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US forces stop another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking the second such operation in less than two weeks.

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Venezuela denounces the theft and kidnapping of a second Venezuelan private ship loaded with oil and the disappearance of its crew, acts perpetrated by US military in international waters this Saturday.

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“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounces and categorically rejects the theft and hijacking of a new private vessel carrying Venezuelan oil, as well as the enforced disappearance of its crew, committed by United States military personnel in waters international,” said a statement from the Venezuelan government.

Venezuela warned that these actions will not go unpunished and will exercise all the corresponding actions, including denunciation before the UN Security Council, other multilateral agencies and governments of the world.

#COMUNICADO | La República Bolivariana de #Venezuela 🇻🇪 denuncia y rechaza categóricamente el robo y secuestro de un nuevo buque privado cargado con petróleo venezolano, así como la desaparición forzada de su tripulación. Estos actos fueron perpetrados por efectivos militares de… pic.twitter.com/EzMNBFsVeo

— teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) December 20, 2025

In addition, the Bolivarian government recalls that international law will prevail and those responsible for these serious acts will be held accountable by justice and history for their criminal conduct.

The US government intercepted a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in international Caribbean waters off Venezuela. The detained ship, named Centuries, is not on the list of tankers sanctioned by the USA.

The government of constitutional president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro warns that this serious act of piracy “involves the flagrant commission of an offence under article 3 of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 and a gross violation of article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations, Article 2 of the Geneva Convention on the High Seas and the Declaration on the principles of international law relating to friendly relations and cooperation between States.”

Venezuela stresses that the colonialist model which the United States Government intends to impose through this type of practice will fail and be defeated by the Venezuelan people, and will continue with its economic growth, tion of its 14 engines and the development of its hydrocarbon industry in an independent and sovereign manner.

The US government intercepted a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in international Caribbean waters off Venezuela. According to the Secretary of National Security, the operation seeks to stop the illicit movement of sanctioned oil.

This is the second vessel intercepted by the U.S. in the Caribbean, after the seizure of the ship Skipper last week. The detained ship, named Centuries, is not on the list of tankers sanctioned by the USA.

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This interview was conducted in collaboration with Malik Muhammad’s representative team. Vox Ummah has not edited any of the content. We hope you take the time to read this interview, and after digesting its content, renew your struggle for the Palestinian cause and stand in solidarity with those facing state repression because of their principled stand against Imperialism.

If you want to get involved, here are 8 different ways to stand in solidarity with the hunger strikers.

IntroductionThe publication of this interview on December 19th marks day 48 of the historic Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike—the largest prisoner hunger strike in the u.k since 1981, when prisoners from the Irish Republican Army undertook a prolonged and militant refusal of food in protest of the british government’s withdrawal of their special status as prisoners of war.

The eight Prisoners for Palestine hunger strikers—Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, Kamran Ahmed, Teuta “T” Hoxha, Lewie Chiaramello, and Umer Khalid—have taken up their predecessors’ same weapon of the body, declaring their refusal to eat until all five of their audacious demands have been met. Many of them have been held on “remand” (pre-trial detention) for over a year for alleged direct actions taken against Elbit Systems, the weapons manufacturer in britain which makes 80-85% of the zionist entity’s land weaponry and drones. These weapons are currently being used in the holocaust of Gaza, to lay waste to Palestinian lives.

The hunger strikers’ demands are as follows: end all communications censorship; release them on immediate bail while awaiting trial; a fair and transparent trial with all records related to Elbit released in full; the deproscription of Palestine Action; and lastly, the permanent closure of every Elbit facility on british soil.

The strike has been met with a wave of international support: Italian prisoner Stecco has chosen to expand the strike across Europe; federal defendant Jakhi in the so-called u.s. declared his solidarity with the hunger strikers and undertook a 10-day solidarity fast; recently liberated Lebanese political prisoner Georges Abdallah released a statement of admiration and solidarity, along with Abdel-Nasser and Ammar, Palestinian prisoners who were liberated by the resistance earlier this year in the Al-Ahrar Flood exchange.

Earlier this year, in August of 2025, T. Hoxha —who is currently on hunger strike again—was the first of the Palestine Action prisoners to initiate a solo hunger strike when the prison officials at HMP Peterborough revoked her job in the prison library, withheld her mail, and represented her as a danger to the other prisoners because of her political beliefs. Hoxha’s strike gained international attention when Casey Goonan—at that time the only federal defendant from the 2024 Student Intifada—announced they were joining the strike in solidarity with her, refusing to eat until her demands had been won. A week later, Malik Muhammad—the subject of this interview—also joined the strike in support of Hoxha’s demands.

This historic act of internationalist solidarity undertaken by political prisoners across multiple geographies directly paved the way for Palestine Action’s current larger hunger strike, serving as a model of militant anti-imperialist solidarity in the service of Palestine from those facing the brunt of the state’s repression.

It is necessary for us to maintain internationalist solidarity because ‘that’ isn’t happening ‘over there’ to ‘them’ but oppression is ‘HERE’ and happening to ‘US’ all. Our movements are stronger together. The people are stronger together. Don’t let them separate us. And remember as Palestinians starve in Gaza, so do the unjustly held 12,000 Palestinian prisoners, and the ones in US prisons and ‘detention’ (death) centers, prisons in t**he UK, Australia — they are all the same. The prisoners are living under forced displacement, oppression, occupation.

—Malik’s responseto Hoxha’s August 2025 hunger strike

Malik introduces themself as an “anti-fascist, anarchist, a revolutionary, a writer of everything creative.” They are a Black and Palestinian direct actionist serving an absurd ten-year sentence in Oregon for their legitimate actions during the George Floyd Uprising of 2020. In retaliation for their organizing behind bars, they’ve spent the majority of the past two years in solitary confinement, in a battle against mail censorship — the same mail censorship that is being waged against our Palestine Action comrades in britain.

Reading their many writings and interviews is an exercise in frustration. Here is a serious militant and revolutionary who is burning to engage with the larger struggle, but has been trammelled at every turn. James Yaki Sayles defines political prisoners as “conscious and active servants of the people”, but how can our prisoners remain conscious and active elements when the people allow them to languish and die alone behind bars? Georges Abdallah, liberated after 41 years in a French prison, attributes his ability to remain a part of the wider movement to his comrades on the outside. By constantly supplying him with news of the resistance in the outside world they gave him the necessaries of political development; by publicizing his voice they made it into a weapon of theory in the service of resistance.

Iwas surrounded by men and women dedicated to the cause who allowed me to keep resisting, by making my resistance part of the struggle against the genocide in Gaza. They gave me a permanent voice on the outside, allowing me to speak about the struggles of**various peoples and other political prisoners. So, I wasn’t just a prisoner. I was a fighter who was in prison.

—Georges Abdallah

For those of us who consider ourselves supporters, sisters, and defenders of political prisoners, our primary responsibility is to serve as intermediaries between them and the international war against imperialism. Hundreds and thousands of revolutionaries and potential comrades are crying out to be seriously engaged with in this struggle on every level. This interview aims to be a bridge into this war for our sibling Malik, who calls on those of us on the outside to transmit their call to action to our political prisoners in the u.s.—the only way that international hunger strikes are possible.

Interview with Malik Muhammad

How do you see the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike as part of a broader, international struggle against imperialism?

Imperialism is upheld through state-sanctioned violence, and part of that violence involves the systemic kidnapping of people they call prisoners. To recognize freedom as a collective struggle is to know that none of us are free until all of us are—including and especially those who have been stolen from us under the guise of “public safety.” They want to silence and lock away the fighters and their voices. What I see in the case of my Pal Action siblings is a settler colonial state trying to distract from the sins of its past — namely, Britain’s complicity in zionism and the Nakba. A state that at once “decries” a genocide it won’t even acknowledge is happening, all the while violently repressing those who object to it. The state’s only tool is a hammer, the only language it speaks is violence. But the perpetual struggle for freedom transcends generations.

When you were organizing in 2020, did you see yourself and the Black liberation movement as part of that war against imperialism? How have your politics developed since then, especially in the two years since the Toufan Al-Aqsa?

Afrikan liberation is the struggle against imperialism and settler colonialism. First Nation liberation and sovereignty and Palestinian liberation are one struggle, and cannot be separated from each other. They exist in an interconnected and interwoven web of oppression and resistance. What affects one directly affects the other. As my dear sibling Lisa says, “that” isn’t happening “over there.” No. We are told to believe so but that’s not the case.

