By Roger D. Harris on April 23, 2026
Welcome to the Socialist city of Tiuna. Fotos: Roger Harris
The large-scale US airstrike on Venezuela was unprecedented in modern history. The surprise attack forcibly kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Combatant Cilia Flores, from Fort Tiuna on the outskirts of Caracas. The US killed over 100 people in the early morning hours of January 3, 2026, including reportedly some civilians in the neighboring Ciudad Tiuna social housing complex. (more…)
By Saaliegah Zardad on April 23, 2026 from Cape Town South Africa
Angolan freedom fighters, foto: transcend.org
Why South Africa’s Freedom Month calls for recognizing Cuito Cuanavale as shared African and Global South heritage under the NHRA and UNESCO frameworks
April in South Africa (SA) carries a particular weight. Freedom Month is the annual moment of collective remembrance that anchors our democratic identity around 1994: the unbanning of liberation organizations, the release of political prisoners and the long walk to the ballot box. As a heritage practitioner, I am compelled each year by what our official commemorative narrative omits: the external geographies where apartheid’s military power was confronted, contained and ultimately defeated. Chief among these is a small town in the south-eastern interior of Angola, whose name every South African should know, but does not.
It is called Cuito Cuanavale. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on April 23, 2026
July 20, 2015, the opening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC. foto; Bill Hackwell
The images from January 1959, with Fidel Castro entering Havana, doves on his shoulders and a dense crowd, have often been interpreted as the end of a historical era. However, the very words spoken on that January 8—“we have only earned the right to begin”—place that moment in a different light. They are not the end, but the starting point of a permanent tension between the aspiration for peace and the need to defend it. (more…)
April 22, 2026
An image provided by the US Southern Command, showing a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the US, killing two and injuring one.
As International Attention Shifts to US Atrocities in West Asia.
The US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has intensified its lethal maritime operations in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean, with the death toll from its “kinetic strikes” reaching a new grim milestone of 168. While these extrajudicial killings initially sparked significant local and international outcry, recent US imperialist attacks against Venezuela, Iran, and Lebanon have shifted the focus of international attention, numbing the public’s sensitivity toward US imperialism’s ongoing atrocities. (more…)
April 22, 2026
Carlos Rafael Fernández de Cossío, foto: ACN
Carlos Rafael Fernández de Cossío Domínguez, Deputy Foreign Minister of Cuba, highlighted on his Facebook profile that the increase in electricity generation and the relative easing of power outages in recent days demonstrate the decisive effect of the energy blockade imposed by the United States. (more…)
April 20, 2026.
Ricardo Belmont and Carlos Álvarez
Laws that led to electoral fragmentation, improvised candidates intended to distract, and the disregard for rural or inland votes achieved their goal: the “mafia pact” will dominate the Peruvian Senate. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on April 22, 2026 from Havana
Since the events that took place in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3, a series of developments and interpretations of those events have unfolded, which have had a direct impact on the quality of life of Cubans, both on and off the island. (more…)
By Emilia Reed on April 20, 2026 from Havana
Pedro Santander
At the Fifth International Colloquium “Patria,” held last week in Havana, Chilean academic Pedro Santander explained why communication in contemporary wars is no longer a secondary front, but a decisive battleground. Based on this premise, he pointed to a specific case: Iran’s communication strategies amidst its confrontation with the United States. (more…)