By Randy Alonso Falcon on August 12, 2025
Marco Rubio
Amid the diplomatic hustle and bustle surrounding the upcoming summit between Trump and Putin, the US Secretary of State walks with a heavy heart through the corridors of the Harry Truman Building in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. (more…)
August 11, 2025 from Havana
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel, comforts a Palestinian medical student. photo: Alejandro Azcuy
On Friday, August 8, after 10 hours of deliberations, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for the complete military occupation of Gaza. While the world demands a ceasefire, the immediate entry of humanitarian aid through UN agencies, and the opening of border crossings, Netanyahu is extending the war for 10 more months, demanding the surrender of weapons by the resistance and the establishment of a “foreign civilian government” that does not recognize the legitimate government of Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority. A government of Zionism and imperialism. (more…)
August 12, 2025 from Buenos Aires
Demos across Argentina demand increased funding for public universities. Photo: @tiempoarg
More than 50 public universities in Argentina held a 24-hour strike on Monday, combining walkouts with open classes and public forums to demand increased state funding and wage adjustments. The mobilization will continue Tuesday with activities across faculties, institutes, and university hospitals. (more…)
By the Trabadores editorial staff on August 11, 2025 from Havana
The Star of Fidel, photo: Roberto Chile
Raúl Torres’ song summed it up for everyone. And that truth can be told by everyone who knew him, from the moment they met him, the words that moved them, his courage in the face of every enemy, his kindness to his friends, his realistic and positive reasoning in the face of every problem, his contagious and knowing smile, his hand on your shoulder as a sign of encouragement and trust. (more…)
By José Luis Méndez Méndez on August 11, 2025
Cuban Diplomats martyred by the Argentine dictatorship.
In these times when recent memory is eroded, national history is denied and divided into camps, and patriotism is questioned and relegated to a synonym for material well-being and temporary shortages, it is an act of justice to evoke the epic deeds of two young Cubans diplomats, aged 22 and 26, who 49 years ago left us a legacy of courage. They chose to die rather than betray the dignity of the Cuban people and their revolution. (more…)
By John Perry and Roger D. Harris on August 10, 2025
free good quality education right through to university level and beyond.
In recent weeks, a motley crew of writers has found common cause in attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government: Jaden Hong, a high-school student from Sammamish, Washington, who has never visited the country; Jared O. Bell, a former USAID Foreign Service Officer; Barb Arland-Fye, editor of a Catholic newspaper in Iowa; and Gioconda Belli, a 76-year-old Nicaraguan novelist in self-exile. Writing in outlets ranging from The Teen Magazine to the New York Times, they have produced a string of biased, ill-informed pieces that repeat the same well-worn falsehoods about Nicaragua’s elected government. (more…)
By Charo Solís on August 8, 2025
Protesters hold a placard of Argentinian social activist Milagro Sala at a demonstration in Buenos Aires. Photo: Julieta Ferrario/Zuma
Milagro Sala is one of the first political prisoners of the current Argentinian democracy. The founder of the Tupac Amaru Neighborhood Organization, she led an unprecedented program of social development by the people in Jujuy province: thousands of homes, schools, health centers, and cultural spaces built by workers’ cooperatives. She was a threat to the entrenched system of political and economic power. (more…)
By Resumen Latinoamericano on August 10, 2025.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro
On Saturday the Honduran government, led by President Xiomara Castro, rejected recent US attacks against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, rejecting the accusations that he a drug trafficker and reaffirmed its support for the principle of self-determination of the Venezuelan people. (more…)