June 25, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel endorsed the economic transformations promoted by the government and reaffirmed his willingness to engage in dialogue with the United States without impositions. (more…)
Por Gary Wilson, 23 de junio de 2026
Ramiro Valdés y Fidel Castro.
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, uno de los últimos comandantes supervivientes de la Revolución Cubana y uno de los principales artífices de las instituciones que la defendieron frente a seis décadas de guerra, bloqueo y subversión por parte de Estados Unidos, falleció en la mañana del 21 de junio de 2026 en La Habana. Tenía 94 años. El Partido Comunista de Cuba y el Gobierno cubano anunciaron su fallecimiento. El presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel escribió que la pérdida del Comandante de la Revolución «duele profundamente, como la de un padre». (more…)
By Isaac Saney, June 22, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
The announcement of Cuba’s new package of economic transformations has generated intense debate both within Cuba and among supporters of the Revolution internationally. Some have expressed concern that aspects of the reforms represent a retreat toward capitalism, a weakening of socialist principles, or even a concession to the relentless pressure of U.S. imperialism. Such concerns should not be dismissed. They arise from a genuine commitment to the principles that have defined the Cuban Revolution and an understandable apprehension about the dangers that accompany any expansion of market mechanisms. (more…)
By Stephen Sefton on June 21, 2026
Testimonies of solidarity with Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution from the US, Britain and Ireland
In memory of Chuck Kaufman and Kevin Zeese
Revolutionary struggles around the world have always inspired admiration and support among the popular movements of the Western capitalist countries. Authentic Western progressive opinion defends the ideals of equality among people, brotherhood among nations, non-aggression and self-determination of peoples. However. from the perspective of the anti-democratic Western ruling elites, revolutionary processes present a double threat. First of all, they challenge the powerful political and economic dominance over the majority world of Western corporate and financial élites. Secondly, successful revolutions offer models of a more just society that responds to the aspirations and needs of the majority and not to the petty interests of a small, greedy elite. (more…)
June 22, 2026
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Commander of the Cuban Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, one of the most prominent and important figures of the Cuban liberation struggle, passed away on Sunday June 21. (more…)
By Cindy Forster on June 22, 2026 from Bolivia
road blocks continue in Bolivia
One hundred blockades around Bolivia were mounted by the Indigenous —in a nation where they are the majority— demanding a return to the communal socialism practiced during the years of Evo Morales, 2006 to 2019. This week a state of siege or “state of exception” has cut that number to fifty. The president’s turn to violence lacks parliamentary approval and is hence illegal. (more…)
By Bertha Mojena Milian on June 19, 2026 from Havana
Rosa Miriam Elizalde, foto: Ismael Francisco
The Board of Directors of the Institute of Information and Social Communication (ICS), upon the recommendation of the National Evaluation Commission—composed of representatives from the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC), the Association of Social Communicators (ACCS), the Faculty of Communication at the University of Havana (FCOM), and the Institute itself—agreed this Thursday to award the 2026 National Prize for Social Communication to journalist Rosa María Elizalde Zorrilla. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on June 19, 2026 from Havana
image: Aidan
The subordination to Washington that Western Europe’s millionaire leaders have reinforced over the past decade with the aim of weakening Russia has cost those nations widespread economic, political, and military deterioration, as well as a loss of credibility on the international stage. (more…)