By Vijay Prashad on September 1, 2025
the myth of the “Tren de Aragu” bogey man
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the United States government agencies began to repeat the name “Tren de Aragu”’ as if it were the new al-Qaeda. In January 2025, the White House designated Tren de Aragua as a “foreign terrorist organisation”, and in March, the administration of US President Donald Trump evoked the Alien Enemies Act (1789) to warn against the ‘invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua’. The US State Department, in February 2025, had declared that Tren de Aragua was an international drug cartel on par with such already recognised cartels as the Mexican Las Zetas (now Cártel del Noreste), Sinaloa, and Jalisco cartels as well as the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) that was formed in Los Angeles (US) and has now taken root in El Salvador thanks to a decade-long US deportation policy. Unlike Tren de Aragua, these other cartels are well-known, and their work has been frequently documented by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). (more…)
August 30, 2025
thousands rally in Honduras for Rixi Moncada
More than 30,000 groups participated in the large popular mobilization in support of Rixi Moncada, a fighter who promises to continue the refounding of Honduras.
“Honduras is not only in resistance; Honduras is in revolution, and from San Pedro Sula we are beginning this 90-day process toward the presidency of the Republic,” said presidential candidate Rixi Moncada today during the great mobilization in support of her candidacy convened in that Honduran city. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on August 30, 2025
Marco Rubio
The use of an alleged link to the illegal drug trade as a pretext for the United States to take forceful action against the governments of Mexico and Venezuela not only provokes political rejection, but also calls for clarification of certain background information that the US side is hiding or selectively ignoring. (more…)
By Arthur González on August 30, 2025
US Embassy in Havana
During the administration of President James Carter, on September 1, 1977, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana (SINA) and the Cuban Interests Section in Washington were opened. The Yankees took advantage of diplomatic representation to carry out espionage activities against Cuba, illegally supplying agents they recruited abroad with modern technologies for transmitting and receiving information, mainly about the Cuban economy, a situation denounced by the Cuban government in 1987 on national television, but silenced in the US press so that its citizens would not know about the disaster for the CIA of having believed in its 27 agents, who in reality answered to Cuban State Security and who for years passed on false information to the CIA. (more…)
August 29, 2025
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino questioned the deployment of destroyers by the United States in the Caribbean, stating that the real objective is not to combat drug trafficking but to attack Venezuela. (more…)
By Manolo De Los Santos on August 29, 2025
As the people of New Orleans suffered from mass devastation and state neglect following Hurricane Katrina, Cuba’s offer of solidarity was rejected
Two decades ago, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast of the United States, a Category 5 monster that exposed the raw nerves of inequality, racism, and governmental neglect in the United States. While the storm itself was a force of nature, the true disaster was the response – or lack thereof – from the world’s wealthiest nation. Yet, amidst the chaos and despair, a beacon of international solidarity shone brightly, emanating from an unexpected place: Cuba. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on August 28, 2025
Venezuela is the target of diplomatic, economic, and media attacks, including military deployment in the Caribbean under the pretext of combating drug trafficking. Photo: AFP
Early last Friday morning, armed agents raided the home of John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, in Bethesda, Maryland. Details about the raid were scarce, but initial reports suggested that officials were looking for evidence that Bolton had disclosed classified information to journalists in his 2020 memoir, The Room Where It Happened. Cameras and microphones, strategically placed in the exclusive neighborhood, turned the operation into a media spectacle rather than a judicial proceeding. (more…)
August 28, 2025, Statement by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Havana
The Cuban Government strongly rejects the current deployment of United States military forces in the Caribbean Sea. This dangerous action represents a serious threat and an aggressive show of force against the sovereignty and self-determination of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. Furthermore, it ignores the commitment of the 33 Member States of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States when they proclaimed the region as a Zone of Peace. (more…)