Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel lead the March of the Torches, foto: Dunia Alvarez Palacios
By Frank Martínez Rivero, Abel Padrón Padilla and Enrique González Díaz (Enro) on January 28, 2026
This powerful yearly tradition of Cuban youth carrying torches down the steps of the University of Havana the night before the birthday of Jose Marti was even more unified and determined this year as an answer to the escalating fascist rhetoric coming out of the White House against their homeland. -edit
Once again, Cuban youth raised their torches to pay tribute to the most universal of Cubans, José Martí, on the 173rd anniversary of his birth. This time, the march was charged with greater symbolism, driven by the motivation to salute the centenary of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, who, together with that same generation of young people, made the dreams of the Apostle come true. (more…)
By Silbana Solano Rodriguez on January 26, 2026 from Mérida
The “Nuestra América” summit in Bogotá laid out a unified front to defend regional sovereignty and oppose foreign intervention.
Delegates from governments, parliaments, and social movements across the globe gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, on January 25 for the inaugural “Nuestra América” summit. (more…)
By Reasons of Cuba Editorial Staff on January 27, 2026
image: Redacción Razones de Cuba
While Cuba faces a complex situation in its electrical power system, with blackouts affecting the daily lives of its population, an underlying cause stands out with undeniable starkness: the United States’ economic, commercial, and financial blockade and the persecution of fuel. This blockade, far from being an abstract policy, carries out a systematic campaign against the arrival of fuel to the island and denies access to vital parts and technologies, deliberately strangling a sector essential for national development and stability. (more…)
President Sheinbaum declared Mexico’s unwavering independence while delivering housing units in Reynosa, just miles from the U.S. border.
On January 25, 2026, President Sheinbaum declared Mexico’s unwavering independence while delivering housing units in Reynosa, just miles from the U.S. border. (more…)
By David Brooks on January 25, 2026
image: Mark Peterson
Last week, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said that what he fears most is “the moment when everything explodes.” I share his concern. If we follow the trajectory of events, it is quite clear that we are heading toward some kind of collapse. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on January 24, 2026
In 2025, Venezuela became the country with the highest economic growth and social benefits for its population, despite constant harassment and illegal extortion, euphemistically called “sanctions” imposed by the US regime. (more…)
By Luis Britto Garcia on January 22, 2026
Upon becoming President in 1999 Hugo Chavez started a country wide literacy campaign and printed the Venezuelan Constitution in this small blue book for every person in the country.
Traitors, agents of foreign powers, and hit men with superior electronics and sophisticated weapons interfere with communications, murder dozens of our compatriots, kidnap the elected president, defame him, and prepare for the transition by dividing up the country behind closed doors. The spoils are not bad at all: the largest fossil fuel reserves on the planet, stolen without asking the opinion of their owner, the sovereign [Venezuelan] people. (more…)
By Sam Carliner on January 21, 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei closed out 2025 by quietly issuing a decree that centralizes the country’s vast intelligence apparatus and gives its intelligence agencies authority to apprehend individuals without prior judicial order.
Decree 941—issued on December 31, during legislative recess—reorganizes all intelligence agencies, including military intelligence, under the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE), which will report directly to the General Secretariat of the Presidency. The current General Secretariat of the Presidency is the president’s sister, Karina Milei. (more…)