By Salim Lamrani on November 1, 2025
protest in front of the White House for Cuba, June 2023. foto: Bill Hackwell
On October 29, 2025, for the 33rd consecutive year, during the United Nations General Assembly, 165 countries demanded the lifting of the United States’ unilateral economic sanctions that have been strangling the Cuban population since 1960. Unlike the previous year—when only Israel sided with Washington in opposing the resolution presented by Havana—this time five other nations yielded to the strong pressure exerted by the Trump administration: Argentina, Hungary, North Macedonia, Paraguay, and Ukraine. Twelve other countries chose to abstain. (more…)
By Becca Renk Foster on November 1, 2025
images from the El Porvenir worker-owned coffee cooperative
“We were already struggling with 18% tariffs this year, I don’t know how we could export our coffee under 100% tariffs,” René Gaitan tells me as we watch the clouds clear out over a breathtaking expanse of Nicaraguan landscape. The view from the El Porvenir worker-owned coffee cooperative stretches from Lake Managua up toward the Honduran border, dominated by the smoking crater of the Telica volcano. Gaitán is the vice president of the 51-family cooperative. (more…)
October 31, 2025
Johanna Tablada, deputy director general for the United States at Minrex.
The deputy director general for the United States at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Johana Tablada, said Friday that so far “the United States has not made any specific offers, nor has it responded to questions raised about the announcement made by the Secretary of State.” (more…)
By Charles McKelvey on October 31, 2025
Hurricane Melissa over Cuban territory. Photo: INSMET (Cuban Institute of Meteorology)
There are some who say that the Cuban “regime” is on the verge of collapse. The problem is somebody forgot to tell the folks who work for the ministries of the Cuban national and provincial governments that they pertain to a state that is no longer functioning. Not being aware of this, in response to the crossing of the island by Hurricane Melissa, they proceeded with the same energy and commitment that has defined them for decades. (more…)
foto: Yanelkys Llera Céspedes
Hurricane Melissa has left a trail of devastation through the Antilles with over 30 deaths in Haiti and Jamaica to date. The Eastern part of Cuba was also slammed by Melissa; the strongest hurricane to hit in the last 150 years. As of now no lives were lost in Cuba and that is due to its national unity and preparedness that was able to evacuate over 700,000 people and their belongings out of harm’s way before the storm arrived. – editorial (more…)
By Atilio Boron on October 3, 2025
Atilio Boron, foto: Bill Hackwell
Argentina did it again.
At the UN, while 165 countries voted to lift the blockade against Cuba, our country chose to side with the wrong side of history. It voted against it. (more…)
October 30, 2025
Photo: @PITCNT1
Various trade unions in Uruguay called for a partial general strike on Wednesday with rallies in multiple cities, demanding more resources for secondary education, better working conditions, and the defense of collective bargaining. (more…)
Dear Friend,
Right now, the people of Cuba are facing an unprecedented crisis: crippling electrical blackouts, the relentless weight of the U.S. blockade, and now the arrival of Hurricane Melissa. We are sending urgently-needed food, clean water, and supplies to the island—and we need your help (more…)