By Juana Carrasco Martín on August 27, 2025 from Havana
National Guard troops assembled Union Station in Washington DC, Photo :Scott Applewhite/AP)
Members of the National Guard, who together with other federal agencies in a Joint Task Force have occupied the U.S. capital, began carrying weapons on Sunday, as ordered by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who previously said they would only do so if required by justifiable circumstances. (more…)
August 26, 2025
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Monday, August 25, 2025. Photo: X/@MFA_China.
On Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that “Latin America and the Caribbean are not anyone’s backyard,” in response to recent reports in which the commander of the US Southern Command accused China of “infiltrating and plundering resources” from countries in the region. (more…)
August 25, 2025
Presidents of Venezuela and Cuba.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated on Monday the support of the largest of the Antilles for the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution in Venezuela, led by President Nicolás Maduro, who faces threats from the United States government. (more…)
By Carlos Aznárez,on August 25, 2025
Foto: Agustin Marcarian
Were mistakes made? Of course, and of all sizes. Mistakes that did not begin only when Luis Arce Catacora took office, nor when Evo Morales returned to the country and was greeted by crowds of supporters, nor when Arce and his entourage plunged headlong into neoliberalism, bringing a host of misfortunes to large sectors of the population. In fact, already in the latter part of President Evo’s term, shortcomings were also detected, misguided shifts, internal factions that did not help to build, inconclusive struggles that revealed antagonistic ideological vectors between “Alvaristas” and “Evistas,” and which at the time were denounced by those great revolutionaries, the Peredo brothers (Chato and Osvaldo) and Mallku Felipe Quispe. (more…)
August 26, 2025
Brazilian president Lula de Silva
The Brazilian president emphasized that Big Techs must comply with his country’s constitution and laws. (more…)
Aug. 25, -19 killed at Nasser Hospital in a double-tap strike with one missile hitting first, then another moments later as rescue crews arrived. 5 journalist were also killed raising the toll to 245. photo:Abdallah FS Alattar/Anadolu
Joint statement by the Cuban chapter of the Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity, the internationalist collective Juntas por Palestina and the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity on August 25, 2025, Havana (more…)
August 24, 2025
US Navy flexing in the Caribbean
The news sparked widespread speculation about a possible U.S. military intervention in Venezuela to destabilize or oust President Nicolas Maduro, for whom the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump had offered a US$50 million reward for information leading to his capture. (more…)
August 23, 2025 from Beijing
Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong, also a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Cuban Minister of Interior Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
By Zhang Kaiwei, Liang Jun
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met today with Cuban Minister of Interior Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas in Beijing.
Noting that this year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Cuba, Wang, also a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China is willing to work with Cuba to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two parties and the two countries, further solidify the ministerial meeting mechanism, enhance personnel exchanges and law enforcement capacity building, deepen practical cooperation in law enforcement and security, safeguard the security and interests of the two countries, and make greater contributions to the building of a closer China-Cuba community with a shared future.
Alvarez, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, expressed Cuba’s willingness to further enhance coordination and cooperation with China to jointly address security risks and challenges.
Source: Xinhua news