Venezuelans March to Demand an End to US Sanctions
They link lifting coercitive measures to economic recovery and public services. On Monday, Venezuelans filled the main avenues of Caracas to demand the immediate lifting of U.S. economic sanctions against their country. Diosdado Cabello, the secretary of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), led the mobilization, emphasizing that removing U.S. sanctions is vital to fully restoring public services. “Without the blockade, the Venezuelan state will be able to directly improve care in hospitals, the electrical system, and the country’s wage policy,” he said. The peaceful protest began with a large gathering at Morelos Square in the Bellas Artes area, from where participants marched along Mexico and Universidad avenues to Caracas Square. PSUV Mobilization Vice President Nahum Fernandez described the event as a reaffirmation of national sovereignty at a complex historical moment. He highlighted that popular unity is the central pillar for consolidating the economic growth projected in the Seven Transformations Plan (7T). Participants voiced support for acting President Delcy Rodriguez, who assumed office after U.S. bombings against the South American nation on Jan. 3. Rodriguez has maintained a firm diplomatic stance, recently urging the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to lift sanctions in order to normalize bilateral relations. For the PSUV, Rodriguez’s leadership represents continuity of social programs amid external aggression. The march also served as a platform to denounce the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores by U.S. forces. Protesters said Maduro remains unlawfully detained in New York and demanded his immediate release, calling his capture a flagrant violation of international law and regional peace. > Diosdado Cabello: More Than 35% of the Electoral Roll Voted in National Popular Consultation [https://orinocotribune.com/diosdado-cabello-more-than-35-of-the-electoral-roll-voted-in-national-popular-consultation/] Caracas Mayor Carmen Melendez said the resilience of the Venezuelan people is key to preserving internal peace despite provocations. She added that each day of mobilization is a victory against those seeking to impose a “chaos agenda” through economic pressure, and urged socialists to remain active in communities to defend gains in housing and social security. PSUV spokespeople reiterated that Venezuela poses no threat to any country, describing it instead as a hardworking nation demanding respect for its self-determination. With a commitment to deepen the 7T plan, the ruling party said the path to lasting prosperity necessarily depends on ending global financial persecution. (Telesur [https://www.telesurenglish.net/venezuelans-march-to-demand-an-end-to-u-s-sanctions/]) — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
US Sanctions on Venezuela Continue: Corporate Beneficiaries and a Targeted Society
By Roger D. Harris – Mar 24, 2026 In the wake of Washington’s January 3 military attack and then problematic détente [https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/venezuela-post-maduro] with Caracas, corporate media suggest a meaningful shift in Venezuela policy, implying relief for a country long subjected to economic coercion. However, far from dismantling the sanctions regime, the US has merely adjusted its application through licensing mechanisms, leaving the core structure of coercive measures fully intact. Reuters reported [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-eases-sanctions-venezuelan-oil-industry-2026-01-29/] “US lifts some Venezuela sanctions,” followed [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-allows-oil-majors-resume-venezuela-operations-broadly-okays-new-energy-2026-02-13/] by news of sanctions being further “eased.” Both NBC News [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/us-eases-venezuela-oil-sanctions-trump-seeks-boost-oil-supply-iran-war-rcna264109] and ABC News [https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/us-eases-venezuela-oil-sanctions-trump-seeks-boost-131182882] likewise reported sanctions “eased,” while the Financial Times [https://www.ft.com/content/18a2f7dd-c0f6-4ced-8355-cada07d7dd41] wrote that Washington “relaxes sanctions.” Reuters [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-waives-sanctions-deals-involving-venezuelas-pdvsa-2026-03-18/] later found that “US waives many of the sanctions,” and the Los Angeles Times [https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-03-18/u-s-eases-venezuela-oil-sanctions-as-trump-seeks-to-boost-world-oil-supply-during-iran-war] noted “targeted relief from sanctions” The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) described [https://www.wola.org/analysis/two-months-without-maduro-in-venezuela-democratic-transition-or-authoritarian-adaptation] a “huge easing of sanctions.” Not a single sanction has been rescindedIn fact, there is no evidence of any revocation of executive orders, removal of Venezuela-related sanctions authorities, and certainly no formal termination or suspension of Washington’s sanctions regime. At a February 21 meeting I attended in Venezuela, Anti-Blockade Vice Minister William Castillo described sanctions as a “policy of extermination.” These measures, “the most cruel aggression against our people,” had been renewed the day before by Trump. To do so, he had to certify the original mistruth first fabricated [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201500159/pdf/DCPD-201500159.pdf] by Barack Obama in 2015: that Venezuela poses an “extraordinary threat” to US national security. Castillo cited 1,087 measures imposed by the US and another 916 by its echo, the European Union. These unilateral coercive measures have a corrosive effect on popular support for the government, which is precisely the purpose of this form of collective punishment, illegal [https://press.un.org/en/2025/ga12691.doc.htm] under international law. In 2023, Castillo described [https://en.