By Manuel Humberto Restrepo on June 1, 2026.
Colombia’s presidential elections have ended in a technical tie, with a margin of less than 3% of the vote, leading to a runoff between Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella. More than an electoral contest between two candidates, it will be a clash between two historical models of the country, two conceptions of democracy, and two radically different ways of understanding the state, the economy, security, rights, sovereignty, peace, and Colombian society. (more…)
By David Montgomery on June 1, 2026
Havana, foto: Bill Hackwell
The administration is targeting travelers who criticize US policy.
The Trump administration has begun to weaponize long-standing restrictions on freedom to travel to Cuba, focusing on travelers who criticize the US policy of asphyxiating the Cuban economy and threatening a military attack. (more…)
June 1, 2026.
Bolivian political leader Christian Velasco denounces U.S. interference in Bolivia’s internal affairs and rejects the policy of surrendering Bolivia’s natural resources—especially lithium—in exchange for military security for the ruling elites. “We want to denounce that our country is being held hostage by the U.S. and that there is serious interference in the affairs of Bolivians,” stated Velasco. (more…)
May 31, 2026
5-30 Camaguey Cuba
In the province of Camagüey, thousands of Cubans gathered yesterday in Plaza de la Libertad to express their rejection of the recent accusations by the U.S. government against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz. (more…)
From Cuba on May 30, 2026
TO THE DEFENDERS OF PEACE AND TO THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD
To leaders of social organizations, human rights defenders, and citizens of the world:
We address you at a time of extreme gravity. The escalation of aggressive rhetoric and threats of military intervention by extremist sectors in the United States against Cuba have ceased to be mere political slogans and have become a real danger that threatens the peace of the region and the lives of millions of human beings. (more…)
By Deisy Francis Mexidor on May 29, 2026
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the UN
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who made it clear that “Cuba is not an enemy of the United States, nor does it want to be,” answered questions from Prensa Latina at the end of two and a half days of work in New York, where he presented his country’s position and denounced the military threat and the energy blockade at a formal session of the UN Security Council convened by China’s presidency of the body. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 29, 2026
Bolivia: “a rebellion against neo liberalism”
On Thursday, former Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma declared that the protests shaking Bolivia for the past month represent a popular rebellion against neoliberalism and a government that subordinates itself to the United States. (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote on May 28, 2026
Havana, foto: Bill Hackwell
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9, 1948, establishes in Article II that genocide is defined as any of the acts committed “with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national group.” (more…)