materials.”

“We are consolidating the major social programs,” she stressed, reaffirming the government’s commitment to “preserving peace, economic growth, and social justice.”

Civilian home repair
On Saturday—14 days after the US military missile attack against Venezuela—Acting President Delcy Rodríguez visited the parish of Coche in Caracas, which was heavily affected by the lethal action ordered by Donald Trump.

She explained that the area was one of the capital city’s most affected by the vile attack of US imperialism. She announced a comprehensive support operation that also includes the immediate repair of affected homes: “463 apartments were impacted by the US attack.”

Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez Announces New Cabinet Changes

The work to fully rehabilitate the apartments will be the responsibility of Caracas Mayor Carmen Meléndez and Minister of Public Works Juan José Ramírez.

During the event held in the housing complex, residents had access to mobile grocery stores, as well as social and psychological services, including dental care, clinical laboratory testing, and the distribution of orthopedic materials and eyeglasses. Members of the pet healthcare program, Nevado Mission, also participated.

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Translation: Orinoco Tribune

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Mérida, January 21, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government launched a series of initiatives over the weekend to support communities affected by the January 3 bombings carried out by the United States.

On Friday, January 16, folk artists performed at the Rómulo Gallegos Urbanization in La Guaira state, where US forces struck the local port. The attack destroyed a medical supplies warehouse and a residential building, killing an elderly civilian woman.

During the event, Venezuelan singer-songwriter Benjamín Zambrano said that music helps restore collective spirit and identity. “Through song we invoke our roots, our conscience, our way of life, and our right to live in peace,” he stated.

Cultural events continued Saturday at the Ezequiel Zamora Urban Complex in Ciudad Tiuna, Caracas, organized by the Venezuelan Housing Mission and the Ministry of Culture. The large-scale housing complex is adjacent to Fuerte Tiuna, the capital’s main military headquarters where most of the US strikes took place.

During the recreational activity, Culture Minister Ernesto Villegas said the government has a responsibility to help more than 10,000 families recover from the impact of the January 3 attacks. The US operation likewise included the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

Multiple Venezuelan artists performed in Ciudad Tiuna on Saturday and Sunday as well.

On Saturday, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez also visited Ciudad Tiuna, where 463 apartments were reported damaged.

She called for swift efforts to restore the affected homes and emphasized the importance of supporting children. “We wanted to hold special events for our children, including psychological support sessions,” the acting president told press.

“The Venezuelan people should know that there is hope and a future for our children,” Rodríguez added, noting that recreational activities will continue over the coming weekends. The visit additionally provided a food market as well as healthcare and psychological services.

Rodríguez expands on upcoming economic reforms

The Ciudad Tiuna visit likewise saw Rodríguez comment on announced economic reforms, including two “sovereign wealth funds” to manage oil revenues. The acting president announced the initiative during her 2026 annual address before the National Assembly.

“The first fund will focus on social protection to improve workers’ incomes,” she affirmed. “This will ensure that foreign currency goes directly to hospitals, schools, food programs, and housing.”

The second fund will focus on “water, electricity, and road infrastructure.”

Over the weekend, Rodríguez also led a meeting of the National Productive Economy Council with representatives from private sector associations. She presented the 2025 economic growth forecast and the strategic roadmap for the current year.

Alongside the sovereign wealth funds, she outlined a package of legislative initiatives scheduled for the coming months. The government’s plans include a reform of the Hydrocarbon Law designed to “integrate the advances made under the anti-blockade law” in order to improve conditions for foreign investors.

According to Rodríguez, when the current law was enacted in 2001, Venezuela had “mature and developed oil fields to attract investment,” but now seeks to bring capital to “virgin or green fields.”

Former President Hugo Chávez implemented key changes to oil regulations in 2001 and 2006 to increase the Venezuelan state’s role in the sector while also raising tax and royalty payments to sustain social programs.

Acting President Rodríguez went on to present legislative projects to defend socioeconomic rights and streamline bureaucratic procedures.

In addition, she proposed creating “a national committee to defend Venezuela’s economic rights worldwide,” with representation from the national executive branch and sectors including oil, agriculture, industry, commerce, banking, non-oil exports, and community organizations.

“This committee,” Rodríguez argued, “will defend Venezuela’s economic rights in multilateral organizations and international forums, traveling the world to promote and uphold those rights.”

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Edited by Ricardo Vaz in Caracas.

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Mérida, January 21, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government launched a series of initiatives over the weekend to support communities affected by the January 3 bombings carried out by the United States.

On Friday, January 16, folk artists performed at the Rómulo Gallegos Urbanization in La Guaira state, where US forces struck the local port. The attack destroyed a medical supplies warehouse and a residential building, killing an elderly civilian woman.

During the event, Venezuelan singer-songwriter Benjamín Zambrano said that music helps restore collective spirit and identity. “Through song we invoke our roots, our conscience, our way of life, and our right to live in peace,” he stated.

Cultural events continued Saturday at the Ezequiel Zamora Urban Complex in Ciudad Tiuna, Caracas, organized by the Venezuelan Housing Mission and the Ministry of Culture. The large-scale housing complex is adjacent to Fuerte Tiuna, the capital’s main military headquarters where most of the US strikes took place.

During the recreational activity, Culture Minister Ernesto Villegas said the government has a responsibility to help more than 10,000 families recover from the impact of the January 3 attacks. The US operation likewise included the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

Multiple Venezuelan artists performed in Ciudad Tiuna on Saturday and Sunday as well.

On Saturday, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez also visited Ciudad Tiuna, where 463 apartments were reported damaged.

She called for swift efforts to restore the affected homes and emphasized the importance of supporting children. “We wanted to hold special events for our children, including psychological support sessions,” the acting president told press.

“The Venezuelan people should know that there is hope and a future for our children,” Rodríguez added, noting that recreational activities will continue over the coming weekends. The visit additionally provided a food market as well as healthcare and psychological services.

Rodríguez expands on upcoming economic reforms

The Ciudad Tiuna visit likewise saw Rodríguez comment on announced economic reforms, including two “sovereign wealth funds” to manage oil revenues. The acting president announced the initiative during her 2026 annual address before the National Assembly.

