By Michelle Ellner on May 15, 2026
Historical vertigo. That is what I felt when the official White House account posted an image of Venezuela covered by the U.S. flag and labeled it the “51st State.” Not because I believed annexation was literally imminent, but because of what the image symbolized: a strange sensation of watching two centuries collapse into a meme. (more…)
By Laura V. Mar on May 14, 2026
Mining mobilization responds to a critical situation marked by fuel shortages and the shortage of explosive material. foto: EFE.
Miners in Bolivia joined together on May 13 to protests and road blockades against President Rodrigo Paz, demanding solutions to critical issues like fuel scarcity and legislative exclusion, as national dissent intensifies. (more…)
May 16, 2026
Aleida Guevara
Dr. Aleida Guevara stated that the majority of the Cuban people “know perfectly well who their enemy is” and remain faithful to the principles of the Revolution, amid threats of aggression from the United States. (more…)
By Pepe Escobar on May 14, 2026
A few days ago, Mr. Araghchi traveled to Russia.
Earlier this week, Mr. Araghchi traveled to China. These two trips vividly reflect the power of the new Russia-Iran-China triangle, which has emerged as the driving force behind Eurasian integration and multipolarity. (more…)
May 14, 2026
John Tune, Republican Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate
A growing group of Republican senators is warning U.S. President Donald Trump not to open a new military front against Cuba amid the prolonged confrontation with Iran, arguing that U.S. forces are already overburdened and that the country faces growing economic and political tensions ahead of the midterm elections. (more…)
By José Ernesto Novaez on May 12, 206
Journalist Katherine Doyle, NBC News’ White House correspondent, reports that President Donald Trump has become “increasingly frustrated” by the fact that months of pressure from the United States have failed to destabilize the Cuban government, and has pressed his advisors to explain why efforts to bring the Cuban leadership to collapse have not succeeded. (more…)
By Cira Pascual Marquina on May 12, 2026
Chavez and his emphasis on education.
I was recently in an assembly in the west of Caracas where communards were debating how to prioritize scarce resources. The discussion was not easy. People disagreed about whether to invest first in a water system, a productive initiative, or repairing a community space. Voices overlapped at times, arguments were made and remade, and decisions did not come quickly. From the outside, it might look like a routine and even tedious meeting. From within, it is very much something else: a collective effort to think through material life under pressure. (more…)
By Carlos Fernandez de Cossio on May 10, 2026
Without any evidence, the U.S. Secretary of State accuses the Cuban government of squandering resources and failing to address the needs he considers priorities. He seeks to justify the ongoing collective punishment against the entire Cuban people and the possibility of military aggression.
Regardless of each state’s prerogative to decide sovereignly how to allocate its resources, let’s look at the facts. (more…)