I feel that resistance against this unique fascist state is important because of its central role in the exploitation of land, lives, and cultures at such rapid rates, all while destroying the planet. So while my direct actions [in 2020] were taken against this [u.s. settler] state, they didn’t happen in a vacuum–just like the actions of the Palestinian resistance. The oppressed are never the ones who initiate violence. How could we be, when the state is the one who constantly perpetuates violence against us?

My politics haven’t changed much. I’ve been an anarchist ever since I was a kid and discovered radical blogs on Tumblr. [In regard to Palestine], I would say that in spite of my anti-state beliefs, for a time I held onto hope for a two-state solution. It’s hard to tell a people to “fuck the state” when they don’t even have one to call their own to begin with, when they’re still fighting and struggling for their right to exist at all. It was the same with Afrikans here [in the so-called u.s.], which is why the Black Power movement often had statist ideals.

But [the events of] October 7th reinforced for me that “resistance is essence”, and under occupation, it is a right. It reminded me that perhaps the freest we can ever be is in the moments when we are resisting, when the people take fate and destiny into their own hands and take action. As Jonathan and George, Assata and Mutulu, Oso, Hanson, Peltier, Xinachtli, Tyler and Luigi, the IRA and my Pal Action siblings, all faithful resisters within the death kamps, the ones we don’t hear about, and the slave rebellions lost to history.

Like John Brown meeting the hangman’s noose, we do only what we feel called to do by our creator. The genocidal campaign the zionist entity has waged against the Palestinians after they were forced to hear the cries of the unheard on October 7, that barbaric, internationally-sponsored terror, that all reaffirmed to me that my hope will always be in the people, not the state. The mutual aid, the resistance in the face of genocide, people pulling bodies from rubble, the fighters and the martyrs–all that carnage mixed with all that resilience. Beautiful resistance and faith. That reminded me of my core belief that resistance is essence.

One of the demands of the prisoners in the UK hunger strike is to be able to “send and receive communications without restriction, surveillance, or interference.” Shine White, Xinachtli, and almost every political prisoner reports censored and withheld mai****l. Why is freedom of mail such an indispensable thing for a prisoner?

Letters and communications are a lifeline for us. The state wants to break us by locking us away. They want us disappeared and forgotten about. And even if we aren’t forgotten about, they want us to feel like we are anyway. I’ve had mail withheld for so long. I know guys who have gotten garbage bags full of mail after a whole year.

They try to break your spirit, make you feel like there’s nothing to fight for, and that you should just give up. That’s why it’s imperative to always correspond, even more so when the mail is withheld. They can hide a few parcels from their higher-ups and deny there ever was any, but if you flood their inboxes it helps pressure the [prison officials.] And when the prisoner does eventually get that huge stack of mail, it’s a beautiful reminder that they’re loved, and their strength can be renewed.

The oppressor’s only tactic is to intensify their repression, to wait us out. So our memory must be longer than the state’s. That’s why we should never forget [the prisoners.]

How should the outside movement be working to bring political prisoners into the anti-imperialist struggle?

Any way you can. I don’t think there’s a one size fits all solution. Like anarchy, it’s fluid, and there’s room for a diversity of tactics. Never be afraid to dream or think bigger than the established box. Do what has been working and leave behind what hasn’t, and try things you never have. Our imagination must also be bigger than the state’s. They only know one use for a hammer, while an anarchist recognizes the versatility of that tool.

Writing to and communicating with a political prisoner is the bare minimum. Building and platforming their voice, strategizing in ways that would directly aid those inside, making sure they know that they’re part of a movement that transcends the bars and gates and walls, that they’re only on a different front but still fighting the same fight. More than that though, making sure they know that they’ll be free by any means. See, Assata was [freed]. So they should know that they’ll be freed by any means. And that they’ll be supported in any actions they take.

What makes a hunger strike effective or ineffective? How much of its power comes from public pressure vs the will of the strikers themselves?

Hunger strikes are most effective when you know your ‘why.’ The will must be there, but it’s all in the ‘why.’ The power is always within the people. Under repression, to refuse to eat, to starve yourself purposefully, is powerful in itself. The power is with you the second you refuse. The state threatens violence to coerce and control. So we say, “You can beat me, deprive me, but my intent is to still not eat. I’m the one with the power. And you just pretend.”

Public pressure is imperative too: You [on the outside] have power too. It’s imperative to keep the striker alive with that public pressure. Because when you go down that path, you know why. And you’re prepared to die for it. You know your red lines, the demands that you will accept instead—but you are still prepared to die for it. The public’s job is to not let you go that way.

That’s where pressure is imperative. You support in all the ways you can, apply pressure in all the ways you can, and you also accept that the power is with that person, too. That they must be trusted to make the best decisions for themselves, even if that means it meets an disagreeable end. They eat only at their own will. You hope to expedite that, spread their message, even if they go.

A hunger strike is never ineffective. As revolutionaries, we never die. We just spread, and multiply. Like our ideas, they’re always here. Because [as Fred Hampton said], you can jail a revolutionary, but you can’t jail the revolution. You can kill a revolutionary son, but you’ll only martyr another one. You can steal a revolutionary daughter, but you’ll only add water for the revolution to drink from. So–we have the power, you have the power. The state has none.

Are there any verses from the Quran you reflect on most in regards to the struggle you are waging?

“Beat back the oppressors wherever you find them.”

Are there any Islamic figures you think about most during this period of struggle?

The prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) and his refusal of riches to renounce Allah. He said, “You can give me the moon in my left hand, and all the stars in my right hand. And still I would never renounce the teachings of Allah.” It’s that resistance, that steadfast dedication that inspires me.

How does the struggle for Palestine in the global north become re-ignited in a meaningful way? How does the global****north escalate?

International solidarity. Radical direct action, autonomous groups acting together, sabotaging systems to directly hinder the genocidal IOF. *The global north needs to hear us now, or be us later.*Militancy and direct action is imperative. Resistance is essence, and under occupation, it’s a right.

The world is occupied, and whether you live in a prison, or an open-air minimum like the so-called u.s. or u.k, or a harsher maximum open-air prison like gaza, the state occupies land, lives and people. Do we play at revolution, or do we make it? October 7th should be a rallying cry for radical direct action everywhere. Palestinians have managed to resist one of the world’s most powerful and best-equipped militaries. As George Jackson said, “Their reliance on their technology will be their downfall.” The system is fragile, and can be brought down. A stone thrown can crumble a nation. The system must be raged against because none are free until we all are free.

Is there anything you’d like to say directly to the hunger strikers or any of the prisoners associated with Palestine Action?

Resistance is essence, siblings. You’re never forgotten. Know your “why” and the “how” will come. We are not separated by these man-made monstrous constructs. We are connected in spite of them—and in some ways, because of them. The state creates its own monster, so be Frankenstein’s monster and destroy him. Refine yourself inside—plot, plan, rally, foment, organize and resist. Prison is only another front of the struggle. Until we all are free, none are. So remember: resistance is essence; under occupation it’s a right. I love you siblings. Love, rage, and solidarity.

Conclusion

During the hunger strike led by T. Hoxha in the summer of 2025, people called for international protests at british embassies, press and media, and direct pressure on the prisons and the government through continuous phone calls and emails.

Prisoners for Palestine is calling on us to take these actions once again. But the hunger strikers’ demands have a right to be enforced through greater measures. Again and again, the u.s. left has shouted down calls to direct action & basic property damage in the name of “a diversity of tactics”. The effect of this, ironically, is a impotent political movement almost entirely reduced to legal parades and useless finger-wagging at politicians. A hunger strike is a last-ditch tactic taken up by prisoners who have no weapons left but their own bodies. It throws the movement at large into sharp relief: while our imprisoned comrades scrape away at the concrete with broken spoons, we put our jackhammers and our pipes into some backyard shed and close the door.

Aren’t our comrades’ lives worth the same as Bobby Sands’, or Assata Shakur’s, or Abdel-Nassar and Ammar’s? When will it seriously be time for a diversity of tactics? Who will bring out the tools? Two years after the Toufan Al Aqsa, Palestine Action remains one of the few examples of genuinely effective solidarity. And now its prisoners, who took up the crowbar and the hammer, are left to starve by their imperialist government, their bodies degrading alone in concrete cells.