“The first fund will focus on social protection to improve workers’ incomes,” she affirmed. “This will ensure that foreign currency goes directly to hospitals, schools, food programs, and housing.”

The second fund will focus on “water, electricity, and road infrastructure.”

Over the weekend, Rodríguez also led a meeting of the National Productive Economy Council with representatives from private sector associations. She presented the 2025 economic growth forecast and the strategic roadmap for the current year.

Alongside the sovereign wealth funds, she outlined a package of legislative initiatives scheduled for the coming months. The government’s plans include a reform of the Hydrocarbon Law designed to “integrate the advances made under the anti-blockade law” in order to improve conditions for foreign investors.

According to Rodríguez, when the current law was enacted in 2001, Venezuela had “mature and developed oil fields to attract investment,” but now seeks to bring capital to “virgin or green fields.”

Former President Hugo Chávez implemented key changes to oil regulations in 2001 and 2006 to increase the Venezuelan state’s role in the sector while also raising tax and royalty payments to sustain social programs.

Acting President Rodríguez went on to present legislative projects to defend socioeconomic rights and streamline bureaucratic procedures.

In addition, she proposed creating “a national committee to defend Venezuela’s economic rights worldwide,” with representation from the national executive branch and sectors including oil, agriculture, industry, commerce, banking, non-oil exports, and community organizations.

“This committee,” Rodríguez argued, “will defend Venezuela’s economic rights in multilateral organizations and international forums, traveling the world to promote and uphold those rights.”

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Edited by Ricardo Vaz in Caracas.

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Iran has condemned Argentina’s recent decision to accuse a section of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), calling it unjustified and harmful to national security.

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By Cui Hongjian – Jan 15, 2026

When the US put its thumb on Venezuela, Europe fell into a “self-contradictory state” – politically endorsing US objectives while technically opposing its methods – and responded with ambiguous and hesitant reactions. However, when the US set its sights on Greenland, Europe could no longer cling to its last shred of illusion about its most important ally, forcing it to hastily confront the nightmare of the return of “US imperialism.”

The economic, security and political contradictions between Europe and the US have become increasingly difficult to conceal and, in recent years, have even escalated. For Europe, these issues still seemed manageable through economic concessions as well as security and political compromises. Yet, in its bid for Greenland, the US’ comprehensive pressure, even threatening the use of force, struck directly at the heart of the transatlantic relationship, rendering Europe’s strategies of compromise, concession or appeasement ineffective.

Beyond harboring wishful thinking about the US, Europe’s hasty and ill-considered response to the US plan to acquire Greenland stems more from its insufficient understanding of the primary manifestation of current US hegemony – “resource imperialism.” It is not rare in the US-dominated international order, as evidenced by its launching of multiple wars to secure control over the Middle East. Yet, Washington’s current version of “resource imperialism” aims to strengthen its own resource advantages by seizing control of resource-rich regions, even though the US has achieved energy independence. It leverages all policy tools, including military means, to achieve exclusive domination.

The US ambition for resource control has long been evident. During the so-called negotiation over the Ukraine crisis, the US paid lip service to a genuine peaceful resolution while earnestly seeking to control Ukraine’s strategic resources. It turned a deaf ear to the legitimate security concerns of all parties while meticulously planning to continue extracting gains through “postwar reconstruction,” fully exposing the essence of its “resource imperialism.” Had Europe harbored less blind faith and dependence on the US and drawn more reasonable parallels between “Ukraine today” and “Greenland tomorrow,” its response today might have been more composed and less rushed.

The core objective of the US strategy to control resources is not driven by market demand or the pursuit of short-term energy gains, but by the desire to secure long-term and exclusive dominance. This explains why the US continues to treat Venezuela as a primary target in Latin America. The reason lies in the fact that should Venezuela’s world-leading oil reserves fall into the hands of other nations, US energy advantage in great power competition would be diminished.

Trump Claims Impending Seizure of 50 Million Barrels of Venezuela’s Oil Amid Continued Maritime Piracy (+Greenland)

The same logic applies to Greenland. Although resource extraction there faces formidable challenges due to the fragile ecosystems, Greenland is estimated to possess around 1.5 million tons of rare earth reserves. From the US perspective, even if these resources are difficult to monetize in the short term, controlling Greenland would deny its competitors access to such critical reserves.

Greedy expansion is inherent to imperialism and US “resource imperialism” will not confine itself merely within the scope of the Western Hemisphere. Consequently, Greenland, Canada, Europe and the Arctic will all become targets of the “empire.” The US’ pressure over Greenland not only infringes upon Denmark’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also shatters Europe’s nostalgic attachment to alliance with the US back in the “good old days.” More critically, it poses a severe threat and undermines the security of global supply chains and industrial networks built on the principle of market-based division of labor, as well as the stability of the international economic order.

At the same time, Europe is unwilling to submit to the pressure from the US. Some European countries have proposed strengthening their military presence in the Arctic and sharing the burden of US responsibilities, thereby countering Washington’s argument that “Greenland is not safe in Europe’s hands.” At the same time, Europe is considering sanctions against US companies to signal the economic costs Washington could face as transatlantic relations deteriorate. The EU is also accelerating the trade agreements with Mercosur countries, reflecting a clear intent to reject the US’ attempt to treat Latin America as its exclusive sphere of influence.

While the ultimate outcome of the US-Europe standoff over Greenland remains uncertain, Europe will not be alone in its resistance against “resource imperialism.” Both China and Europe heavily rely on external markets for traditional energy resources and are likely to become primary victims when “resource imperialism” disrupts market mechanisms. They are also proactive advocates of multilateralism and opponents of hegemony, as well as partners committed to building a just and equitable international order. Advancing green transformation together to achieve resource independence and jointly resisting and opposing hegemonic practices in the resource sector can serve as new shared goals for China-Europe cooperation.

Cui Hongjian is professor at the Academy of Regional and Global Governance at Beijing Foreign Studies University. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn.

