By: Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 7, 2025
Warm greetings between Raúl and Pope Francis upon his arrival in Havana. Photo: Ismael Francisco
Ninety years ago, on June 7, 1935, Cuba and the Holy See officially sealed a diplomatic bond that, against all odds, has withstood the upheavals of the 20th century and the challenges of the 21st. That agreement was not only the beginning of a formal relationship: it was the expression of an understanding that, without much fanfare, has been nourished by mutual respect, attentive listening, and tenacious diplomacy that has preferred bridges to trenches. (more…)
By Manolo De Los Santos on June 5, 2025
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio
Cuba is once again facing a severe, multi-faceted crisis, not due to the hurricanes that pummel through the Caribbean every year, but from the relentless and suffocating pressure exerted by its powerful neighbor to the north. This is a recurring story of a people striving for independence under an unyielding siege and blockade. Through deliberate actions, the US government has been meticulously constructing and enforcing even greater barriers that threaten the very survival of the Cuban people. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on June 7, 2025, from Havana
the Trump and Musk marriage comes to an end
This is the question that a responsible author asks himself every time he makes a prediction, an approximation, or dares to sketch out a scenario. It is a recurring question if one wants the next exercise to be closer to the truth, and it is essential for all work to be perfectible. (more…)
June 5, 2025
Alberto Núñez
During the 11th Parliamentary Forum of BRICS, a bloc initially composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and recently expanded, Cuban deputy Alberto Núñez strongly rejected Washington’s blockade against the island, which he described as a “suffocating economic war.” (more…)
By Jorge Elbaum on June 3, 2025
photo: Saul Loeb / AFP
Donald Trump was characterized by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong as the president who always ends up giving in after vociferously promoting impulsive, presumptuous, and confusing measures. Last Wednesday, the president of the United States was asked about the acronym TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out), coined by Armstrong. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 5, 2025
Mike Hammer, chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Cuba, during his meeting with Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez on April 25. Photo taken from X @USEmbCuba
“Excuse me, but I am the one who handles Cuba’s affairs.” Fidel Castro’s blunt response to a US State Department official has been circulating in diplomatic circles for decades. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on June 2, 2025
Less! illustration: Adán Iglesias Toledo
The division within the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia poses an enormous danger to the democratic forces of the left and, if no change occurs, opens the door for the right-wing opposition to win the presidential elections on August 17. (more…)
By Becca Renk on June 5, 2025
Since 2007, Nicaragua has managed to reduce maternal mortality by 79.8%, reduce neonatal mortality by 62.5% and reduce infant mortality rates by 58.6%.
I gave birth to both of my daughters at home with an attending OB/GYN, a pediatrician, a nurse, my husband Paul as support, Kathleen as a doula, various other members of our community in the room, and in the case of my older daughter, also with the pet monkey Bella watching from outside the window. (“You told me it was just going to be two people,” the doctor chided me afterward, “You never mentioned the monkey!”) (more…)