The strikers’ demand for bail can be answered by the british public. Self-liberated Sean “Shibby” Middlebrough, of the Filton 24, answered it on his own behalf. But the call to shut Elbit down mustbe answered by the general public, and it must be answered in defense of not only the lives of these hunger strikers, but the lives of every Palestinian left to be killed in winter floods — in lines to buy rotten food — in bombed out hospitals — in the tunnels of Rafah, the most honorable men of our time — in “israeli” torture chambers — and, for Malik Muhammad and his comrades, in the heart of the empire, the british-amerikan prison cell.

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(Vox Ummah)

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Brazil passed the semiannual presidency of Mercosur to Paraguay this Saturday, at the conclusion of the South American bloc’s summit in the border city of Foz do Iguaçu.

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The summit concluded with the publication of a joint declaration with 41 points, in which the bloc’s “disappointment” was expressed due to the postponement of the signing of the agreement with the European Union, which was due to internal divergences within the bloc.

The declaration also reaffirmed the member countries’ interest in revising the common external tariff, as well as the commitment of the Mercosur countries to regional integration, regulatory modernization, and the bloc’s commercial opening.

#CupulaMERCOSUL
A Delegação do #PARLASUL @senadorhumberto @DCaggiani @depchinaglia acompanha a Cúpula de Chefes de Estado do #MERCOSUL, momento em que o Brasil @LulaOficial realiza a transferência da Presidência Pro Tempore ao Paraguai @SantiPenap pic.twitter.com/fYsnD3lMWg

— Parlamento MERCOSUR (@PARLASUR) December 20, 2025

The document also reaffirms the support of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay for the full accession of Bolivia, which is in the final phase.

Regarding the upcoming semiannual presidency, the head of state of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, stated that he intends to promote the trade agreements being negotiated by the South American bloc.

One of those agreements, with the European Union, should be signed next January in Paraguay, after the Europeans postponed the signing, which was scheduled for this Saturday, due to internal divergences.

Peña also wishes to promote concrete projects of regional integration, especially a waterway and the road integration corridor that will connect Brazil with the Pacific Ocean.

The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Argentina, Javier Milei; Paraguay, Santiago Peña; Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi; and Panama, José Raúl Mulino, in his capacity as an associated country, participated in the Foz do Iguaçu summit.

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The state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) announced that it exceeded its production target for 2025, reaching 1,200,000 barrels per day this Saturday, December 20, as part of the Productive Independence Plan.

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According to Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, this achievement lays the foundation for a sustained increase in production by 2026.

Her message comes amid the multifaceted aggression that the United States is carrying out against Venezuela with the aim of appropriating crude oil and oil reserves, in addition to other strategic resources that the South American nation possesses.

“The best Christmas gift that our people, of dignified and free men and women, can receive is the unmeasured effort of our oil workforce that confronts and defeats the harassment, hostilities, and imperial illegality that attacks and threatens the human rights of Venezuelans,” Vice President Rodriguez highlighted.

PDVSA anuncia que, en el marco del Plan de Independencia Productiva, sus trabajadores han alcanzado la meta de 1.200.000 barriles prevista para este año, y se prepara para lograr el incremento de producción y metas para el 2026.#DelcyRodríguez pic.twitter.com/vHD1dkmges

— teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) December 20, 2025

The achievement comes after the announcement by US President Donald Trump to impose a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela and the recent seizure of a ship transporting Venezuelan oil.

Added to this is the decision of a US court to approve the forced sale of the Venezuelan company CITGO Petroleum; a plundering that for Venezuela represents a patrimonial loss exceeding 35 billion dollars, according to a complaint made Friday by the Minister of Hydrocarbons, Delcy Rodríguez.

Rodriguez highlighted the commitment of the company and the government to follow a course of honor and national dignity alongside President Nicolás Maduro, in a context of external challenges.

The Productive Independence Plan was emphasized, which seeks to strengthen national production and reduce external dependence, consolidating PDVSA as a motor of the Venezuelan economy.

Rodríguez emphasized that this work scheme focuses on the recovery of infrastructure, the promotion of technological innovation, and the active participation of the organized workforce.

Looking ahead to 2026, the state-owned oil company is preparing to increase its production, with the aim of exceeding the levels achieved this year. These goals seek to guarantee the internal supply of hydrocarbons, as well as the generation of income through exports.

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The presidents of the Mercosur countries announced this Saturday the launch of negotiations to reach an agreement on tariff preferences with Vietnam, one of the most dynamic economies in Asia.

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The announcement was made in a joint statement released by the members of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after the bloc’s bi-annual summit, held in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguazu.

According to the statement, the two parties are finalizing the terms of reference that will serve as the basis for the negotiations.

67ª CÚPULA DO MERCOSUL / 67ª CUMBRE DEL MERCOSUR ✨

📃 Comunicado Conjunto dos Presidentes dos Estados Partes do MERCOSUL / Comunicado Conjunto de los Presidentes de los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR 🇧🇷🇦🇷🇧🇴🇵🇾🇺🇾

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— MERCOSUR (@mercosur) December 20, 2025

“The future agreement represents a milestone in the process of boosting trade between Mercosur and Vietnam, and can contribute to strengthening ties between the Asian country and the South American bloc,” according to the joint statement.

The intention of both parties is to promote the expansion of their trade through the reduction of tariffs and the elimination of tariffs and relevant non-tariff measures, in order to facilitate effective access to markets and ensure that trade flows reflect the potential of their economies.

According to the statement, trade between Mercosur and Vietnam totaled 12.2 billion dollars in 2024.

The start of negotiations with Vietnam was announced after the presidents of Mercosur, after regretting the postponement of the signing of their trade agreement with the European Union (EU), assured that they will continue negotiating with other possible partners while waiting for the Europeans to resolve their differences.

The intention of the leaders was to sign the agreement with the European Union at this Saturday’s Summit, but the European authorities postponed the meeting to mid-January, in Paraguay, due to the difficulties in reaching the necessary support to approve the treaty.

The Paraguayan government, which assumed the temporary presidency of Mercosur this Saturday, stated that its priorities will be to finalize the most advanced agreements, such as those negotiated with the United Arab Emirates and Canada, and to continue talks with Japan, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

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An Israeli attack on Gaza school sheltering displaced families killed at least six, including a child—denounced as a grave breach of international humanitarian law.

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An Israeli attack on Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinian families claimed the lives of at least six people—including a young child and a woman—during the night of Friday, December 19, 2025, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense agency. The strike targeted a school in the At-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, reducing part of the building to rubble and sending rescue teams scrambling through debris to recover bodies and wounded civilians.

The Civil Defense, coordinating with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), confirmed that six bodies were extracted from the ruins, while an undetermined number of injured were rushed to overwhelmed local hospitals. Many of the victims were children who had sought refuge in what was supposed to be a safe haven.

“Attacking schools and shelters providing refuge to displaced Palestinians constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law,” the Civil Defense stated, demanding immediate protection for civilians and humanitarian personnel from further bombardment.

The school in At-Tuffah had been designated as a temporary shelter for families displaced by Israel’s ongoing military offensive—now in its second year. Like hundreds of similar facilities across Gaza, it housed people who had already lost homes, livelihoods, and loved ones, only to face death once again under the cover of darkness.

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Israeli Attack on Gaza School: A Pattern of Systematic Violence

This latest strike is not an isolated incident but part of a relentless pattern of attacks on civilian infrastructure since Israel launched its military campaign in October 2023. According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, more than 70,660 Palestinians have been killed, and over 171,165 injured, many suffering life-altering wounds such as amputations and spinal trauma. Among the wounded, nearly 44,500 are children, as reported by UNICEF.

Palestinian armed group Hamas condemned the bombing as a “brutal crime against innocent civilians” and a “flagrant, repeated violation” of the ceasefire agreement that officially took effect on October 10, 2025. Despite the truce, Israeli forces have continued daily killings in Gaza, with health authorities reporting 395 Palestinians killed since the ceasefire began—a figure that underscores the fragility of the peace and the persistence of lethal operations.

View OCHA’s latest humanitarian report on Gaza (December 2025)

Footage shared by local journalist M. Shebrawy showed Israeli tanks continuing to fire toward the school and surrounding homes even after the initial strike. “The situation now in Al-Tuffah neighborhood… Israeli tanks are continuing to fire toward the school and nearby homes,” read the post, accompanied by harrowing images of smoke rising over shattered concrete.

International law is unequivocal: schools, hospitals, and shelters are protected civilian sites under the Geneva Conventions. Deliberate attacks on such facilities—especially when they house displaced persons—may constitute war crimes, as affirmed by the International Criminal Court and multiple UN human rights bodies.