(Global Times)

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By Julia Kassem – Jan 16, 2026

Washington’s escalating posture toward Iran masks a deeper strategic failure, as sanctions, sabotage, and information warfare fail to fracture Iranian society or restore US regional leverage.

After waging an unsuccessful regime change attempt on Iran, the US wants to cut to the chase and is making preparations for an imminent attack on Iran.

Yet here’s why, despite publishing “Iran is closer to collapse” headlines for more than 40 years, the US is closer than ever to collapse.

In late December, protests over the country’s deteriorating economic situation escalated. This collapse was largely the result of the United States’ maximum-pressure campaign and its ever-mounting sanctions on Iran. Tensions intensified further following November’s sanctions on Iranian currency exchange offices, which directly affected the importation of goods.

Iran’s mercantile class – who couldn’t bring their goods to market – responded by shuttering their doors as shopkeeper strikes swept through commercial districts. Their discontent reflected broader frustration with the punitive effects of sanctions on Iran, joining nearly 20 weeks of ongoing strikes by port workers demanding better pay and improved working conditions.

The US, hungry to exploit any domestic, internal contradiction, jumped on the opportunity to continue the trajectory of activating internal sabotage networks activated at the onset of its 12-day Israeli-led war with Iran. Yet Trump’s attempts to “strike Iran from the inside” seem to have been foiled, as weapons stockpiles – containing both US-made and domestically produced arms – hidden in the homes of Mossad-backed rioters have continued to be uncovered and dismantled, much as they were during the first three days of June war.

The US became arrogantly deafened by the rhetoric of an obnoxious and loud minority of Persian nationalist gusanos – created by the US/Israeli hand in the first place. In reality, support for the Revolutionary Government was demonstrated by millions mobilizing in the streets to condemn the riots. In contrast, anti-government protestors – according to analysis by American data analyst Mark Pyruz (@intelonIran), who made AI-assisted analysis of protest footage – didn’t exceed 0.0025% of the population, peaking at an estimated 11,000 people on June 11.

The people even helped their government in identifying and catching armed rioters that were killing their own people – 400,000 calls to IRGC help line were made by the people which helped dismantle the Mossad-backed networks. As during the 12-day war in June, citizen tips to the IRGC to report saboteurs and agents were a huge factor in cracking down on espionage and sabotage networks.

US information warfare was thwarted. Starlink networks deployed via smugglers and on-the-ground agents, were dismantled – despite the fact that Pompeo had even given those agents a warm New Year’s shoutout.

Shutting off the internet wasn’t to cut the protests off from each other, or even to prevent information from reaching outside – as Western media claims – but rather to deny Mossad access to protesters. This objective was underscored by circulating videos that exposed direct coordination and communication between Mossad handlers and agents in Iran.

The capacity to thwart information warfare is a huge blow to US psychological warfare against Iran. You see, materially in the region – despite the genocide, despite the destruction across Lebanon and Gaza – the situation isn’t favorable for the US at all. The US Navy lost the battle against the Yemeni Ansar Allah resistance, losing control over the Red Sea trade route in the process. “Israel’s” Eilat port continues to crumble, deserted, and settlers are not rushing to return to the north of Occupied Palestine. Despite sustained pressure on the Iraqi government, trade with Iran continues to surpass US trade with Iraq. Meanwhile, Washington’s Gulf Allies – namely Saudi Arabia – despite contending with “Israel” for the role of the most worthy and successful US regional partner, have refused to serve as cannon fodder against regional resistance forces. They have shed the failed security-for-oil social contract and no longer wish to open their airspace for a war against Iran.

So the US – in spite of these silent losses – flashes the only card it has left to distract from its increasingly hollow grasp of strategic depth in the region. This is the main tool of shock-and-awe spectacle, a show of force in sabotage, treachery, and manipulation of the global economic market to incite fear. But the effectiveness of fear, threats, and intimidation diminishes in the absence of material US leverage against China.

As US policy increasingly resembles the erratic, dying lunge of a rabid dog rather than a sophisticated instrument of strategic depth, it has reduced itself to crude displays of power projection – such as enabling a genocide in Gaza, destroying Syria, or kidnapping Venezuelan president Maduro – all ultimately intended to send a message to Arab leaders in the region, and – infinitely less successfully – to Iran’s political leadership.

Again, this fails to scare the Iranian leadership. The US has exhausted every treacherous plot and scheme, ending up revealing itself as the very image of irrational, fumbling madness that it once islamophobically projected onto the so-called ‘mad mullahs.’

Iran perfected the art of jamming Western communication networks, including Starlink, from Russia’s experience in Ukraine, and from Operation True Promise 1 and 2, it excelled the art of precision striking and overwhelming Israeli defense systems. From the treacherous terror pager attacks to Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb – repeated on Iran through the deployment of sabotage networks in the country – they’ve since learned to circumvent and thwart the mechanisms of internal sabotage, proving that such tactics are weaker than the spider’s web of their namesake.

As we count the minutes towards a resumption of the anticipated war between the US and Iran – no matter how much the US loosens the reins on its vicious Israeli lapdog, Iran will not flinch. That’s because the US lost before it reached round 2. The war waged by the US against Iran never really ended. When “Israel” was just days away from complete collapse and defeat, Washington and Tel Aviv slammed the brakes on the war in order to continue building internal sabotage networks under Iran’s nose – much like in Syria. But this attempt blew up in their faces, and now the US realizes it doesn’t have the capacity or ability for an internal strike.

Expecting Iran to make the first move, as they did on the night of January 14 when both the US and “Israel” made partial evacuations of the al-Udeid and Nevatim airbases, was yet another admission of weakness, but of its own guilt in not really ending the ceasefire. “Israel” can’t strike people as in Lebanon. Israelis were buying time in Syria by arming and organizing domestic terrorists. But Iran is not Syria, and this plot failed again. Iran technically reserves the right for preemptive attack, which it won’t do because Iran doesn’t seek war. The doctrine of strategic patience means they will buy as much time as they can while watching the US unravel and burn out under the weight of its own mounting contradictions.

