By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on February 24, 2026
Committee for the Defense of the Revolution in a Havana neighborhood discuss priorities in combating the blockade induced problems. foto: Bill Hackwell
Since the United States took illegal action against Venezuela on January 3, and especially after the White House designated Cuba as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” on January 29 to justify actions against third parties that seek to maintain normal relations with the island, a new specialty in Cuban futurology has emerged. (more…)
By Jean Mark Vega on February 22, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
“I’m wearing the boots. We are not going to be frogs; surrender does not fit in the Cuban. Our destiny is decided by us, no one else,” says Emma, mother and teacher. (more…)
By Atilio Boron on February 21, 2026
Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference, Alex Brandon/AP
The Security Conference met recently, between February 13 and 15, at its usual venue in Munich, Bavaria. Outside of the United Nations General Assembly, the MSC is the most well-attended meeting in the world. The official report for this session states that it was attended by more than a thousand participants from some 115 countries, including 60 heads of state and government and more than 50 leaders of international organizations, as well as more than 100 think tanks. In addition to the main activities, the report mentions 270 parallel events held in conjunction with the Conference. (more…)
February 21, 2026
The Sea Horse
The Sea Horse ship carrying Russian fuel is heading to Cuba amid the island’s energy situation and defying US President Donald Trump’s sanctions to impose tariffs, Bloomberg reported. According to the media outlet and data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler Ltd, the ship could be carrying about 200,000 barrels of Russian diesel fuel. (more…)
By Terri Matson on February 17, 2026
President Sheinbaum speaking in the Zocalo, Nov 2025, Marco Ugarte/AP
Mexico is facing a familiar problem—one that has shaped its history for more than a century. How do you protect your sovereignty when you live next door to a superpower that sees your country less as an equal and more as a strategic asset? (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote on February 21, 2026 from Havana
image: Al Mayadeen
During the rest of 2026, the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba will be at a point of maximum tension and strain, which will escalate depending on the critical factors that are developing today. (more…)
By Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez on February 17, 2026
foto: Ladyrene Perez, The front page of Granma on the release of the remaining member of the Cuban 5. December 17, 2014.
We know that Granma’s contribution to the Latin American communication experience cannot be understood as an anecdotal chapter in the history of regional journalism; rather, it is a historical laboratory where words are assumed to be a material force and truth is a disputed territory. Since its founding in 1965 as the official organ of the Communist Party of Cuba, Granma has operated in an area of tension where reporting is not only about transmitting data, but also actively participating in the symbolic configuration of reality. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris and John Perry on February 19, 2026
Nosotros Venceremos, we shall overcome. Illustration: Roger Harris
The kidnapping of a sitting head of state marks a grave escalation in US-Venezuela relations. By seizing Venezuela’s constitutional president, Washington signaled both its disregard for international law and its confidence that it would face little immediate consequence. (more…)