Yet accountability remains elusive. Despite repeated condemnations from UN rapporteurs and global civil society, no meaningful consequences have been imposed on Israel for its systematic targeting of protected zones. Meanwhile, humanitarian access grows more restricted, and Gaza’s medical system—already decimated—struggles to treat the wounded without electricity, clean water, or surgical supplies.

Read UNICEF’s 2025 report on child casualties in Gaza

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Geopolitical Context: Impunity and the Erosion of International Law

The Israeli attack on Gaza school must be understood within a broader context of institutionalized impunity and the erosion of the rules-based international order. For decades, Israel has operated with near-total immunity from legal consequences, shielded by powerful allies—primarily the United States—which consistently veto UN Security Council resolutions calling for ceasefires or accountability.

This dynamic has enabled a doctrine of collective punishment against 2.3 million Gazans, confined to one of the world’s most densely populated territories with no safe escape. The use of heavy weaponry in urban areas, the targeting of food and water infrastructure, and the repeated bombing of schools and hospitals reflect not tactical errors, but a deliberate strategy of dehumanization and displacement.

Regionally, the attack further destabilizes an already fragile ceasefire and risks reigniting full-scale hostilities. While Egypt and Qatar work to mediate, Israel’s continued violations undermine trust in the truce and fuel resentment among Palestinian factions. Globally, the incident highlights the hypocrisy of Western powers that champion “rules-based order” while tolerating, and often arming, one of its most flagrant violators.

Moreover, the timing is significant. As the International Court of Justice considers South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, and as the ICC investigates potential war crimes, such attacks serve as real-time evidence of ongoing violations. Yet diplomatic silence—particularly from European capitals—sends a clear message: civilian lives in Gaza are expendable.

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For the Global South, this moment underscores the urgent need for alternative mechanisms of justice and protection outside Western-dominated institutions. From the African Union to the Non-Aligned Movement, calls are growing for stronger support of Palestinian statehood, arms embargoes on Israel, and recognition of the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly.

Until then, schools in Gaza remain targets. Children remain casualties. And the world watches—again—as international law is trampled in real time.

Breaking | Israeli occupation artillery shells areas east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/aN7SITKc0t

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 19, 2025

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Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, criticized the designation of Venezuela as a “foreign terrorist organization” by the government of Donald Trump, describing it as an arbitrary, fraudulent and politically motivated act.

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This reaction comes after Trump’s announcement about the blockade of oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela and his demand for the return of assets, including oil and land.

Trump said that “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest navy ever assembled in South American history” and accused the “illegitimate Maduro regime” of financing “narcoterrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping” with resources from oil fields.

The #US government designation of the legitimate government of #Venezuela as a foreign terrorist organization is a new arbitrary, fraudulent, unilateral and politically motivated act. It shows, once again, the lack of credibility of these decisions and the manipulation of… pic.twitter.com/Af1tFAWjnW

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In response, Rodríguez Parrilla questioned the moral legitimacy of the United States to issue such accusations.

“What moral does the US government have for these designations, when it protects and finances terrorist organizations on its territory, refuses to cooperate with neighbouring countries such as Cuba in matters of terrorism and speaks openly about covert actions and CIA sabotages against Venezuelan infrastructures?”

The Cuban Foreign Minister stated that these actions only seek to internationally isolate the Bolivarian Revolution, increase pressure on Caracas, and “escalate an aggression with unpredictable consequences for the peace, security, and stability of Latin America and the Caribbean.”

“All our solidarity and support to the Venezuelan people and government in the face of this infamous barbarity,” Rodríguez Parrilla concluded.

Cuba’s firm stance against Trump’s declarations once again places the Island against U.S. interference in Latin American affairs and the United States’ disrespect for the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, signed in Havana in 2014.

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The Government of Venezuela reported that it had received an offer of cooperation in all areas from Iran, with the aim of confronting what it considers to be piracy and international terrorism by the United States, given the US military deployment in the Caribbean near Venezuela and the recent seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker by the US.

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“Venezuela received a full display of solidarity from the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as its offer of cooperation in all areas to confront piracy and international terrorism that the United States seeks to impose through military force, violating the United Nations Charter and international law,” as reported by Foreign Minister Yván Gil via Telegram.

La solidaridad entre pueblos fortalece la soberanía.
Venezuela e Irán reafirman su cooperación estratégica frente a las amenazas externas, defendiendo juntos la paz y el derecho internacional. 🇻🇪🇮🇷 pic.twitter.com/ZTNtqJntZY

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Yván Gil said he had received a call from his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchi, during which they analyzed “the recent events in the Caribbean, especially the threats, acts of piracy by the United States, and the theft of ships loaded with Venezuelan oil.”

This reaction comes after Trump’s announcement about the blockade of oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela and his demand for the return of assets, including oil and land.

Trump said that “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest navy ever assembled in South American history” and accused the “illegitimate Maduro regime” of financing “narcoterrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping” with resources from oil fields.

The US government also recently included 29 ships and their management companies on its sanctions list for their alleged participation in the so-called “ghost fleet” of Iran, accused of transporting Iranian crude oil and petroleum products to evade imperialist sanctions.

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This article by Fabiola Martínez and Alma E. Muñoz originally appeared in the December 20, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

In January of next year, Grupo Salinas will have to pay the treasury 51 billion pesos, although once it expresses its intention to settle this tax debt it could be subject to “adjustments” (discounts), said the director of the Tax Administration Service (SAT), Antonio Martínez Dagnino.

In outlining the timeline for the matter at the National Palace press conference, he pointed out that “the adjustment could be up to 39 percent in accordance with the law.”

Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said that the funds obtained through this method will be used to expand social programs, such as scholarships; the Women’s Welfare Pension, for example, has a budget of 59 billion pesos next year. “Honestly, I hope they pay,” she said.

She emphasized that the issue was brought up at the morning press conference because it is a recurring question; it is, he said, a legal procedure, not a personal or political one.

“It’s the law, it’s the law. I mean, the court rulings… What did the Court decide? The Court ruled that the injunctions were not admissible. So, what stands? The court rulings in that regard.”

“As we have always said,” she added, “this is not a personal matter, nor a political one, nor anything of the sort; it is simply what the law says. So, it’s not that the President or the head of the SAT are doing anything personal.”

“Why are there 51,000 [billion owing] now? Because the law also says that it is being updated, that’s what the law says, that’s what the court ruling says, and we have to comply with the law.”

The president emphasized the right of companies to request “discounts, let’s put it that way, in accordance with the Tax Code. Notification is given in January, and we expect payment, it’s that simple. If they don’t pay, then another process begins, which would be a separate matter.”

Two journalists pressed President Sheinbaum about the right to obtain discounts or pay in installments, when the owner of Grupo Salinas has harshly criticized his government.

She insisted that it is a procedure established by law, which sets out the way to access the benefits, “I’m not going to comment on the rest; frankly, I don’t think it’s worth it.”

The businessman and son of a fascist financier was a major force behind the promotion of last month’s ultra-right wing Gen Z march, which was marked by violence and an over-representation of geriatric members of Mexico’s middle class.

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On the other hand, he indicated that the country has increased tax revenue in recent years because there are no longer debt forgiveness programs like those that were authorized arbitrarily, based on corrupt practices.

President Sheinbaum attributed the positive result in that area to three factors: first, the measure promoted by former President López Obrador, to bring the prohibition of discretionary debt forgiveness to the constitutional level; second, “there is no corruption”; and third, the transparent allocation of resources – and not the shady practice, he said, of supporting only those at the top, as happened during the Fobaproa era – to generate resources and allocate them to social programs and strategic works.

“Look, today the Dos Bocas refinery, which they criticized so much—how they criticized it!—the Olmeca Refinery is producing 300,000 barrels of gasoline and diesel per day that were previously imported. So, yes, there is a change, a profound change.”

The Grupo Salinas debt case began because the tax authority determined that the corporation (owned by Ricardo Salinas Pliego) had outstanding balances corresponding to six fiscal years (from 2008 to 2013); the loss reports issued by its companies were deemed inadmissible.

Then came a chain of appeals that concluded with the final decision of the SCJN, from which the SAT has the obligation to collect, a procedure that will be carried out in January 2026: “the payment of 51 billion pesos will be required in accordance with the Federal Tax Code,” Martínez Dagnino pointed out.

Once the notification of the requirement takes effect, the period for voluntary payment begins.

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The group’s spokesperson, Eduardo Gil, rememembered that the aggression 36 years ago left hundreds of civilian victims, devastated communities, and profound social and institutional scars that still mark the collective memory.