Global support for “Israel” is at an all-time low, and propaganda efforts targeting Iran have become increasingly ineffective.

The US underestimated just how much the global disgust for “Israel’s” genocide has hampered the ability to maintain its hegemony over the media narrative as the world watched a genocide broadcast through the same platforms invested in by their perpetrators. Just as large investments into weapons were lost through the resistance’s ability to inflict a war of attrition on the battlefield, netizens continue to express and circulate messages of support for Palestine and disgust toward Israel, drowning out the droves forked over for Hasbara.

Even the propaganda of Western-payrolled Iranian exiles can’t stomach this level of playing in Mossad scripts. The US and “Israel”, in their latest round on Iran, have underestimated how much “Israel’s” catastrophic public‑relations failure surrounding the genocide is likely to come full circle and ultimately backfire.

The American claim of safeguarding human rights worldwide as a pretext for domination has lost credibility, the final nail in a rusty coffin that weighs heavier for the collective West than the tens of thousands of Palestinian lives it slaughtered in Gaza. The chickens have come home to roost, and the boot Washington has wielded worldwide has hammered down on the necks of Americans themselves, whether it’s an Israeli-imposed gag order choking American free speech claims, or the bloody brute force of the ICE agent and the police officer that chokeholds and shoots their own citizens. Ironically, these are the very actions the US claims are occurring in Iran, yet it holds little real leverage to make them happen. Iran’s police and defense forces protect their people, operating as a vanguard for the Islamic Republic’s national sovereignty, whereas US police primarily defend the interests of a ruling cabal of pedophile elites.

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The US failed to disarm the resistance in Lebanon and Gaza through military means. It will also fail through attempts at diplomatic and political pressure as the Lebanese and Palestinian people – increasingly proletarianized by ever-intensifying economic war on their livelihoods – turn to rally around the only forces that have ensured the defense of their sovereignty against imperialist forces working day and night to extinguish their existence.

Though they both possess nuclear weapons, the US and “Israel’s” Achilles heel that will eventually send it from the region is the absence of political will. Returning IOF soldiers are increasingly losing their pathetic, lowly lives no longer on the battlefield, but by suicide, haunted by the ghosts of innocents they killed. It resembles the widespread mental breakdown and suicide spike noted among US soldiers returning from Iraq, tormented by the oppression they’ve inflicted onto Iraqis.

The initial legitimate demands of the original Iranian protesters, before unruly elements turned them into armed riots, reflect a cry to adhere to, not destroy the foundations of a revolution that expanded welfare for the Iranian working class and brought wealth, infrastructure and resources, back to the people. What happened will only harden the hungry resentment of proletarianized Iranians against the hand that starves them.

Washington’s attempts won’t work. The US has allowed its own country to crumble under the weight of its capitalist class’s endless investment in global warfare. How, then, can it make promises to Iranians, who have long enjoyed socially enshrined rights to education and healthcare, when it cannot even resolve basic disputes at home over feeding children or providing a few public buses on dilapidated streets?

No amount of “securing the backyard” in the Western Hemisphere can hide the unsightliness of the US’s own crumbling abode, even as it tries to starve the Venezuelan, Cuban, and Iranian people through punitive sanctions – to distract from the roaring grumbling hunger of its own citizens. This hunger has really numbed faith fed to us through the bloated image of American exceptionalism, while the starvation of those economically besieged in the Global South has rumbled their resolve to achieve freedom and liberation – not from their own sovereign governments, but from the hyper-visible hand that turns off and on the lever of their livelihoods at will.

The short chapter of the American hero fable closes, swallowed by the volumes of civilizational history etched into the historical memory of the world. The calculation of the rise and fall of civilizations is too vast and much larger than the Big Mac index.  And now, the few hundred-combined years of US and 80-years of Israeli settler colonialism, forcing its way into existence through genocide will stand no chance of a thousand-year-old civilization that has withstood historic golden tremors: the al-Aqsa Flood was to you a drop in the ocean.

We have grandparents older than your so-called ‘state’ and can dispel in a single story the fake narratives you pay millions for Google to spread. When they pass away, they are sanctified by the testimony of our millennia-old olive trees, which you desperately try to uproot. Try to take the weapons of our resistance fighters, the olive trees of our farmers, and the homes of our people if you will, but know that you’ve already failed.

As the martyr Abu Obaida said, this land grows resistance fighters like it grows olive trees. We are the trees you cannot uproot. We are the sun that gives your people skin cancer. As “Israel” repeatedly violates the ceasefires, cowardly killing people in the hope of extinguishing resistance, it clearly loses the plot into the very expression of insanity – expecting different results from committing the same actions.

Recall the name of Hamas’s armed brigades. It seems that the US and “Israel” did not learn their lesson, but the Palestinian resistance fighter group’s name, the Ezz el Din al-Qassam brigades, reminds them each time of the leader Sheikh Ezz al Din al-Qassam, whose martyrdom (1935) fueled the Palestinian uprising – from labor strikes to waves of armed resistance. With each killing of leaders, “Israel” pumps more fuel into the fire of this historical memory, no matter how much oil Trump steals from Venezuela to boost the occupation’s global standing.

From “Israel’s” genocide to the release of the Epstein files, people lose faith in a worldly order in the grasp of those who kill children with one hand and molest them with another. It increases the resolve of those who would frankly rather die than be ruled by that regime… and oscillating between different levers of a hybrid war machine endlessly will never change that. The Iranian people, from the onset of the 12-day war till today, have won the war of wills. As Khomeini said and as the Iranian people have demonstrated, “if our enemies besiege us economically, we are the children of “Ramadan” and if they besiege us militarily we are the children of “Ashura”.

(Al Mayadeen – English)

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The US empire’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a series of warnings to US airlines to exercise extreme caution when flying over Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America, due to the risk of possible military activities and interference with satellite navigation systems (GNSS/GPS).

According to the FAA notice that went into effect on Friday, January 16, Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) will remain in place for 60 days, until March 17, 2026. The alerts cover the airspaces of Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and areas of the eastern Pacific Ocean, including areas over the Gulf of California within the Mexico Flight Information Region.

