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From Caracas to Havana: The Afro-Caribbean Heritage of San Agustin

By Alejandra Garcia on February 26, 2026 from Caracas

El Rincon de Pichon

In the heart of Caracas, San Agustin transformed from one of the city’s most dangerous parishes into a cultural epicenter that breathes music, history, and resistance. A Cuban flag alongside the Venezuelan flag welcomes those who arrive in the neighborhood, announcing that here culture and memory intertwine with every drumbeat and every mural. (more…)

Another Terror Attack on Cuba: The 66-Year War that Washington Refuses to End

By Manolo De Los Santos on February 26, 2026

Cuban Coast Guard boat, foto: Cubadebate

Since the triumph of the Revolution, Cuban authorities have documented approximately 5,780 separate terrorist acts directed against their country. (more…)

‘Worthy Children of Heroes and Martyrs’: How Nicaragua Cultivates Peace

By Becca Renk Foster on February 24, 2026

fotos: Becca Renk

Following decades of war, entrenched poverty and gang violence, Nicaraguans are now “breathing peace” in their barrios and around the country. (more…)

Cuba: Heart of the Resistance; Resistance with Heart

By Victor M. Quintana on February 25, 2026

foto: Bill Hackwell

The Cuban people are today the epicenter of resistance to Donald Trump’s insane neocolonialism. Resistance built over more than six decades of having the noose of the U.S. blockade around their necks. Resistance with enormous conviction and discipline and, at the same time, with a great collective heart that is indignant, celebrates, and struggles with optimism. (more…)

Cuba: Against the Fallacy of the “Failed State”

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on February 26, 2026

Plaza of the Revolution, foto Bill Hackwell

There is nothing easier than labeling and disqualifying. It puts an end to any discussion, any nuance, any attempt to understand what we are experiencing—and what we will experience. (more…)

Cuba: Serving the People Means Governing With the People in Mind

By Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on February 24, 2026

National Assembly holds Public Parliamentary Hearing for the 50th Anniversary of People’s Power. Photo: Presidency of Cuba.

Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the Parliamentary Public Hearing, at the National Capitol, on February 24, 2026, “Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.” (more…)

Rejecting Defeatism: Why Negotiation is Not Betrayal in the Face of US Imperialist Aggression Against Venezuela

By Dalal al-Zainabi, Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza, and Saheli Chowdhury on Feb 23 2026

Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez along with ministers Vladimir Padrino López and Diosdado Cabello and the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, after being sworn in on January 5. Behind them is President Maduro’s son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra. Photo: AFP.

Any honest assessment of revolutionary orientation must take into consideration practical circumstances. Currently, defeatism and dangerous myths regarding the Venezuelan government are being promoted even by allies, anti-imperialists, and alt-journalists. These actors are spreading narratives written in the halls of Langley and Washington about the Venezuelan government, while ostensibly claiming to support the Bolivarian Revolution. (more…)

Why Cuba?

By Florencia Lagos Neumann on February 22, 2026

Cuba, United with Firmness, foto: Bill Hackwell

The United States, the world’s largest military power, has lost its hegemony. And there is nothing more dangerous than a power that loses its control over the planet. (more…)

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