Gil, who is also the secretary general of the Trade Union Convergence, expressed that the Panamanian people must always remember, because this type of military aggression undermined all institutions, destroyed families, and divided entire communities.

This demonstration is also an act of protest and historical vindication, given that the invasion profoundly affected relations between Panama and the United States, he stated.

Meanwhile, at the official ceremonies commemorating the date at Jardin de Paz cemetery in Panama City, where the remains of many of the victims rest, the Archbishop of Panama, Jose Domingo Ulloa, stated that it is a date etched with pain in the nation’s memory: December 20, 1989, when Panama was wounded to its very core.

“That wound continues to challenge the national conscience and demands truth, memory, and justice,” he expressed.

The leader of the Catholic Church emphasized that honoring the fallen is not an act of resentment, but a patriotic duty.

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The discovery was made in the departments of Boyaca, Santander, and Cundinamarca thanks to the application of scientific methods such as field surveys and excavations with computed tomography scans, three-dimensional modeling, and comparisons with international collections.

The first fossil, found in Villa de Leyva, (Boyaca department), corresponds to a long-snouted pliosaur, now named Boyacasaurus sumercei.

It is estimated to have lived approximately 114 million years ago, and according to Cristian Benavides-Cabra, the SGC’s paleontological research leader, this specimen has an anatomical feature that distinguishes it from other similar specimens: the parasphenoid bone of the palate has an extremely long projection.

The second finding, of a mosasaur, took place in Lebrija, Santander department, was named Oneirosaurus caballeroi, which dates back 89 million years.

The third fossil is a large ichthyosaur found in the Siquima Riverbed, in the central department of Cundinamarca.

At about 110 million years old, it represents the first record of a tunosaurian ichthyosaur from the Late Albian in Colombia and South America, according to study co-author Daniel Pomar.

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Through his X account, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced the US aggression, prolonged for more than six decades, as irrational, given its failure to achieve its objective of ending the Cuban revolutionary process.

“It is incomprehensible that the US administration has devoted so many years and mobilized enormous resources in a systematic effort to destroy and provoke chaos in a developing country, relatively small and with scarce natural resources, without, however, managing to subdue it or subdue its sovereignty,” he wrote.

Rodriguez denounced that the US policy against Cuba has had as its main goal the suppression, dismantling, and destruction of the national economy, using its economic and technological power and its coercive capacity on a global scale.

He emphasized that behind this persistent hostility lies the fear of the U.S. government—and particularly its highest-ranking diplomat—of the Caribbean nation’s “rebellious and undefeated example.”

Despite the blockade and pressure, the island has managed to consolidate its independence, promote broad social justice, achieve high levels of achievement in health, education, culture, sports, and scientific development, and exercise international solidarity on a scale unique among nations.

The Foreign Minister also highlighted the prestige and support the Caribbean country has earned internationally, precisely because of its ethical consistency, its resilience in the face of adversity, and its commitment to the peoples of the world.

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At a press conference in Havana, Deputy Minister of Public Health (MINSAP) Carilda Pena also noted that there has been a significant decrease in the occurrence of severe and critical cases nationwide.

Over the last seven to ten weeks, Pena added, the Caribbean country has experienced a decrease in cases of nonspecific febrile syndrome, a characteristic symptom of arboviruses, or viruses transmitted by arthropods.

Cuba, she added, is experiencing an interesting epidemiological situation, as dengue fever circulates endemically.

During certain periods of the year, factors such as temperature, humidity, and the country’s geographical location, which characterize the climate, create favorable conditions for the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the main vector of the disease, to increase, consequently leading to a rise in cases.

In this regard, the doctor highlighted the decrease in mosquito infestation rates nationwide, below 50 percent, following a series of vector control actions carried out nationally with the participation of the population and other social actors to control the transmitting mosquito and thus reduce the number of cases.

According to Pena, the island nation saw a 12.3 percent decrease in diagnosed cases of chikungunya in the past week, while dengue cases fluctuated between 14 and 15 percent.

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Molino said that Panama, under the status of Mercosur Associate State, can become a premier air hub for the the regional bloc, therefore added that there are 576 weekly flights connecting 42 cities, which also ease connections with the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.

He further emphasized the logistical strength of the Panama Canal and the rapidly growing ports, noting that it is common knowledge that two of the four largest terminals in Latin America are located in Panama, and that the nation is highly competitive in the logistics and transportation sector.

“We are a complement to all of you, so that your products can reach the most diverse markets, increasing the competitiveness of foreign trade for all Mercosur members,” he remarked.

He also referred to Panama’s trade agreements with Central America and the United States, which make it the ideal partner for adding value to the raw materials produced by these countries and entering new markets more competitively.

Mulino also invited dignitaries from Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina to participate in the CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean) Forum, to be held in Panama in January of next year, as a space for economic, financial, and regional development dialogue.

He also extended an invitation to the celebration in mid-2026 of the bicentennial of the Amphictyonic Congress of Panama, evoking Simon Bolivar’s dream of an America united by dialogue, cooperation, and mutual respect.

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At a press conference, Ochoa, of the ruling Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre), asserted that he will not validate an electoral process interfered with and overseen by the United States, because in Honduras the will of the people is sovereign, as stated in the Constitution, he emphasized.

The official clarified that there is no circumstance that would compel him to sign a “fraudulent” declaration, alluding to the moment when the CNE is required to release the official election results, the deadline for which is December 30.

He insisted that his role is to represent the Honduran people and not the interests of foreign governments or actors.

He questioned pronouncements and sanctions from the USA, calling them direct interference in the process, and maintained that the president of Honduras must be elected exclusively by the people.

Ochoa pointed out that “The fraud has been plain for all to see, even though international observer missions want to hide or cover it up,” and added that the levels of manipulation and inconsistencies detected even surpass those that occurred in the 2017 election, then questioned by the Organization of American States.

He reiterated his demand for a recount of every single vote in the 19,167 presidential ballot boxes, given the evident discrepancies between the number of registered voters and the figures recorded on the voting tally sheets.

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From sitting dead men to festive parades, explore 6 incredible funeral rituals across Latin America. Discover how cultures honor life through unique, celebratory farewells.

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6 Unforgettable Funeral Rituals Redefining Goodbyes Across the Americas

Funeral rituals across Latin America are undergoing a remarkable transformation, shifting from somber mourning to vibrant, personalized celebrations of life. This evolution reflects a deeper cultural dialogue about death, memory, and legacy. From Puerto Rico to the Andes, communities are embracing practices that honor the deceased’s personality in stunningly creative ways, challenging conventional grief narratives and offering new forms of closure.

In Puerto Rico, the Marin Funeral Home has gained international attention for its highly unconventional services. Known for organizing the famous “standing dead” wake, the funeral home caters to families wishing to present their loved ones in lifelike, often active poses. Their most striking request came in 2016 for a young man whose family wanted him seated with legs crossed, wearing a cap, glasses, and a cigar, with one crucial detail: his eyes wide open.

“It’s something people have really come to appreciate,” explained Damaris Marin, president of the funeral home, in an interview with Caracol Channel. She cited market demand as a key driver, announcing potential expansion into Colombia and the Dominican Republic. “We’re looking to expand… to take a bit of our culture to other countries.”

This trend manifests in deeply personal tributes. The neighborhood didn’t miss the “superhero” burial of Renato García, who spent his final days dressed as the Green Lantern and was laid to rest in character. Similarly, the bar frequented by Jomar Aguayo Collazo remained open on the day of his wake; he was venerated right beside the jukebox, posed for a game of dominoes. Meanwhile, photos of the late David Morales Colón circulated on social media as if he were still speeding through the streets of San Juan on his beloved Honda motorcycle.

Marín’s services, with modest prices starting around $2,000, have attracted global media coverage from Latin America to Russia and England. Viral videos of these eccentric wakes showcase a business capable of fulfilling the most unconventional final wishes, as noted by local press. This phenomenon, while perceived by some in the Caribbean as extravagant, finds a superlative parallel in stories like that of Thailand’s Chadil, who famously married his girlfriend’s corpse in a ceremony that blurred the lines between wedding and funeral.

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A Discussion in Absence
“We either fear death immensely or trust it completely. Death is profoundly unjust. It is the only question with a definite answer, the one thing we know awaits us all. But then, we will no longer be here to speak of it,” wrote Gabriel García Márquez for El Nacional in 1988. The Colombian literary giant confessed his fear of death, clarifying, “but more than fear of death itself, it is fear of the transition.”