In one of the notifications, the agency recommended that US operators “exercise extreme caution” when operating in these areas due to “military activities and GNSS interference,” warning that there are potential risks to aircraft at all altitudes, both in overflight and during arrival and departure phases.

A similar alert was issued for the Central American Flight Information Region, which also warns of possible risks arising from military operations and their impact on air navigation systems.

Mexico’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transportation (SICT) stated in a press release that the NOTAM is supposedly of a preventative nature.

“It is important to clarify that this NOTAM does not constitute a prohibition, but rather a precautionary measure,” the Mexican government agency stated, “aimed at reinforcing attention and care in air operations within certain regions of airspace. There are no operational implications or restrictions for Mexico, nor for Mexican airlines or operators.”

The SICT further clarified that the NOTAM was issued exclusively for civil operators from the US, including its airlines and pilots, since the FAA only has the power to issue provisions applicable to operators in the US.

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According to the federal agency, this is a preventive communication measure similar to other NOTAMs previously issued by the FAA in the Caribbean region weeks ago, and which now extends to the Pacific area.

“The SICT reiterates that there is no impact whatsoever on civil aviation in Mexico, nor any changes in the operating conditions of the national airspace,” the secretariat added. “We maintain constant communication with international aeronautical authorities to follow up on these types of notices, within the framework of cooperation and operational safety.”

The warnings come amid escalating regional tensions following US President Donald Trump’s administration launching a large-scale military assault on Venezuela, bombing multiple targets and kidnapping the president of the sovereign nation, President Nicolás Maduro. Following that attack, the FAA restricted flights across much of the Caribbean, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of commercial airline flights.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford recently stated that there was close coordination between the agency and the US military prior to their attack on Venezuela. Last month, a JetBlue passenger plane took evasive action to avoid a collision with a US Air Force tanker near the Venezuelan coast. The incident raised concerns about air safety in the region.

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The National Disaster Center released a statement that the greatest impacts were recorded in the northern provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, where the deaths occurred in recent hours.

Torrential downpours in the north of this country, besides causing missing persons, the destruction of roads and bridges, caused the closure of the Kruger Park and the evacuation from that area of hundreds of tourists, reported television media.

After visiting areas in the province of Mpumalanga, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the Ministry of Finance and other agencies to provide assistance and implement a “get-to-work” strategy for disasters in various territories, published the digital newspaper Eyewitness News. The Head of State also directed rescue teams to continue their victim relief efforts in the damaged areas.

According to reports, more than a hundred civilians were killed and thousands of others injured as a result of storms last year in the southern South African province of Eastern Cape.

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The NGO stated that journalists Nidal Al-Wahidi and Haitham Abdel Wahed, from the Gaza Strip, remain missing after their arrest.

Since the current cycle of violence started in the region on October 7, 2023, the Israeli Army and Police have arrested some 220 media professionals in the occupied territories.

The statement revealed that the latest arrest occurred on Sunday, when the military forces detained Farouq Omar Aliyat, 44, in the West Bank governorate of Jenin.

The Freedoms Committee of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) reported two weeks ago that the Israeli Army killed 63 journalists in 2025 and 256 since October 2023.

The Committee highlighted in its annual report that mostly died in the Gaza Strip, which is devastated after two years of aggression.

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Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.

70% Approval Rating: Popular Support for the Transformation

In response to poll results indicating her approval rating is at 70%, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the key is society’s trust and to continue governing with responsibility, closeness to the people, and a commitment to the transformation project.

Fiscal Justice Without Privileges

Sheinbaum announced that the tax on violent video games has been canceled. A new fiscal audit policy will be implemented to provide legal certainty and focus on major tax evaders.

The 2026 Revenue Law projects that the government will take in 6.4 trillion pesos (US$360 billion), a real growth of 4.6%, achieved without raising tax rates, through combating evasion and strengthening the Tax Administration Service (SAT).

Salinas Pliego Case Enters Final Stage

The SAT formally notified business magnate Ricardo Salinas Pliego on January 9 of the amount of back taxes he is required to pay, and it took legal effect last Friday. According to the Fiscal Code, he has five business days to pay, a deadline that expires this week.

The President was clear. “We expect him to pay,” emphasizing that no one is above the law.

Hércules Plane: Cooperation, Not Militarization

The President clarified that the landing of the U.S. plane in Mexico did not require Senate authorization, as it was not transporting U.S. troops. It was an agreement approved since October 2025, related to logistical training.

Foreign Policy with Principles, Not Gimmicks

Sheinbaum dismissed Miguel Hidalgo Municipality Mayor Mauricio Tabe’s proposal to “relocate” the embassies of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, noting that he lacks authority to do so and that it reflects a conservative and confrontational approach.

The President reaffirmed that Mexico’s foreign policy is guided by respect and relations with the peoples, not ideological gestures or media ploys.

Sovereignty and Defense of Mexicans

Sheinbaum reported that a diplomatic note was sent regarding the death of a Mexican national in ICE custody, demanding clarification of the facts and reaffirming the State’s obligation to defend compatriots abroad.

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By Robert Inlakesh – Jan 7, 2026

A US invasion reveals deeper strategic goals tied to Israel’s push to weaken Iran, reshape Latin America, and consolidate control over global energy resources.

The overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro may appear to be a development that, on the face of things, has nothing to do with Israel, especially as Caracas seems too far away from Tel Aviv and its orbit. Yet, this move has a lot more to do with securing Israeli interests than meets the eye.

Following the US invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of its sitting President, officials in the Trump administration couldn’t wait to express their joy for Israel in such a moment.

The fragrant violation of Article 2, Section 4, of the United Nations Charter barely even registered much blowback on the international stage, although this should barely come as much of a surprise.

Within 24 hours of the operation to kidnap President Maduro, which resulted in the deaths of around 40 Venezuelans and 32 Cuban soldiers, US President Donald Trump had already let the cat out of the bag; he invaded to seize the oil. But then came a slew of other comments that obsessed over the fact that this attack on Caracas comes to the benefit of Israel.