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/economia/william-castillo-las-sanciones-van-donde-causen-mas-dolor/] Washington’s economic aggression as a means to destroy Venezuela without having to invade. The Bolivarian Revolution’s successful resistance, including positive GDP growth [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-gdp-grows-almost-9-in-third-quarter-exchange-rate/] while under siege, suggests why the US felt compelled to escalate with a military incursion on January 3, killing over 100 [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-interior-minister-cabello-updates-death-toll-of-us-military-attacks-president-maduro-liberation-committee-created/] and kidnapping the country’s lawful head of state and his wife. In Castillo’s words, the US escalated [https://en.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/economia/william-castillo-las-sanciones-van-donde-causen-mas-dolor/] from “a war without gunpowder…against the civilian population” to an actual one. As grave as the direct US military aggression has been – including 157 fatalities [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-strikes-against-suspected-drug-boats-have-killed-157-people-official-says-2026-03-17] since last September in alleged drug interdictions of small craft in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific – the body count from the coercive economic measures has been far higher. Former UN Special Rapporteur Alfred de Zayas estimated [https://dezayasalfred.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/unilateral-sanctions-and-international-law/] that sanctions have caused over 100,000 excess deaths. There is even a literal playbook on how to apply sanctions to inflict “pain” on civilians for “maximum effectiveness.” The author of The Art of Sanctions [https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-art-of-sanctions/9780231180269/] is Richard Nephew, a former US State Department senior official in the Biden administration who was responsible for implementing such policies. Licenses vs. sanctionsWhat has happened in practice is a much more limited form of relief under the sanctions regime. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has issued broad licenses [https://orinocotribune.com/dynamics-of-ofac-licenses-for-venezuela-managing-a-sanctions-regime/] allowing certain dealings primarily with Venezuela’s state oil (PDVSA) and gold (Minerven) sectors. OFAC licenses carve out limited exceptions principally benefitting US and other foreign corporations, not necessarily the Venezuelan people. Activities are authorized that would otherwise be illegal under US law, even though such activities are lawful under international law. They come with conditions, limits, and reporting requirements and can be revoked at any time. In practical terms, sanctions remain in place, although certain transactions are temporarily allowed under strict licensing rules. “The result is a hybrid scheme in which formal sanctions and operational licenses coexist, enabling limited flows of economic activity,” according [https://misionverdad.com/venezuela/alcance-y-caracteristicas-de-las-licencias-ofac-para-venezuela-en-2026] to Misión Verdad. This flexible arrangement of sanctions combined with licenses allows US and other foreign corporations to make a profit off of the coercive system. Under sanctions alone, the targeted people overwhelmingly suffer but, secondarily, US and other corporations are shut out. Under this hybrid system, control is maintained and money is made. However, most foreign investors are reluctant to make important investment decisions when there is uncertainty, especially given Mr. Trump’s mercurial reputation. A temporary license does not provide the security that corporations normally require. Recuperating the Venezuelan oil industry would necessitate [https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/15419/] “a gigantic investment.” Such investments will be unlikely if Venezuela is sanctioned, the licenses notwithstanding. > Venezuela’s Acting President Rodríguez Says Sanctions Must Be Lifted to Develop Economy & Provide Security for Investors [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-acting-president-rodriguez-says-sanctions-must-be-lifted-to-develop-economy-provide-security-for-investors/] Media framing and blamingMeanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and “First Combatant” Cilia Flores remain in a New York City jail, reportedly [https://solitarywatch.org/2026/01/07/maduro-held-in-solitary-in-federal-jail-known-for-barbaric-conditionsand-other-news-on-solitary-confinement-this-week/] in solitary confinement. Regarding what happened on January 3, corporate media sources overwhelmingly use relatively anodyne terms such as “downfall [https://www.newsweek.com/venezuelans-crying-tears-joy-maduro-downfall-11302555],” “removal [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bessent-says-largest-oil-companies-are-likely-move-slower-venezuela-2026-01-08/],” or “ouster,” rather than the more pointed “kidnapping” or “abduction.” When the legality of this clearly illegal act of war is questioned by either the media or by the Democrats [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnW7GN7-NQ], it is mainly confined to whether President Trump required congressional approval. Likewise, application of international law regarding the illegality of unilateral coercive measures is largely absent from media coverage. Where legal issues appear, they tend to address mechanics (e.g., the US-controlled fund arrangement), rather than whether sanctions themselves violate international law. When media outlets express concern [https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-venezuela-oil-supplies-prices-3a3ca446459b3ab0127c08ad0808cc15] about Washington’s restrictions, it is often that easing them would “reward Maduro loyalists.” While the plight of the Venezuelan people may be acknowledged, the blame is mainly attributed to corruption and economic mismanagement, with little if any opprobrium for sanctions. As former political science professor at the Universidad de Oriente Steve Ellner (pers. comm.), notes, corruption and mismanagement do exist. But the overwhelming factor has been the sanctions regime. The blockade targeted Venezuela’s oil industry – at one point accounting for 99% of foreign-exchange [https://www.cato.org/commentary/last-rites-venezuelas-state-owned-oil-company] earnings – forcing the country out of normal dollar-denominated markets and into black markets to survive. What Alfred de Zayas [https://www.instagram.com/empirefiles/reel/C-PXsspC_aw/?locale=ja-JP&hl=en] dubs the “human rights industry” similarly exhibits a convenient blind spot regarding sanctions. WOLA, for example, advocates [https://www.wola.org/analysis/two-months-without-maduro-in-venezuela-democratic-transition-or-authoritarian-adaptation] “addressing the complex humanitarian emergency.” Yet the NGO strongly opposes sanctions relief for the people, because the coercive measures are such an effective “pressure” tool on the leadership. Former WOLA staffer David Smilde [https://davidsmilde.substack.com/p/trump-will-resist-spending-his-political] is preoccupied with “restoring” American-style democracy by imposing pressure on the “regime.” He argues: “The democratic transition in Venezuela…requires the support of international organizations.” In contrast, acting President Delcy Rodríguez views ending interference by foreign actors in Venezuela’s internal affairs as a precondition for credible elections. In particular, she calls for the US “blockade and sanctions [https://orinocotribune.com/delcy-rodriguez-requests-that-trump-end-sanctions-and-blockade-against-venezuela/] against Venezuela [to] cease.” With sanctions still in place, the US remains the biggest obstacle [https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/05/22/the-biggest-obstacle-to-free-and-fair-elections-in-venezuela-is-the-us/] to free and fair elections in Venezuela. 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Activists from Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba Detained in US & Panama
Delegates returning from delivering humanitarian aid to Cuba reported interrogations and confiscation of equipment by immigration authorities, actions they describe as a strategy of government intimidation. The Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila was also the victim of an arbitrary detention in Panama City while preparing to board a connecting flight to his country. Members of the Nuestra América Convoy, a solidarity initiative that recently delivered 14 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba, denounced the US government for leading a campaign of harassment and intimidation within the US and Panama following the activists’ return from Cuba. Through social media, it was reported that delegates arriving at the Miami airport are being detained at customs for exhaustive interrogations. Among those affected are high-profile figures such as Amazon labor leader Christian Smalls and journalist Katie Halper. According to the reports, federal agents have proceeded to confiscate activists’ electronic devices. Members of the group indicated that this practice is not isolated, recalling that last Monday, other members, including human rights lawyer Noura Erakat, were also treated in a similar manner, which they describe as clear government intimidation. Thiago Ávila’s illegal detention in PanamaÁvila’s communications team, who has more than 1.2 million followers on Instagram, reported that the activist was held incommunicado in Panama City after being subjected to interrogations and biometric procedures by hostile agents communicating in English. “We know that what we bring on our boats is a drop in an ocean of Cuba’s needs, which has lived for more than six decades under the US blockade,” Ávila had stated upon his arrival in Havana last Tuesday. The Nuestra América Convoy, inspired by the Global Sumud Flotilla that delivered aid to Gaza in 2025, managed to deliver solar panels, medicines, and food in an effort to alleviate the energy and economic crisis that Cuba is enduring to the US military naval blockade that has tightened the economic warfare imposed on Cuba for over 60 years and has prevented any oil from reaching the nation for months. Ávila, who had