García Márquez demonstrated how death can be a beginning, at least in literature. His masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude opens with Colonel Aureliano Buendía facing a firing squad, a narrative genesis from an endpoint. The Nobel laureate, who passed in April 2014, was himself farewelled in a heartfelt tribute, his ashes surrounded by yellow roses—a fitting homage for a man who wove mortality into magical tales.

The cultural diversity of funeral rituals in Latin America serves as a powerful means to honor the departed while preserving ancestral traditions and beliefs. This isn’t a monolithic practice but a tapestry of regional customs, each with its own philosophy toward the afterlife.

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The Cultural Tapestry of Latin American Funeral Rituals

Indigenous and Community-Based Practices
Across the continent, indigenous and local communities maintain profound connections with their dead through specific rituals. In the Peruvian highlands, Aymara communities carefully prepare the deceased, burying them with personal objects, offerings like eggs and coins, and toys for children. Burials often occur in frequently traversed places—crossroads or apachetas (stone cairns)—so the departed are remembered. They are considered guardians, frequently interred near homes in a slow, unhurried ritual to ensure the soul doesn’t grow weary on its journey.

In Brazil, funerals are often celebrations of life rather than purely lugubrious occasions. The rite is dedicated to remembering earthly life’s finitude, offering homage and reflection. Typically, an open casket allows attendees to touch the body and offer final words. While black attire and chrysanthemums are common, characteristic gatherings involve sharing stories, abundant food, and the deceased’s favorite music. Protestant ceremonies might feature white attire, biblical readings, and hymns.

Among Brazil’s indigenous peoples, the Kuarup ceremony in the Xingu reservation stands out. Held a year after a death, it involves ceremonial dances. During the ritual, shamans and family must remain calm, refraining from tears to properly pay homage. The tribe prays aloud, receives guests from other villages with fish and manioc, decorates tree trunks, and uses body paint and feathers for dances and combats. Researcher Heloisa Da Costa explains this ceremony symbolizes the end of one cycle and the start of another, inviting ancestors to welcome the new spirit while the living reflect on life’s harmony.

Ecuador blends indigenous, African, and Catholic customs. In Otavalo, a Kichwa community, a purification ritual involves bathing the deceased in water with rosemary and carnations. The used water is thrown far away, symbolizing eternity and new beginnings. Funeral soups are essential, and the gathering doubles as a fundraiser for the family. Family members narrate the year’s major events so the departed knows all that transpired. The Taita Maestro leads Catholic prayers in Kichwa.

A unique tradition here is the Chunkana, or funeral games, held on the last night of an adult’s wake. This ludic ritual, the main game of Imbabura province, involves winners and losers who must perform a penance. Researchers from the Technical University of the North in Ibarra have recorded about 70 variants of these playful atonements, most tied to daily tasks. Practitioners cite nine sacred reasons for the ritual, believing it ensures the soul’s transition to Chayshuk pacha (Paradise).

Bolivia presents some of the region’s most distinctive traditions. During the Festivity of All Saints, families believe the dead return to spend a day with loved ones, offering flowers, sweets, t’antawawas (bread figurines of the deceased), and special dishes—sometimes with mariachi visits. More uniquely, the ñatita (venerated skull) tradition blends indigenous and Catholic beliefs every November 8th. Families who keep a ñatita consider it a protective, miraculous household member, decorating it with flowers, lit cigarettes, and other offerings. This practice asserts that death is not an end but a spiritual continuity.

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Historical Evolution and Social Dimensions

Funeral rituals also mirror social structures and historical change. In Argentina, the custom evolved significantly. In 1908, a push began to have the state recognize November 2nd as a day to remember the “Fallen for the Fatherland,” layering national memory onto the religious date. This holiday was suspended during the military dictatorship to prevent gatherings in cemeteries that could turn into anti-regime protests, a fate similar to Carnival, as noted by journalist Gerardo Di Fazio.

Social stratification is often evident in burial grounds. The location of a tomb—central vaults for the wealthy, periphery for the humble—sends a clear post-mortem social message. In some areas, discriminatory practices excluded those who died by suicide from consecrated ground, burying them face down in unmarked graves. Notably, Rosario features a “Cemetery of Dissenters” for non-Catholics.

Argentine mourning customs, influenced by Spanish and later English protocols, were rigid. Widows faced up to two years of strict mourning, limited to church and direct family visits, adorned only in black or with mourning jewelry like lockets containing the deceased’s hair. The famed Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, inaugurated in 1910, even included special grilles for women in mourning to attend performances unseen.

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The Cuban Spectrum: From Satire to Business

Cuba’s relationship with death encompasses satire, syncretism, and commerce. The tradition of Pachencho’s Wake in Santiago de las Vegas, west of Havana, is a prime example. For three decades, residents have performed a mock funeral for a mythical character named Pachencho, who “resurrects” to the rhythm of conga and swigs of rum. The farcical procession, complete with a fake widow and priest, is a joyous, satirical festival with death.

The representation is based on a 1901 Cuban theatrical piece titled “El velorio de Pachencho,” which humorously staged the vicissitudes of a man who pretended to be dead. After the real death of ‘Blanco,’ a well-known shoemaker who long played Pachencho, other residents assumed the role masterfully. To infectious Cuban music, Pachencho sits up in his coffin, especially if he spots an acquaintance, smiling and waving.

Some trace the tradition to the 1882 founding of a cultural center, others to the popular 1970s play. Locals insist it dates to 1937 with the Piquete Santiaguero carnival group, which would end festivities with a symbolic, joyous burial procession. The celebration concludes with a dance, drums, rum, and flowers tossed into a symbolic grave, followed by the satirical phrase, “Pachencho, we are nothing.”

Historically, Cuban wakes blended Spanish and African influences. In Andalusia, a child’s death was a “happy ascent to heaven” celebrated with a party, a practice reinforced by enslaved Africans. Historian Emilio Roig noted that wakes in earlier times could become “true orgies,” turning a mournful fact into a reinforced festive event.

The funeral business itself became a competitive enterprise in Cuba. Agents scouted hospitals and neighborhoods for imminent deaths. There were tales of burials being withheld until payment was secured. The Rivero family dominated the mid-20th century trade, owning funeral homes, flower shops, wreath factories, and nearly a thousand property titles in Havana’s Colón Cemetery. Their empire replicated the city of the living within the necropolis, with luxurious pantheons mirroring affluent neighborhoods like Miramar and Vedado.

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The Enduring Mystery

The Cuban historian Emilio Roig once mused about the “doctor of the dead,” the best physician who never lost a patient, merely certifying the obvious. He wondered if this doctor had discovered death’s mystery, winking at corpses in complicity. “Do the corpses answer him?” Roig pondered in a 1917 article, suggesting it’s better the secret remains kept, for “what would we do with the truth?”

An 1804 Havana newspaper excerpt captures the paradoxical spirit: facing a wake, a friend encouraged another to enter, saying, “Go on in and have fun, there’s enough for everyone and more to come.” Lexicographer Esteban Pichardo later defined a wake in Cuba as a vigil that, for a poor child, could become pure diversion, and even mentioned “wakes” for stews or roast pork—pretexts for late-night eating and dancing.

Ultimately, from the sitting dead of Puerto Rico to the dancing pallbearers of Cuba and the venerated skulls of Bolivia, Latin American funeral rituals embody a vibrant, profound spirituality. They assert that death is not a cold end but a transition woven into community, memory, and celebration. As Chilean writer Isabel Allende wrote in The House of the Spirits, through the spirit of Clara: “Do not invoke death; she will come in her own time…” Until then, these rituals ensure the departed live on in the stories, laughter, and unique customs of those they left behind.

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Addressing the major event, the libertarian leader echoed Donald Trump’s diatribes against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, calling him a narco-terrorist who heads “an atrocious and inhumane dictatorship that casts a dark shadow over our region.”

In this regard, he emphasized that his government “welcomes the pressure from the United States and Donald Trump” and hinted at his desire for the Bolivarian government to be overthrown, stating that “the time for a timid approach on this matter has run out,” and invited the other Mercosur members to support this position.

He reiterated his support for opposition leader Corina Machado, who has repeatedly called for military intervention in her country, and called for the release of Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, who was detained a year ago by Venezuelan authorities as he attempted to cross from Colombia and was accused of participating in a subversive plot against the government.

He also asked that the bloc’s members provide permanent and unwavering support for “the sovereign rights of the Argentine Republic over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the surrounding maritime areas illegally occupied by the United Kingdom since 1833.”