There are two primary propaganda arguments, aside from President Trump’s oil endeavor admissions, that are used to try and justify what just occurred. The most prominent claim is that President Maduro was the head of a “Narco-terrorist” empire, blaming him for the ongoing fentanyl crisis in North America. According to the New York Times, US officials and narcotics experts not only ruled this excuse out as implausible, but concluded that Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl.

The second most prominent argument behind this is that Venezuela was allied with Russia, China, and, more importantly, Iran. From there, Washington-based pro-Israeli think tanks, from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies to the Atlantic Council, have pushed a range of fact-free conspiracy theories regarding Hezbollah and Hamas alliances with Caracas, which they have claimed pose a direct threat to the US.

US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, openly expressed this during a recent interview with Newsmax, commenting on the kidnapping of Maduro, asserting that the regime change operation was a massive victory for Tel Aviv because of its impact on Iran. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also highlighted the Iran angle, as have many others.

What Does Israel Gain?
There are three primary goals in the overthrow of the Venezuelan leadership:

Asserting US dominance across Latin America

Control over oil and other resources

Supporting Israeli dominance

Ignoring the Israel aspect to the equation is something that most analysts decided to do during the months leading up to the US invasion of Venezuela, robbing their viewers/readers of vital context that is crucial to understanding this move’s repercussions.

While the US Trump administration openly seeks to rule “our hemisphere”, doing away with the concept of national sovereignty and international law, his Israeli partners are doing the exact same thing in a different region of the world, seeking to achieve their so-called “Greater Israel Project”. Greater American imperial domination aids and legitimizes this project, and so does Washington’s control over Venezuela’s oil.

See, Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves, which means that controlling them equates to more leverage over West Asia, in particular the Gulf Arab States. One of the most threatening tools at Iran’s disposal, in the event of war with the US, is closing the Gulf of Hormuz, which would halt the flow of oil from the entire Persian Gulf area.

In addition to this, the US could, hypothetically, now use its control over Venezuela’s vast oil deposits in order to pressure Gulf States, in particular Saudi Arabia. Riyadh has long been the crown jewel of the US’s so-called “Abraham Accords” normalization deal agenda, yet the Saudi leadership has refused to take the step toward such a deal as of yet. Greater control over global oil reserves means greater potential to weaponize this vital resource.

Furthermore, the Israelis also benefit from seeing a US-puppet regime in Caracas on the diplomatic front. Tel Aviv has seen itself demoted to a global pariah due to its genocide in Gaza, so part and parcel of fixing its global standing is for more governments to come to power that will side with it. All client regimes of the United States are forced to throw their weight behind Israel.

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Circling back to the so-called Abraham Accords, the Israelis were struggling to find anyone to join this project, and in the absence of Saudi Arabia, it had stalled altogether. The latest member to join the normalization pact was Kazakhstan, a totally insignificant development, especially considering that Astana had normalized ties with Tel Aviv way back in 1992.

Therefore, the Israeli government pivoted and decided to launch a new initiative, called the “Isaac Accords”, publicly announced first by the US puppet President of Argentina, Javier Milei. The goal here was for the Israelis to establish strong ties across Latin America, using the opportunities associated with the success of right-wing movements and US-backed coups, in order to forge new opportunities.

Keep in mind that the Israelis have historically sold weapons and provided military training to various US-backed militias and regimes across Latin America, infamously including the regime of former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet.

Following October 7, 2023, it was South Africa that filed its case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for committing genocide. Keep in mind that 7 of the initial 15 nations that filed interventions in support of the case were Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Colombia, Bolivia, and Chile, all from the region where Israel now seeks to form its “Isaac Accords” alliance.

Immediately following the US attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has spared no time in taking aim at Cuba and Colombia, even threatening military action, while threats have also been issued against Mexico and Nicaragua. Bolivia and Chile have already lost their left-wing leadership through last year’s elections, too. It is obvious that every country that has stood on the side of the Palestinians is being targeted by the US, and the Israelis are evidently there lobbying for this too, because they understand the benefits of reshaping Latin America.

Marco Rubio is himself a member of the Cuban diaspora and clearly has a personal motivation for seeking regime change in Havana, which appears to be the next on Washington’s regional target list. It has to be said that Rubio is also the recipient of at least $1,013,563 in Israel Lobby funds.

Regime change in Venezuela serves the Israeli agenda in more ways than just a reshaping of regional alliances; it helps further set the stage for another attack on Iran. In Tel Aviv, they view this as another removed in Tehran’s armor, as it loses another ally in Venezuela, just as it lost its ally in Syria. This is why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the chief cheerleaders for this illegal attack on Venezuela and why prominent pro-Israeli voices in the media were also in support of it.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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Takaichi’s office convened a press briefing this Monday afternoon, and Japanese media agree that the meeting aims to explain how she will conduct this process.

Several political parties began preparing their upcoming election campaigns after news broke last week following a meeting between the prime minister and high-ranking members of the ruling coalition, comprised of her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Innovation Party.

The head of government shared her plan to dissolve the legislature and call for elections as a strategy to consolidate the LDP’s parliamentary majority and strengthen her government’s agenda.

Takaichi enjoys an approval rating of nearly 70 percent, a remarkable figure given her short time in power, as the first woman to lead Japan assumed office in October 2015.

The call for elections, which could be made during the parliamentary session on January 23, according to most of the national press, seeks to capitalize on this moment of popularity.

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In fact, informal talks have already taken place, as revealed this Monday by the Catalan Minister of European Union and Foreign Action, Jaume Duch.

At a breakfast with the media in Barcelona, ​​Duch emphasized that Catalonia would be ready for UN agencies “that want or need to find a new location.”

As with all official activities of the day, condolences were offered to the families and friends of the victims of the Adamuz (Cordoba) train accident, which has claimed 39 lives so far and left approximately 75 injured.

Duch opined that Catalonia could advance a platform for foreign policy, and therefore “could, why not, be the home of some of these international organizations that are now more necessary than ever.”

