September 22, 2026
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez reacted Tuesday to Donald Trump’s speech before the UN General Assembly and rejected the U.S. president’s claims about Cuba. Trump addressed the United Nations today. (more…)
By Democracy Now on September 22, 2026
Carlos Fernandez de Cossio. foto: Bill Hackwell
As the United Nations General Assembly opens in New York, we speak with senior Cuban diplomat Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who says the Trump administration is seeking to “asphyxiate the people of Cuba into submission.” On Friday, millions in Cuba lost power in what was at least the sixth major blackout since President Trump cut off fuel shipments to the island in January. The fuel blockade comes on top of the six-decade-long U.S. economic embargo and countless attempts to topple the communist government. (more…)
By Gloria Muñoz. La Jornada_Resumen Latinoamericano September 21, 2026.
foto: Bill Hackwell
Thousands of Indigenous people live under siege and in constant vulnerability in the face of organized crime groups operating in collusion with municipal and state authorities and federal security forces in the state of Chiapas. Yes, just as in Guerrero, Michoacán, or Chihuahua, to cite documented examples. The figures on this humanitarian tragedy warrant urgent attention, but what we find instead is institutional denial that only exacerbates the crisis. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia Elizalde on September 20, 2026
Havana, the author working in darkness. foto: Bill Hackwell
In Gaza, thousands of children have been killed amid the genocide that’s being imposed by Israel with total impunity. Thousands more are unaccounted for and buried beneath the rubble. In Cuba, millions of people have survived for years amid blackouts, shortages, difficulties accessing medicines, fuel scarcity, and a profound economic crisis imposed upon them by the United States. (more…)
Article and fotos by Yaimi Ravelo on September 19, from Havana
From a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon to Cuba and Latin America
There are stories that are more than just a “news brief,” and we’d like to tell them firsthand—especially when they come to us from places where humanity barely reaches. Even more so when someone close to you finds the words that perfectly describe a place, the people, and the feelings. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on September 18, 2026
Leaders of BRICS member/partner countries at the 18th BRICS Summit, in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on September 13, 2026. Photo: Press Information Bureau
The New Delhi Declaration, the outcome of the summit, reiterated the demand for reform of the United Nations, international financial institutions, and the multilateral trading system.
The 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on September 12–13, occurred amid an exceptional intensification of international contradictions. Wars in West Asia, unilateral sanctions, tariff barriers, and the weaponization of finance and technology have exposed the fundamentally unequal character of the imperialist-dominated international order. (more…)
September 18, 2026
Lula, Photo: Tom Molina/Bloomberg
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed his concern on Wednesday about the situation in Cuba and stated that the island’s inhabitants do not deserve to face the current difficulties. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on September 17, 2026, from Havana
On September 14, news broke that the government of Austria—the host country of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—had reportedly denied entry to its territory, under pressure from the United States, to Mr. Mahammad Eslami, Iran’s vice president and head of its nuclear agency, who was set to represent his country at the international organization’s annual General Conference. (more…)