As he did at the meeting of the mechanism in Buenos Aires, Milei reiterated his criticism of the group, arguing that institutions must be evaluated on their results and recalling that Mercosur was created with the mission of “promoting trade, increasing prosperity, integrating markets, and raising the competitiveness of our societies.

And none of those central objectives have been met,” he asserted. He criticized the bloc for being held back by protectionism, bureaucracy, and complacency, saying they “have sunk us into stagnation,” and demanded a change in its rules to allow for greater flexibility, enabling its members to agree to bilateral trade pacts like the one it is negotiating with the United States outside the bloc.

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At the Mercosur summit 2025, Brazilian President Lula da Silva warns that military intervention in Venezuela would trigger a hemispheric humanitarian catastrophe.

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At the Mercosur summit 2025, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a stark and urgent warning: any military intervention in Venezuela would unleash a humanitarian catastrophe with devastating ripple effects across the entire Western Hemisphere. Speaking on December 20, 2025, in Foz de Iguazú, Brazil—the host city of the 67th Mercosur Summit—Lula framed the issue not as a regional dispute, but as a fundamental test of sovereignty, peace, and South American unity in the face of rising imperial pressures.

“An armed intervention in Venezuela would be a catastrophe for the hemisphere,” Lula declared. “It would be a humanitarian catastrophe and a dangerous precedent for the world.”

His remarks come amid escalating U.S. military activity in the Caribbean, including naval deployments, surveillance flights, and public threats against the Venezuelan government—actions widely condemned by international legal experts as flagrant violations of the UN Charter and international law. From the perspective of the Global South, Lula’s statement is more than diplomacy; it is a defensive line drawn against neocolonial aggression.

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Mercosur Summit 2025 Venezuela Warning: A Defense of Regional Sovereignty

In a passionate address that drew standing ovations from fellow South American leaders, Lula emphasized that Venezuela’s sovereignty is non-negotiable and deeply intertwined with the stability of the entire continent. “The Venezuelan people love their sovereignty,” he said. “To threaten it is to threaten us all.”

He pointed to the current geopolitical climate as the most tense in South America since the 1982 Falklands (Malvinas) War. “For over four decades, our continent had not been this tense,” Lula warned. “South America is now under strain due to the military presence of an extraregional power that is testing the limits of international law.”

This “extraregional power” is widely understood to be the United States, whose Southern Command has recently expanded operations near Venezuela’s Exclusive Economic Zone under the guise of counter-narcotics missions—a justification rejected by UN agencies and regional governments alike.

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Lula’s warning is grounded in historical memory and strategic realism. Latin America has long suffered from foreign interventions—from CIA-backed coups in the 20th century to economic blockades and regime-change campaigns in the 21st. Each time, the consequences spilled beyond borders: refugee crises, economic collapse, and prolonged violence. A military strike on Venezuela, home to 28 million people and vast oil reserves, would dwarf those outcomes.

Moreover, Lula linked the Venezuela issue to broader challenges facing Mercosur, particularly the stalled Mercosur–European Union trade agreement. He noted that external pressures—especially from European capitals echoing U.S. rhetoric on Venezuela—have deepened internal divisions and undermined genuine regional integration. “True economic unity cannot be built under the shadow of imperial agendas,” he implied.

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The Brazilian president called instead for a vision of “a prosperous and peaceful South America” rooted in dialogue, mutual respect, and South-South cooperation. “Here, we want integration,” he said. “Renouncing sovereignty is renouncing ourselves.”

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Geopolitical Context: The Global South’s Red Line

The Mercosur summit 2025 Venezuela warning carries profound implications far beyond Latin America. It reflects a growing assertion of autonomy by the Global South, which increasingly rejects unilateralism and demands a multipolar world order. In this context, Venezuela has become a litmus test: will powerful nations abide by international law, or will they impose their will through force?

The U.S. posture toward Venezuela—combining sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and military posturing—mirrors strategies used in Iraq, Libya, and Syria. Yet Latin America, having endured decades of such interventions, is now pushing back collectively. Mercosur, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), and the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter have all issued statements rejecting external interference.

Lula’s stance also signals Brazil’s return to a leadership role in regional diplomacy after years of right-wing isolationism under Jair Bolsonaro. Under his administration, Brazil is once again championing non-intervention, peaceful conflict resolution, and economic sovereignty—principles enshrined in the 2014 CELAC “Zone of Peace” declaration.

Critically, this position resonates across the Global South. From South Africa to Indonesia, nations are watching whether Latin America can resist coercion and uphold international law without Western approval. A successful defense of Venezuelan sovereignty would embolden similar resistance elsewhere—from the Sahel to Southeast Asia.

Review the CELAC Havana Declaration on Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace

For teleSUR, as a media voice of the peoples of the South, Lula’s message is a reminder that true peace is built from below—not imposed from the North. In an era of resurgent militarism, the unity of Mercosur—and its commitment to non-intervention—stands as a bulwark against empire.

As the summit concluded, leaders reaffirmed their support for dialogue between Venezuela’s government and opposition, but categorically rejected any external solution. The message was clear: the future of Venezuela must be decided by Venezuelans alone. Any other path, Lula warned, leads not to democracy—but to hemispheric disaster.

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The president—who is attending the 67th Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil—sent a message to the nation from his X account, in which he also expressed his solidarity with the victims and their families of that unjustified attack.

“Today Panama mourns. We remember the victims of December 20 and stand with their families, whose absence continues to mark our collective memory,” he remarked.

The head of State emphasized that, more than three decades after the events, the country must keep alive the memory of what happened as an act of respect and historical responsibility.

In his statement, he called for not repeating the mistakes of the past and for strengthening democratic institutions as a guarantee of peace and freedom.

Mulino concluded his message with a reflection on the value of memory as a tool for nation-building: “To remember is to honor, and to honor is to protect our freedoms.”

The misnamed Just Cause, whose stated objectives were to end the supposed dictatorship and capture former General Manuel Antonio Noriega, restore democracy, and bring well-being to the Panamanian people, actually brought death, especially in poor neighborhoods like El Chorrillo in the capital.

In addition to the loss of life, this aggression caused the destruction of much of the isthmus’s infrastructure, leaving thousands of people homeless.

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At a massive rally in front of Venezuela’s national oil company PDVSA headquarters in La Campiña, Caracas, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez condemned the ongoing US aggressions against the country.

In her speech on Friday, December 19, Rodríguez, who is also the minister of hydrocarbons, emphasized that Venezuela has a firm stance of dignity and resistance. She underscored that the country has no outstanding debts with the Trump administration. Rather, Washington owes the Venezuelan people compensation for stealing Venezuelan state assets.

In this regard, she referred to the looting of the CITGO Refineries. Coupled with the unlawful seizure of CITGO’s dividends accumulated since 2019, the theft represents a loss of assets exceeding $35 billion. These resources were seized through mechanisms of “economic piracy” that undermine the economic stability of Venezuelan citizens.

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Rodríguez emphasized that Venezuela’s energy resources will not be subject to negotiation under external threats or foreign extortion schemes. She explained that any international buyer interested in acquiring a molecule of gas or a barrel of oil must do so in accordance with legal protocols and pay the corresponding prices. On this premise, she ruled out any possibility of giving in to Washington’s pressure, calling its encirclement strategy an “absolute historic mistake.”

In a call for international justice, the vice president demanded a public apology from the United States and appropriate reparations for the effects of the economic blockade. She also emphasized that Venezuela not only defends its oil but also its right to self-determination and regional peace. According to Rodríguez, the petrochemical and energy industry constitutes a sacred heritage supported by a conscious and mobilized working class throughout the country.

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Thus, Rodríguez highlighted the strength of the Venezuelan people in overcoming the US unilateral coercive measures that have tried so hard to suffocate the national economy. She stated that national unity is the primary shield against attempts to seize the energy resources that have historically belonged to the nation.

In her words, it is this fighting spirit that helps the country to combat the US attempts to seize Venezuela’s resources.

The vice president reaffirmed the unconditional commitment of oil and gas sector workers to President Nicolás Maduro’s administration. At the conclusion of her remarks, she stated that the country will continue on the path of economic recovery and will not surrender to imperialist blackmail.

She concluded by stating that Venezuela will remain free from tutelage, where sovereignty over its natural resources should be respected by any foreign government wishing to establish trade relations.

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Translation: Orinoco Tribune

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The Pope Leo XIV consistory on January 7–8, 2026, marks a pivotal moment for Church communion, prayer, and global Catholic leadership after the Jubilee of Hope.

