July 29, 2026
Due to its importance, we are publishing the full text of the Declaration of the National Assembly of People’s Power, issued during the Seventh Ordinary Session of its Tenth Legislature: (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on July 289, 2026 from Havana
illustration: Adano
Obsessed with seizing political and economic control over all of Latin America, U.S. President Donald Trump is meddling in Brazil’s presidential campaign, which will take place on October 4 and feature Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (seeking reelection) and far-right opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro as the main contenders. (more…)
By Dana Frank on July 29, 2026
Drug runner Juan Hernandez released from prison by Trump.
Juan Orlando Hernandez came home with a skip in his step after receiving a pardon despite moving 400 tons of cocaine (more…)
By Troya Fernández on July 28, 2026
Washington’s friend, President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador
President Daniel Noboa is governing Ecuador with increasingly authoritarian methods. Elected in 2023 and reelected in 2025, he has concentrated power in the executive branch, clashed with the Constitutional Court, abused states of emergency, and turned the justice system into a tool against his opponents. Analysts and human rights organizations describe a drift toward dictatorship: a leader who preserves the forms of democracy while eroding its substance. The run-up to the local elections on November 29, 2026, offers the clearest example of this strategy, aimed at securing victory by preventing the opposition from fielding candidates. (more…)
By Jared Laureles and Ivan Evair on July 26, 2026, from Mexico City
defending Cuba is defending Mexico. Fotos: Luis Castillo
Amid an escalation of U.S. attacks against Cuba, thousands of people are marching to mark the 73rd anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks, considered the start of the revolution led by Fidel Castro against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. (more…)
By Stephen Sefton on July 26th 2026
Celebration of the 47th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution in Managua. (July 19th 2026)
Western leaders and media denounce foreign influence in their own corrupt elections but constantly meddle to vitiate elections in other countries. The latest false propaganda assault on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government uses dishonest reporting of remarks by Co-president Daniel Ortega announcing reforms to protect Nicaragua’s elections from US and allied country interference. This latest episode in the West’s psychological warfare against Nicaragua should be seen as part of the wider global conflict now threatening all countries of the majority world. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia Elizalde on July 27, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
The recent meeting convened by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to coordinate international action against what has been labeled “left-wing extremism” has reignited a long-standing debate in Latin America over the limits of security policies and the construction of the so-called “internal enemy.” According to analysts and social organizations, the initiative reflects the continuation of a logic that, although adapted to the technological and political realities of the 21st century, bears similarities to doctrines implemented during the Cold War. (more…)
By Mirko Casale on July 24, 2026
Cuban and Angolan troops, members of the MPLA, gather for a weapons training in San Vicente, near Cabinda (Angola), in 1976.
In 1948, a system of racial segregation was officially established in South Africa, through which the indigenous African population was marginalized by laws imposed by a white minority descended from European settlers. (more…)