April 9, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has denounced that the United States’ energy blockade constitutes collective punishment that is suffocating the island, violating human rights, and leaving 96,000 people waiting for surgeries (more…)
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, takes off after refueling in the sky. Photo: AFP
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on April 9, 2026.
Palestinian poet Marwan Makhoul condensed the illusion of neutrality into four verses: So that I may write poetry that is not political, / I must listen to the birds. / And to listen to the birds, / the warplanes must be silent. Where the sky is occupied by war, there is no place outside of politics. (more…)
April 8, 2026
Raul Torres, foto: Bill Hackwell
Hey, let me explain… what shame and pity those pseudo-artists who dream of seeing their own people’s blood run. But not just any blood, no: the blood of those who sweat it out on a P8 bus at six in the morning on their way to work, the blood of those who stand in line under the sun to take a piece of bread home. (more…)
By Vanessa G. Sanchez on April 6, 2026 from Oakland California
Rosa María Carranza attends a protest supporting the temporary protected status program at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco. Carranza, an Oakland resident, worries she could lose her legal status and risk indefinite detention or deportation. fotos: Hiram Alejandro Durán/El Tímpano
Maria Carranza, a child development professional who grew up swinging through trees and swimming in rivers in El Salvador, said she feels at home in the forest at the outdoor preschool she co-founded. She has worked with children and teens as a caregiver and educator for more than three decades, long enough to know when to lean in and when to step back to let her students find their own footing. (more…)
By Gustavo Espinoza M. on April 6, 2026
foto: Getty
With just a few days to go before April 12, and as the “engines begin to rev up” for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, two clear and distinct messages are clearly visible on the political scene. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron on April 8, 2026
foto: AFP
As I put the finishing touches on these lines, we can now say with certainty that the threats made by the most sinister and powerful head of state of our time, Donald Trump, have been postponed for a period of fifteen days. The world breathes a sigh of relief upon learning that the order to wipe out one of history’s most brilliant civilizations, the Persian one—which Trump claimed would be returned to “the Stone Age”—has been postponed for two weeks. We will see how that stands. It is difficult to find in history a head of state who has expressed such a categorical destructive intent against a country that, according to UNESCO, has 29 sites inscribed on the World Heritage List—the result of a three-millennia-old history captured in beautiful architectural works, Persian gardens, and numerous archaeological sites. But nothing surprises us about Trump, who has made crude insults, verbal aggression, and racist contempt for his opponents the hallmark of his politics. (more…)
By Atilio Boron on April 6, 2026
The Belgin Sultan floating power plant in Havana
Turkey is providing support to Cuba, where millions of people remain in the dark due to the tightening of U.S. embargoes and the collapse of its energy infrastructure. The ship, sent by Karpowership (part of Karadeniz Holding), has already begun generating electricity in Havana. (more…)
By Luis Hernández Navarro on April 7, 2026
Rosa Miriam Elizalde, foto: Bill Hackwell
The blockade in Cuba — explains journalist and researcher Rosa Miriam Elizalde — is not only economic and commercial, but also technological and communicative. The island faces a brutal and unequal information war that is part of the regime change attempts promoted from Washington, Miami, and Madrid. (more…)