By Ramon Labanino Salazar on June 7, 2026
When I heard the news that a court in the United States intended to put Army General Raúl Castro Ruz on trial, I felt first disbelief, then outrage, and finally deep distress at the degradation of international law. This is not the first time the northern empire has turned justice into a political weapon, but this accusation exceeds all limits of what is tolerable. (more…)
By Raul Capote on June 9, 2026 from Havana
Several digital media outlets are spreading the “news” that, in Cuba, the government is distributing weapons to civilian volunteers in anticipation of a possible attack. Let me be clear: in Cuba, we don’t improvise; we are an organized country, especially when it comes to defense. (more…)
By Carlos Noreiga on June 8, 2026 from Lima
Roberto Sanchez nears victory. foto: Ernesto Benavides, AFP
With votes from rural areas and remote communities, Roberto Sánchez has been widening his lead with 95% of the votes counted. However, the factor of votes cast by Peruvians abroad means this trend cannot yet be considered irreversible. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris and Kelly Nelson
Samcam’s former home in Jinotepe, Nicaragua, with graffiti labeling him a “murderer.” foto: Confidencial.
InSight Crime, a thinktank which claims to fuse “investigative journalism with academic rigor,” accuses Nicaragua’s government of “hiring assassins” to hunt down and kill opponents abroad. This bold accusation is based on no more than “circumstantial” evidence, strongly suggesting political motivation. This fact-impoverished rush to judgment reflects a more general bias of the US-aligned corporate press, which seeks to demonize Nicaragua and its Sandinista political leadership. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron June 5, 2026
Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, foto: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
The defense of human rights and the popular demand encapsulated in the slogan “memory, truth, and justice” are the most illustrious hallmarks of Argentine democracy. If my memory serves me correctly, this country was the only one that, upon restoring democracy, brought to justice the members of the three military juntas that ravaged the country between 1976 and 1983. In Brazil, a country where the military dictatorship lasted twenty-one years, President Dilma Rousseff—a former political prisoner tortured by the dictatorship’s henchmen—created the National Truth Commission (CNV) shortly after taking office. (more…)
By Francisco Delgado Rodriguez on June 7, 2026
Marco Rubio lying to Congress
“Lying comes at no cost when you go to the U.S. Congress” is the phrase that perhaps best sums up, in the words of Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Cossio, what has occurred in recent days in both chambers of the U.S. Congress during Mr. Rubio’s participation in his capacity as Secretary of State. And it goes without saying that such remarks were essentially a true reflection of his antiquated mindset—that is, outdated and degraded. (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet, journalist, Spain; Hernando Calvo Ospina, writer, France; Atilio Borón, sociologist, Argentina; and Fernando Buen Abad, philosopher, Mexico on June 6, 2026
Sovereign Cuba
WE REAFFIRM OUR SOLIDARITY!
A few months ago, on our own initiative, we collected signatures from figures in the scientific, political, artistic, and intellectual communities—leaders with deep humanistic commitments—to issue a strong global protest against the U.S. blockade of Cuba, which has been in place for over sixty years. (more…)
By William Castillo Bollé – June 4, 2026
Hugo Chávez holding a small crucifix in his hand in a televised address to the nation minutes after being reinstated as president as the result of a failed coup on April 11, 2002. Photo: Con el Mazo Dando
“Peace will be my harbor, my glory, my reward, my hope, my happiness, and all that is precious in the world.”—Simón Bolívar, 1820.
In the face of slanderous narratives against the Bolivarian Revolution and its leadership, in the face of those who appoint themselves the Inquisition and condemn our process to the pyre of their feelings and frustrations, stoking division among popular forces, uncertainty, and hatred, there is no room for hesitant responses. In the face of those who hurl very serious accusations against comrades who have taken on the responsibility of leading our Homeland in this decisive moment, a calm response is warranted. Look each other in the eye. Participate in the debate with the complexity that historical time demands. Look at the history we have traversed. Reflect. (more…)