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El papa León XIV, hoy desde la Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano. EFE/EPA/Vatican Media

The Pope Leo XIV consistory, set for January 7 and 8, 2026, in Vatican City, will be the first extraordinary gathering of cardinals under the new pontiff’s leadership—a moment charged with spiritual significance and institutional weight. Announced by the Holy See on Saturday, the two-day assembly aims to deepen communion between the Pope and the College of Cardinals while fostering collective discernment on the Church’s mission in a rapidly changing world.

This historic consistory follows immediately after the closing of the Jubilee of Hope, a year-long holy celebration that concludes on January 6 with the symbolic shutting of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica. The timing is deliberate: as one sacred chapter ends, another begins—not with spectacle, but with fraternal dialogue, shared reflection, and prayer.

According to the Vatican press office, the consistory will be “characterized by moments of communion and fraternity, as well as times dedicated to reflection, sharing, and prayer.” These elements, the statement adds, are intended to “favor common discernment and offer support and counsel” to Pope Leo XIV as he exercises his role as shepherd of the universal Church.

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Pope Leo XIV Consistory: A Return to Synodal Fraternity

Unlike ordinary consistories—typically convened to approve canonizations or create new cardinals—this extraordinary consistory serves a more pastoral and strategic purpose. It echoes Pope Francis’s 2022 extraordinary meeting, which focused on reforming the Roman Curia and strengthening collegial governance. Yet under Leo XIV, the emphasis appears to shift toward spiritual cohesion and unity amid global challenges.

“The consistory is situated within the life and mission of the Church,” the Vatican clarified, “and its purpose is to reinforce communion between the Bishop of Rome and the cardinals, who are called to collaborate in care for the good of the universal Church.”

This framing reflects a broader trend in recent papal leadership: moving away from centralized authority toward synodal discernment—a process where bishops, clergy, and even laity contribute to Church direction through listening and dialogue. Pope Leo XIV, who assumed the papacy in late 2025 following the death of his predecessor, has signaled continuity with this vision while placing renewed emphasis on doctrinal clarity and global solidarity.

Notably, this will be Leo XIV’s second consistory overall, after presiding over an ordinary session on June 13, 2025, focused on canonization causes. But the upcoming extraordinary gathering carries greater symbolic weight, as it gathers the Church’s highest-ranking advisors not to decide procedural matters, but to pray, reflect, and walk together in service of a world grappling with war, inequality, ecological crisis, and spiritual disorientation.

Read the Vatican’s official statement on the consistory (Holy See Press Office)

The event also underscores the evolving role of cardinals in the modern Church. Once primarily princes of the Church with political influence, today’s cardinals are increasingly expected to be pastoral leaders, bridge-builders, and voices for the marginalized—from Africa and Asia to Latin America and conflict zones in Eastern Europe. Their counsel during this consistory could shape Leo XIV’s priorities for the next phase of his pontificate, including potential reforms to Church governance, missionary strategy, and engagement with secular societies.

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Geopolitical Context: The Catholic Church as a Global Moral Actor

The Pope Leo XIV consistory arrives at a time when religious institutions are being called upon to mediate escalating global tensions. With wars raging in Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan, democratic backsliding in multiple regions, and rising xenophobia, the Catholic Church remains one of the few global entities with moral authority, transnational infrastructure, and diplomatic reach.

The Vatican’s network of nuncios (ambassadors) in over 180 countries allows it to function as a discreet but influential peacemaker—recently facilitating prisoner exchanges and humanitarian corridors. A unified College of Cardinals, aligned with the Pope’s vision, strengthens this capacity.

Moreover, as secularism advances in the West and religious nationalism surges elsewhere, the Church faces internal pressures. In Europe and North America, debates over liturgy, gender, and doctrine have deepened divides. In the Global South, meanwhile, Catholicism is growing rapidly—yet often with demands for greater autonomy and cultural relevance.

The consistory offers Leo XIV a chance to balance these dynamics—affirming universal teachings while empowering local Churches to respond to their unique contexts. It also signals to the world that the Vatican remains committed to dialogue over division, even as other global institutions fracture.

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Critically, the meeting occurs just months before the 2026 Synod on Synodality’s final assembly, a landmark process launched under Pope Francis to reimagine Church governance. The January consistory may serve as a strategic preview, allowing cardinals to align on key themes—such as lay participation, ecological justice, and digital evangelization—before broader consultations conclude.

For observers beyond Catholicism, the event is a reminder that spiritual leadership still shapes geopolitics. When the Pope and his cardinals speak with one voice on issues like climate action, migration, or nuclear disarmament, their words carry weight far beyond the pews.

In this light, the Pope Leo XIV consistory is not merely an internal Church affair. It is a global moral gathering—one that could influence the ethical direction of international discourse in the years ahead.

Review historical context of papal consistories from the Vatican Secret Archives

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A Pontificate Defined by Communion

Pope Leo XIV, whose chosen name evokes both the reforming spirit of Leo XIII and the ecumenical legacy of John XXIII, has made “communion” a cornerstone of his early papacy. In his first Christmas Urbi et Orbi message, he spoke of the Church as “a house of open doors, not closed borders,” and called for “a revolution of tenderness” in response to global indifference.

The January consistory embodies this vision. By inviting cardinals not just to advise, but to pray and discern together, Leo XIV reaffirms that leadership in the Church flows not from power, but from shared spiritual journeying.

As the bells of St. Peter’s echo on January 7, the world will be watching—not for declarations or decrees, but for a quieter, more profound signal: that even in an age of fragmentation, unity remains possible when rooted in faith, humility, and mutual care.

Si terrà nei giorni 7 e 8 gennaio 2026. A riferirlo @HolySeePress. Si tratterà di due giornate all’insegna della preghiera, della riflessione e della condivisione per offrire sostegno e consiglio al Pontefice#VaticanNewsIT

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— Vatican News (@vaticannews_it) December 20, 2025

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With an area of ​​140,000 square meters, the new terminal boasts modern passenger amenities and improved airport infrastructure, aiming to optimize the travel experience and operational efficiency.

With this expansion, the airport’s annual passenger handling capacity has doubled from 6 million to 13.1 million passengers per year.

New Delhi expects this increased capacity to strengthen Guwahati’s role as the main aviation hub in Northeast India and support the region’s growing tourism, trade, and economic activity.

The project was developed under a 50-year lease agreement and, in addition to alleviating congestion and improving connectivity, will create jobs and help meet the growing demand for air traffic.

Assam’s Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, described the new terminal as a transformative project that will significantly improve regional connectivity and contribute to the state’s “Quality of Life” initiatives.

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According to the scientific body, the coldest temperature was recorded in the city of Pokrovsk, Yakutia, where the weather station registered -51.7 degrees Celsius.

The second coldest temperature was recorded at Sukhana weather station, also in Yakutia, with a reading of -49.4 degrees Celsius.

The third coldest place went to the Yakut village of Krest-Khaldzhai, where the temperature dropped to -48.7 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours, the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia stated.

The report also notes that, simultaneously in the Southern Hemisphere, Australia and South Africa recorded the top two spots on the list of the hottest places on the planet.

In Telfer, Western Australia, the air temperature reached 44.1 degrees Celsius yesterday, while the thermometer at Sydney Airport registered 42.6 degrees Celsius.

At the same time, the weather station in Upington, South Africa, recorded 39.2 degrees Celsius, according to Russian meteorologists.

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Analyst Bethy Arana, in a report published by Diario El Salvador, appealed to the masses in a population that polls point out that nothing is clearly defined on preference toward any political party (62 percent), despite the fact that the Nuevas Ideas party, currently in government, is supported by 29 percent, according to Cid Gallup.

“The call to these leaders is to listen to the people, to listen to the organizations. To Representative Claudia Ortiz, to “Chino” Flores,” Arana stated.

She described as very positive the proposal by the Secretary General of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) to broaden citizen participation in the party, which would allow non-affiliated members to run as candidates, as happened in 2008.

The race is still open with the likely participation of the FMLN, Vamos, and ARENA parties in the upcoming presidential elections on February 28, 2027.

Representative Claudia Ortiz, from the Vamos party, affirmed that “all options are on the table,” suggesting she might run as a candidate to challenge President Nayib Bukele in the elections, despite a Gallup poll showing the president with the support of nine out of ten Salvadorans.

The 2027 general elections will determine the president of the Republic, deputies, and municipal councils.

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