Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, today reaffirmed his country's position, aimed at preserving regional peace, in the face of the military actions perpetrated in the early hours of this morning by the United States against Venezuela.

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela today issued a statement in which it denounces the extremely grave military aggression perpetrated by the current Government of the United States against Venezuelan territory and population in the civilian and military localities of the city of Caracas, the capital of the Republic, and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. Due to its importance, we reproduce it in full.

The Russian Foreign Ministry today condemned the United States' armed aggression against Venezuela and called for avoiding further escalation and preparing to find a solution through dialogue.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel urgently demanded the reaction of the international community to the United States' attack on Venezuela on the early hours of this Saturday.

Ricardo Salgado, Secretary of Strategic Planning of Honduras, denounced this Thursday, December 25, a new type of coup d’état following the proclamation of Nasry Asfura as president by the two CNE (National Electoral Council) members who are aligned with the Honduran two-party system: Ana Paola Hall García and Cossette Alejandra López.

Algeria’s parliament has unanimously passed a landmark law declaring France’s colonization of the country a crime, demanding a formal apology and reparations.

On the occasion of the 195th anniversary of the death of Simón Bolívar, the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Cuba held a wreath-laying ceremony and a political-cultural event at the House-Museum in Havana named after the Liberator.

Cuban ambassador to Venezuela, Rodolfo Benítez Verson, took the floor during an interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner's oral update regarding the human rights situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to express his support for the country's institutions and sovereignty, Cubaminrex reported.

The will of the heads of state and government of ALBA-TCP to advance and overcome threats and adversity was evident at the recently concluded 25th Summit of the Latin American and Caribbean integration bloc.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has expressed his outrage at the results of the elections held in Chile this Sunday, in which the ultra-right candidate, José Antonio Kast, was elected the next president.

By Hedelberto López Blanch *

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday celebrated 21 years of battles, victories and hopes for the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America / Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP).

Cuba and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, a date that commemorates the decision by Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago to formalize ties with Cuba in 1972.

Honduras’s top prosecutor has issued an international arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, intensifying legal and political turmoil just days after the ex-leader walked free from a United States prison.