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“We are in constant contact with the interim president through diplomatic channels,” Peskov said this Monday in his usual press briefing.

At the same time, the presidential spokesman stated that Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not plan to meet with Rodriguez in the near future, although he stressed that such a meeting could be arranged “if necessary.”

The United States carried out a major military attack against Venezuela in the early hours of January 3, kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who were taken to New York to stand trial.

The bombing in Caracas and other areas left at least 100 dead and a similar number wounded among military personnel and civilians, according to figures provided by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello.

The aggression against Venezuela came after months of escalating tensions, sparked in August by a US military operation in the Caribbean, which included the deployment of destroyers, a nuclear submarine, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, and more than 4,000 troops.

This deployment was followed in mid-December by a naval blockade of Venezuela.

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The government website stated that Vietnam considers the establishment of the Peace Council a necessary step in implementing the Gaza Strip Peace Plan, which was adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2803 of November 17, 2025.

The document added that To Lam accepted the invitation to join the Peace Council and affirmed Vietnam’s willingness to participate in it, to work alongside the United States and the international community toward a comprehensive, long-term solution to the Middle East peace process, including the establishment of a Palestinian State.

The CPV general secretary thus responded to the invitation extended on January 16 by US President Donald Trump, to whom he also proposed that Washington and Hanoi continue cooperating to boost the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, developing it in an increasingly substantive and effective manner.

The top party leader also urged the US president to enhance cooperation in many areas consistent with the needs and priorities of both sides, based on mutual respect, ensuring the legitimate interests of each nation, and making positive contributions to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.

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As on Monday, and for the third time since December, the museum, which borders the Seine River, a heritage site, had to announce that it would not open and offer automatic refunds to the thousands of people who were unable to see the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, the Coronation of Napoleon, and other masterpieces.

The Louvre workers met early and decided to continue the strike, which cites a lack of staff, resources, and means to perform their duties, in the face of a workload “that keeps growing and increasingly brutal human resources management.”

The strike began on December 15, led by several unions, including the two most powerful in the country: the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT) and the General Confederation of Labor (CGT).

The Louvre has been in the spotlight in France and around the world since October 19, when the spectacular theft of eight jewels belonging to Empresses Eugénie, Marie Louise of Austria, Marie Amélie, and Hortense took place—a treasure valued at 88 million euros.

Although the four alleged thieves were captured, the priceless loot remains unrecovered.

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The platform Miraflores Al Momento (@ALMomento_M) denounced on its profile that it was a “new version, same sources, and zero evidence.”

It stated that “they have already demonstrated that this is not about the false narrative regarding Venezuela and drug trafficking, but about maintaining the threat against Interim President @delcyrodriguezv.”

The @AP post exclusively reported that it obtained “documents showing that Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez has been on the radar of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration for years.”

Venezolana de Television indicated that the article from the US news agency links the interim president to drug trafficking, a narrative that was used against President Nicolas Maduro, who has been held in the United States since January 3rd along with First Lady Cilia Flores.

The state-run television network indicated that these actions have the main purpose of “destabilizing Rodríguez’s administration by repeating information schemes already used in the past against other high-ranking Venezuelan state officials”.

This false information, disseminated through X, is part of a larger wave of fake news targeting Venezuela’s political leadership, with the aim of creating instability, according to the source.

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This article by Elena Burns originally appeared in the January 15, 2026 edition of Revista Contralínea. The views expressed in this article are the authors’* own and do not necessarily reflect those ofMexico Solidarity Mediaor theMexico Solidarity Project.*

Last December 2025, in a brutally top-down process, the Executive and Legislative branches perpetuated the slightly modified Salinas-era National Water Law (LAN) and masked the constitutional violation with a hollow General Water Law (LGA). Therefore, we, the members of the National Coordinating Committee for Agua para Todos—communities, researchers, and citizens with 13 years dedicated to establishing a General Water Law focused on sustainability, equity, and participation—analyzed what happened.

After holding numerous forums and workshops, collecting 200,000 signatures with voter ID cards, working with five legislatures, and, in my case, serving at the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) with the instruction “water is for the people, not for special interests,” this experience of imposition and pretense, which occurred on January 3rd, left us with many questions: Why did they decide to reinforce water authoritarianism, leaving the hydrocracy in the only spaces for participation? Why the rush? Why did the President’s vision regarding water management change so radically? And how are we going to defend our water sovereignty in this new continental scenario?

To analyze what happened, we begin with the only real change in the approved legislative package: the establishment of the Water Reserve Fund, an instrument that will be managed by CONAGUA (the National Water Commission) to obtain allocated volumes for “reassignment.” It was announced that, by replacing transmissions with reallocations from the Fund, the State will substitute the market to end the commodification of water and guarantee the human right to this vital resource.

However, in order for the Fund to meet these objectives, the following questions must be addressed: where will the concessioned volumes come from; how will the over-concessioning, hoarding and dispossession inherited from LAN’s 33 years be dealt with; to whom will the obtained volumes be dedicated; and, how will these decisions be made?

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From Agua para Todas, after losing the fight to replace the Salinas-era law with a single General Water Law for integrated and participatory management, we prepared a document in the “says-should say” format proposing the essential minimum adjustments to the Executive’s package, paying close attention to the Fund. We decided to go for everything, but not to be left with nothing.

Despite the strict instructions from CONAGUA and the Speaker of the House to approve the Executive’s initiative immediately and without discussion, we obtained the support of the Water Resources Commission to organize 16 open parliaments, mainly in conjunction with the local Congresses.

Furthermore, along with other like-minded actors, we presented over 450 papers at the public hearings organized by the Commission and sent more than 121,300 letters to our federal legislators. However, just as the Director General of CONAGUA, Efraín Morales López, had ordered from the outset: “They won’t change a single thing,” and so it was; the rejection was absolute. Only the tractor drivers from the north managed to secure some clarifications to the original project.

To analyze the intention behind the “Water Reserve Fund,” we recall that the National Water Law was one of four laws (including the forestry, mining, and agricultural laws), along with the counter-reform to Article 27 of the Constitution, enacted in 1992 as a condition for signing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The version of subordinate integration established by NAFTA required weakening the nation’s sovereignty over our lands and waters, a sovereignty established by the Mexican Revolution, in order to replace the State with the free market.