already been deported by agents of the Israeli colony in 2025 after being intercepted in international waters while attempting to break the siege on Gaza, was expected to soon join a new maritime humanitarian mission to Palestine. So far, neither Panamanian authorities nor US Customs and Border Protection have issued official statements regarding these procedures, which social movements have condemned as a violation of the right to free movement and solidarity among peoples. > Inspiring Nuestra América Convoy: 600+ Activists Deliver Aid to Cuba, Defying US Blockade [https://orinocotribune.com/inspiring-nuestra-america-convoy-600-activists-deliver-aid-to-cuba-defying-us-blockade/] (Telesur [https://www.telesurtv.net/retienen-activistas-convoy-nuestra-america/]) Translation: Orinoco Tribune OT/CB/SL — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
President Maduro’s Upcoming Hearing in US ‘Not an Act of Justice,’ Expert Warns
One day before the hearing scheduled for March 26, in which Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are to appear before US courts, the defense team has publicly denounced the United States government for attempting to prevent the president from being able to pay for his legal representation. In this regard, in an interview with Sputnik [https://noticiaslatam.lat/20260321/1172672905.html], Venezuelan political scientist Carolina Escarrá warns that this type of action reflects the political and economic nature of the process, above any legal basis. The specialist maintains that the hearing will be resolved more by geopolitical negotiations than by legal arguments and that Washington has acted from the outset with a clear interest: to control the natural resources of the Venezuela. For Escarrá, the “kidnapping” of Maduro responds to “an economic interest, of transnationals linked to the [US] political elite… They had to generate a commotion in Venezuela to access oil, gold, and rare earths.” **The dismantling of the “Cartel de los Soles”**One of the central elements she highlights is the modification of the original accusation after the detention. Escarrá notes that the 2020 indictment, promoted by then-Attorney General William Barr, “was full of elements linked to the Cartel de los Soles.” However, after President Maduro’s abduction, the charges underwent significant changes. “When they get to President Nicolás Maduro and the First Lady, Cilia Flores, they immediately modify that indictment, and there are only two mentions [of the Cartel de los Soles]. It is as if it were no longer the name of a cartel but of a political culture of corruption,” explained the analyst. “That is how they handle it in the complaint itself,” she added. This modification, in Escarrá’s view, makes it possible “to perceive that it is not really a matter of drug trafficking, nor related to organized crime or anything of the sort, but that there was a deeper political and economic reason,” she states. The political scientist further contextualizes: “The kidnapping and prosecution of President Maduro respond to the US security strategy, in which Washington openly admits it seeks to counterbalance China in the region, for which it needs the continent’s natural resources.” “Venezuela has always been like a containment barrier against the power that the US holds over the rest of the continent,” she argues. Violations of due processRegarding expectations for the March 26 hearing, Escarrá considers the scenario uncertain and dependent on political negotiations. The analyst refers to the concept by analyst Alfredo Clemente of the “fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine.” “This thesis raises the question: what is the origin, what is the underlying reason behind this entire trial? And the only answer is a financial and geopolitical reason that seeks to remove China… from Venezuela and from the region itself,” she asserts. Escarrá warns that what is at stake is not a conventional judicial process. “This is not an act of justice or legal procedure… but an act of supremacy of force, closely linked to the entire vision of Manifest Destiny, of US supremacism, of imposing things as they see fit,” she recalls. From the standpoint of international law, the analyst underscores the irregularity of the process. “International law is clearly being violated here, because one cannot try the president of another country, nor can one do so in courts that are not of that country,” she states. The expert also indicates that even US domestic law is being violated. Unexpected obstaclesClemente argued that under US jurisprudence from the case Zivotofsky v. Kerry, recognition of a foreign government is an exclusive power of the president, meaning that New York courts would be obliged to accept the legitimacy of President Maduro’s mandate and, therefore, his sovereign immunity. He adds that the doctrine of estoppel (acts of one’s own) would prevent the United States from recognizing acting president Delcy Rodríguez as the legal authority of Venezuela while maintaining a judicial process against the figure from whom her authority originates. “Trump has boxed himself into a legal dead end,” said Clemente. “If the government of Delcy Rodríguez is legal, then the origin of her power [the appointment and mandate signed by Maduro] must be legal by necessity.” “This is where the doctrine of acts of one’s own, known in Latin as estoppel, comes into play,” explained Clemente. “This rule says that a state cannot go against what it has already recognized. The United States cannot recognize the ‘flower’ [Rodríguez’s administration] and pretend that the ‘root’ [Maduro’s mandate] does not exist or is ‘criminal.’ It is a legal absurdity: one cannot say on Saturday that a government is legal and on Monday try to prosecute the man who gave life to that government.” The specialist also emphasized that blocking Venezuelan funds to prevent President Maduro from paying his chosen lawyer constitutes a “structural error” that, according to the US Supreme Court ruling United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez, would irreversibly invalidate the trial. For the analyst, Washington’s recognition not only confirms the legitimacy of the Venezuelan president in the eyes of the US regime but also exposes that the military assault of January 3 was an illegal act of war and outlines a roadmap that includes a habeas corpus motion and dismissal of the case in the future. > Behind the DOJ’s Politicized Indictment of Maduro: A CIA-Created ‘Network’ and Coerced Star Witness [https://orinocotribune.com/behind-the-dojs-politicized-indictment-of-maduro-a-cia-created-network-and-coerced-star-witness/] (Noticias LatAm [https://noticiaslatam.lat/20260325/proxima-audiencia-de-nicolas-maduro-en-eeuu-no-es-un-acto-de-justicia-advierte-una-experta-1172746655.html]) Translation: Orinoco Tribune OT/CB/SL — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
Venezuela Extends Deadline for Selecting Ombudsperson & Attorney General (+Ernesto Villegas)
On Tuesday, Venezuela’s National Assembly (AN) approved a 48-hour extension for the Special Commission designated to evaluate the credentials of candidates for the positions of attorney general and ombudsperson, so that it may present a new report to the National Parliament for the selection of these officials. “It is approved unanimously,” reported the president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, during Tuesday’s ordinary session. “Consequently, deputy president of the Special Commission, please activate all the necessary mechanisms to evaluate the credentials of those who participated and to incorporate new credentials from new Venezuelans with relevant information.” During the parliamentary session, Rodríguez stated that no consensus had been reached on presenting the final list of individuals who went through the respective processes. Consequently, he made a proposal to the plenary granting a 48-hour period to complement the intensive work regarding the call, interviews, and renewed review of candidates’ credentials. Finally, the president of the AN considered that the extension, similar to that authorized for the Amnesty Follow-up Commission, will help achieve agreement “between poles and between groups that oppose each other but do not hate each other, in order to demonstrate to interested sectors that there is a new political moment in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and we will defend it under all circumstances.” The Preliminary Committee for Evaluation of Nominations was appointed on Wednesday, February 25, by the National Assembly following the resignation that same day of the attorney general, Tarek William Saab, and the ombudperson, Alfredo Ruiz. Following those resignations, in an ordinary session, the National Assembly, by qualified majority, appointed lawyer Larry Daniel Devoe as interim attorney general and Saab as acting head of the Ombudsman’s Office. Ernesto Villegas drops from the raceOn Tuesday night, Ernesto Villegas, one of the strongest candidates to occupy the position of Ombudsman, announced that he was withdrawing from the race “to make way for other options with greater possibilities of consensus within the legislative branch and Venezuelan society.” “I address you to withdraw my candidacy for the position of ombudsperon,” wrote Villegas in a public statement. “I trust that the National Assembly will know how to select a Venezuelan who fully exercises the powers of the position. Villegas, a Chavista leader seen by many as a figure of consensus and balance, reportedly did not manage to secure positive assessments within the opposition bloc in the National Assembly, which—despite having a Chavista majority—seeks unanimous agreements to advance in reducing polarization in the country. > Venezuela’s National Assembly Advances 2026 Agenda of Economic Reform and Institutional Renewal [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-national-assembly-advances-2026-agenda-of-economic-reform-and-institutional-renewal/] (Diario VEA [https://diariovea.com.ve/an-prorroga-evaluacion-de-candidatos-a-fiscal-general-y-defensor-del-pueblo/]) Translation: Orinoco Tribune OT/CB/SL — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
Iran Rejects US Proposal, Lays Out Five Conditions for Ending Imposed War: Source To Press TV
