February 14, 2026
On Friday, February 13, the FUP sent a letter to Petrobras’ Executive Board of Logistics, Marketing, and Markets, requesting a meeting to discuss the possibility of sending emergency fuel to Cuba. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris and John Perry on February 14, 2026
Laura Dogu, newly appointed US envoy to Venezuela, is described by the Los Angeles Times as an appropriate choice because she “navigated crises” in Nicaragua and Honduras during periods of “social and political volatility.” What the LA Times fails to add is that it was precisely Dogu’s job to create crisis and volatility in both countries. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on February 13, 2026 from Havana
Fidel, foto: Roberto Chile
Option Zero was the revolutionary government’s contingency plan for the moment of total blockade from abroad and, therefore, the absolute lack of oil in the country. (more…)
February 12, 2026.
Three US warships anchored off Port-au-Prince marked the end of the last vestige of government autonomy in Haiti. On February 7, after weeks of diplomatic pressure and direct threats, the Presidential Transition Council (CPT) dissolved as demanded by Washington, consolidating the absolute power of Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a controversial businessman who has never been elected. (more…)
By Alejandro Garcia on February 11, 2026 from Caracas
El Mantilla
There is a figure in Cuba’s history who was crucial to Venezuelan education, even if his name does not always appear in the great school pantheons. His books educated thousands of Latin American children and young people, and his legacy is almost comparable to that of the greatest thinkers of the XIX century. While Bolivar gave his sword for the liberation of the Patria Grande, and Martí gave his thought, Luis Felipe Mantilla contributed grammar. His work built a silent bridge between the two countries. (more…)
By Irene León on February 11, 2026
Irene Leon
To say that international communication is the preferred arena for the opposition to the Bolivarian project is not a hypothesis but a fact that can be verified over a timeline of more than two decades, during which communication strategies have acted as a complementary device, and in some cases a central one, in the geopolitical and geo-economic dispute over Venezuela’s destiny. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on February 11, 2026 from Buenos Aires
foto: Pablo Cuarterolo, Buenos Aires Times
As the Argentine Senate debated a wholesale plan of labor reforms that would set back the gains of organized labor for years if passed, massive numbers of protestors gathered outside of the congress building in militant opposition. (more…)
By Dr. Fuad Halim on February 10, 2026
Cuban medical brigades taking part in Misión Barrio Adentro. Source: Adelante.cu
Revolutionary medicine and medical cooperation with Cuba – based also on exchange of oil and health workers – helped Venezuela secure essential healthcare services for thousands of people.
A couple of years after President Hugo Chávez came to power, Venezuela had approximately 30,000 practicing physicians. Even so, it was not possible to effectively deliver healthcare services to all of the country’s poor and marginalized people. There was an acute shortage of regular healthcare, especially in impoverished urban slums and rural regions. (more…)