By Randy Alonso Falcon on July 11, 2025 from Havana
The Marco, Foto: Jose Luis Magana
As someone who fears public attention and backlash on his actions and takes refuge in the end of the week’s wind as people get out of Washington on Friday afternoons, (almost all of his anti-Cuban announcements have been made on that day of the week), Marco Rubio announced new coercive measures against Cuba on July 11. (more…)
July 12, 2025
Photo Credit: Presidencia de Colombia
More than 20 states will gather in Bogota on 15–16 July to declare “concrete measures” against Israel’s violations of international law, according to diplomats speaking to Middle East Eye. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris, Becca Renk, and John Perry on July 12, 2025
Women hold leadership positions on all levels of the Cuban government, including 56% of its National Assembly, photo: Bill Hackwell
Patriarchy is alive and well throughout the world. But the English-language media flatters itself by one-sidedly portraying machismo as a particularly Latin American malady, all the while overlooking significant feminist gains made in the region. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on July 10, 2025
photograph with Members, Partners and Outreach invitees of the 17th BRICS Summit at Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil on July 7, 2025.
From July 6 to 7, 2025, the 17th annual meeting of the group of countries known as BRICS took place in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting was attended by the founding members, new members, and associate members, for a total of 21 delegations, in addition to special guests. Together, these countries represent 51% of the world’s population and 40% of global annual production of goods and services, depending on the source consulted. (more…)
José Luis Méndez Méndez on July 8, 2025
Cuba is not Alone, photo: Caras y Caretas
When reviewing fake news on social media, so-called “in-depth” comments appear, which are also lies, half-truths, and some of them tailored to perverse interests. A recurring one is: the blockade against Cuba does not exist. (more…)
By René Vázquez Díaz on July 9, 2025
US Chargé d’Affaires in Cuba Mike Hammer
Regarding the dispatch of General Enoch Crowder to Cuba by the State Department in 1919, with the express task of “solving the problem” of President Menocal’s succession, Julio Le Riverend wrote in his rigorous historical account La República (The Republic) :
“From interventionism as a right to daily interference, there was practically no break in continuity. Economically and politically subjugated, Cuba could only suffer these aggressions.” (more…)
By Clodovaldo Hernández July 10, 2025
As US sanctions persist and migrants are criminalized, Clodovaldo Hernández examines Trump’s seemingly aimless strategy towards Caracas by highlighting the newly fabricated narrative that portrays Venezuela as a military target. (more…)
Edited by Ed Newman on July 10, 2025 from Havana
foto: Prensa Latina
The deputy head of the specialized agency of the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT), Colonel Víctor Álvarez, affirms that the number of individuals and organizations perpetrating terrorist acts against the country has increased. (more…)