Iran has responded negatively to an American proposal [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/25/765817/Iran-warns-US-Do-not-call-your-retreat-an-agreement] aimed at ending the ongoing imposed war, insisting that it will only occur on Tehran’s own terms and timeline, a senior political-security official told Press TV on Wednesday. The official with knowledge of the details of the proposal, speaking exclusively to Press TV, said Iran will not allow US President Donald Trump [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/23/765740/Trump-backed-down-after-Iran-threatened-to-retaliate-no-talks-underway-Report] to dictate the timing of the war’s end. “Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met,” the official said, emphasizing Tehran’s resolve [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/15/765394/trump-military-gamble-against-iran-backfires-spectacularly-no-exit-strategy] to continue its defense and inflict “heavy blows [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/22/765699/Iran-s-military-doctrine-shifts-from-defensive-to-offensive-Senior-commander]” on the enemy until its demands are fulfilled. According to the official, Washington has been pursuing negotiations through various diplomatic channels, putting forward proposals that Tehran views as “excessive” and disconnected from the reality of America’s failure [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/23/765765/Iran-attacks-Dimona-Israel-Eilat-Tel-Aviv-United-States-war] on the battlefield. The official drew parallels with two previous rounds of negotiations held in the spring and winter of 2025, characterising them as deceptive. In both instances, the official stressed, the United States had no genuine intention [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/04/764940/iran-agreed-nuclear-concessions-geneva-talks-then-us-israel-bombed] to engage in meaningful dialogue and subsequently carried out military aggression against Iran. > Iran responded negatively to an American proposal aimed at ending the ongoing imposed war, insisting that any cessation of hostilities will only occur on Tehran’s own terms and timeline, a senior political-security official told Press TV. > > Follow: https://t.co/LWoNSpkc2J [https://t.co/LWoNSpkc2J] pic.twitter.com/SawxjMqVRp [https://t.co/SawxjMqVRp] > > — Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) March 25, 2026 [https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/2036827697729425695] Tehran has therefore categorized the latest overture, which was delivered via a friendly regional intermediary, as a ploy to heighten tensions and has responded negatively [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/25/765823/Iran-says-no-talks-with-US-vows-to-continue-defending-itself]. The official outlined five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to end the war. These include: • A complete halt to “aggression and assassinations” by the enemy. • The establishment of concrete mechanisms to ensure that the war is not reimposed on the Islamic Republic. • Guaranteed and clearly defined payment of war damages [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/16/765449/war-cultural-memory-us-israeli-aggression-damages-iran-iconic-heritage-sites] and reparations. • The end of the war across all fronts and for all resistance groups [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/24/765804/Israel-threatens-Litani-River-occupation-as-deadly-strikes-on-Lebanon-intensify] involved throughout the region • Iran’s exercise of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/24/765800/iran-controls-strait-hormuz-dictates-war-peace-us-excursion-backfires] is and will remain Iran’s natural and legal right, and it constitutes a guarantee for the implementation of the other party’s commitments, and must be recognized. The official further noted that these stipulations are in addition to demands previously presented by Tehran during the second round of negotiations [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/25/765828/US-opted-war-on-Iran-despite-potential-breakthrough--Jake-Sullivan] in Geneva, which took place just days before the US and Israel carried out a fresh round of aggression on February 28. > 🔴 Spokesperson for the Central Headquarters of Khatam al-Anbiya: > > 🔺 The strategic power you boasted about has turned into a strategic defeat. > > 🔺 The world’s superpower claimant would have escaped the predicament by now if it could. pic.twitter.com/E7dj2jNbvO [https://t.co/E7dj2jNbvO] > > — Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) March 25, 2026 [https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/2036746241275482523] Iran has communicated to all intermediaries acting in good faith that a ceasefire is contingent upon the acceptance of all of its conditions. “No negotiations will be held prior to that,” the official stressed, reiterating that the continuation of Iran’s defensive operations [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/20/765623/Iran-United-Nations-war-Israel-United-States-self-defense] will persist until the outlined conditions are met. “The end of the war will occur when Iran decides it should end, not when Trump envisions its conclusion,” he hastened to add. > Iran Dismisses U.S. Negotiation Claims: ‘We Negotiate With Enemies Through Strikes’ [https://orinocotribune.com/we-negotiate-with-enemies-with-strikes-iran-says-amid-us-negotiation-claims/] The unprovoked and illegal war [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/23/765722/In-letters-Iran-urges-ICC-relevant-intl-bodies-to-slam-US-Israel-military-aggression] was launched on February 28 – in the middle of indirect nuclear talks [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/02/26/764745/Iran-US-talks-nuclear-NPT] – with the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/01/764860/assassination-ayatollah-khamenei-open-war-against-muslims-pezeshkian], and some top-ranking military commanders and government officials. In response, Iranian armed forces have so far carried out nearly 80 waves of retaliatory