Now, under “Subordinate Integration 2.0,” the Mexican state is openly assuming the role it has always played under neoliberalism: facilitating access to natural resources for special interests. In this new version, not only do transnational corporations demand access, but the neighboring state has declared it will seize resources by force. Along the same lines, the Mexican state is committing to providing the water requested by the thirsty artificial intelligence data centers, mining operations, fracking projects, and nearshoring industrial parks , all of which seek to locate in areas already over-concessioned.

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The design and operation of the Water Reserve Fund was an essential point in our attempt to replace the concession market with the consensual and sustainable management of basins and aquifers, as well as the recognition of the rights of water-marginalized populations.

We proposed that, instead of the Fund, reserve funds be formed by basin or aquifer that obtain their water through the recovery of the volumes granted for industrial and service use, for which their holders have not paid rights, 3.5 billion cubic meters (m3) in 2023, 80 percent of the total for these uses1.

We also insisted that broadly representative regional councils register the volumes required to respect the water rights of community systems, Indigenous peoples, and agrarian communities, and that they agree on reductions in non-essential uses to eliminate over-extraction. We further proposed allowing public oversight of reserve funds; these proposals were flatly rejected.

Under the decree published on December 11, 2025, the Reserve Fund will obtain its water rights through the expiration of rights that have lapsed or have not been used for two consecutive years (Article 29.3). These mechanisms have historically been used to extinguish the rights of ejidos (communal landholdings) and other small agricultural users who have failed to request extensions more than six months in advance, or who, due to economic or climatic reasons, have been unable to demonstrate the use of their concessions for two years. The approved project reduces the window for requesting extensions from 4.5 years to 2.5 years; the original version allowed only six months.

Those of us who have spent decades striving to build good water governance find ourselves facing a water authority that is as distant, opaque, and arbitrary as ever, extremely vulnerable to pressure from special interests. But now, faced with threats from the north, more than ever we need the government to open up and coordinate with the people for the defense and proper management of water, the foundation of life in every corner of the country.

At the same time, the revocation of concessions for non-payment of fees (Article 29.4) remains discretionary, and revocations are exempt from being contributed to the Fund (Article 37.1). The Fund must prioritize concessions that contribute to the human right to water, food security, or national development (the first version did not specify priorities). An inter-ministerial committee headed by CONAGUA will review the reassignments. The structure and operation of the Fund will be determined by regulations drafted by CONAGUA itself, without the obligation to ensure public access.

Other fights we lost in this big round include:

• The government refused to eliminate the chapter that “promotes and encourages” private participation in the financing, construction and operation of federal hydraulic infrastructure, as well as in the provision of the respective services, a chapter that has resulted in costly disasters such as the El Zapotillo dam, the El Realito aqueduct and the Atotonilco wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).
• They refused to incorporate into the LGA the language of the Mexico City Constitution that prohibits the privatization of water and sanitation services, leaving the country vulnerable to the unfavorable and impossible-to-cancel arrangements that are being suffered in Puebla, Quintana Roo, Saltillo, the Port of Veracruz, among others.
• They refused to demand that national waters allocated for urban public use respect the human right to water, and that public resources prioritize the efficiency of hydraulic and sanitation systems to reduce dependence on water transfers.
• Instead of our proposal for a National Program of immediate actions, their “National Strategy” aims to fulfill the human right to water and sanitation in six 10-year periods.
• They rejected the proposal to build broadly representative Regional and Local Councils for the planned management of basins and aquifers to influence concession patterns, reaffirming instead the bodies controlled by large water concessionaires.
• They rejected our proposals to democratize and eliminate corruption in irrigation districts, which hold 33 percent of the total volume of water allocated, and which are being captured by dark forces.
• They refused to guarantee the water rights of community systems, agrarian communities, and Indigenous peoples.
• They refused to include provisions for community systems to have access to the urban public use rate (to which real estate companies have access) instead of having to pay the industrial rate, which costs 36 times more (Article 223, LFD).
• Instead of eliminating the “guarantee quotas” essential for speculation, they extended them to six years, unlike the current two; in addition, they recognize “reassignment” (read: authorized purchase and sale) as a right of the concessionaires.
• They rejected our proposals to replace “may” with “shall” in the LAN, to eliminate discretion and force CONAGUA to inspect, sanction and correct over-concession and fiscal impunity.
• They rejected our proposals that would mandate the use of cutting-edge technologies and citizen participation to eliminate corruption in the calculation of available resources, as well as inefficiency in inspections.
• They determined that the “human right to sanitation” only refers to the removal of excreta from wastewater.
• They eliminated the immediate closure of an industrial use when illegal discharges were documented during an inspection and refused to include water pollution in their new chapter classifying crimes against national waters.

Upon completing this regressive project, the legislators and the Executive branch effusively congratulated themselves on having achieved “a new legal framework for water.” For those of us who experienced the process firsthand, the celebration left us cold. In the open parliaments, we heard the testimonies of Indigenous and rural communities who continue to suffer from corruption and mistreatment at the hands of the National Water Commission (CONAGUA).

Elena Burns

We found it impossible to believe that “now they are going to bring order to the concessions,” when our repeated attempts to support CONAGUA with information gathered in the field and by satellite platforms have been rejected, and our requests for transparency regarding the announced progress have been denied.

Those of us who have spent decades striving to build good water governance find ourselves facing a “water authority” that is as distant, opaque, and arbitrary as ever, extremely vulnerable to pressure from special interests. But now, faced with threats from the north, more than ever we need the government to open up and coordinate with the people for the defense and proper management of water, the foundation of life in every corner of the country.

Elena Burns is a Member of the National Coordinating Committee for Water for All, Water for Life, and of the National Autonomous Water Comptroller’s Office; former Deputy Director of Water Administration at CONAGUA.

1. Burns, E. “¿El agua paga el agua?”, El Economista, 23/07/2024 ︎

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