strikes [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/25/765818/Iran-Iraqi-resistance-hit-US-military-hubs-Israeli-backed-separatists-in-Erbil] targeting Israeli and American military assets across the region. In recent days, the American side has courted some regional countries to persuade Iran to cease its retaliatory strikes that have decimated American [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/25/765830/Report--US-F-35-among-20-aircraft-hit-by-Iran,-pilot-injured] and Israeli military infrastructure in the region as well as to allow American vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. (PressTV [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/25/765835/iran-rejects-us-proposal-lays-out-five-conditions-ending-imposed-war-source]) — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
US Military Illegally Entered Mexico in Nogales, Sonora
This article by Carlos Álvarez Acevedo originally appeared in the March 26, 2026 edition of Zeta Tijuana [https://zetatijuana.com/2026/03/militares-de-estados-unidos-ingresan-irregularmente-a-territorio-mexicano-en-nogales-sonora/]. Eight members of the United States Army irregularly entered Mexican territory in the city of Nogales, Sonora, on March 25, 2026, to carry out reinforcement work on the international border fence. The US military personnel reinforced the train’s access gate located on the border strip with barbed wire, an activity they continued working on for approximately one hour inside Mexican soil. According to eyewitnesses, officers of the Mexican National Guard (GN) approached the U.S. military personnel and argued with them, demanding they return to their country. Far from complying, the U.S. military personnel called in additional troops carrying high-powered weapons and remained within Mexican territory. A Mexican citizen also approached the U.S. soldiers to confront them, demanding they withdraw and stating that their presence constituted an invasion of Mexican territory. The soldiers ignored him. During the incident, personnel from the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) were present at the scene, some of them dressed in civilian clothes, and they simply observed and took photographs of what was happening. The incident concluded at approximately 1:30 p.m. that same day, when the U.S. military personnel finished their work and quietly withdrew to their country without any further consequences being reported. https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/us-military.mp4 — https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/us-military-2.mp4 — https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/us-military-3.mp4 — * US Military Illegally Entered Mexico in Nogales, Sonora [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/nogales-sonora-us-army-large-1024x611.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/us-military-illegally-entered-mexico-in-nogales-sonora/ News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### US Military Illegally Entered Mexico in Nogales, Sonora [https://mexicosolidarity.com/us-military-illegally-entered-mexico-in-nogales-sonora/] March 26, 2026March 26, 2026 This follows a November 2025 incident when US military contractors installed “restricted area” signs on Playa Bagdad in Tamaulipas, Mexico claiming it as US Department of Defense property. * Cities Without Drainage, Homes Without Water: the Complex Reality of Mexico [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/water-carrying-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/cities-without-drainage-homes-without-water-the-complex-reality-of-mexico/ News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### Cities Without Drainage, Homes Without Water: the Complex Reality of Mexico [https://mexicosolidarity.com/cities-without-drainage-homes-without-water-the-complex-reality-of-mexico/] March 26, 2026March 26, 2026 96.1% of the Mexican population has access to drinking water and 95.2% to sewage systems, but that doesn’t mean Mexicans receive sufficient, potable, or continuous water, nor does it mean all sanitation systems are functional. * El Taller: Cuba, Iran and the Wounded Empire with Hilary Goodfriend [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/el-taller-goodfriend-2-large-1024x576.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/el-taller-cuba-iran-and-the-wounded-empire-with-hilary-goodfriend/ Soberanía [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/soberania/] #### El Taller: Cuba, Iran and the Wounded Empire with Hilary Goodfriend [https://mexicosolidarity.com/el-taller-cuba-iran-and-the-wounded-empire-with-hilary-goodfriend/] March 26, 2026March 26, 2026 In the second part of this El Taller conversation, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth continue their wide-ranging discussion with Hilary Goodfriend, a postdoctoral researcher at UNAM and specialist in Central American politics. The conversation turns to the geopolitical fallout from the U.S. war in Iran and what it could mean for Latin… The post US Military Illegally Entered Mexico in Nogales, Sonora [https://mexicosolidarity.com/us-military-illegally-entered-mexico-in-nogales-sonora/] appeared first on Mexico Solidarity Media [https://mexicosolidarity.com/]. — From Mexico Solidarity Media [https://mexicosolidarity.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://mexicosolidarity.com/feed/].
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