By David Bacon on May 7, 2026
Strawberry workers and supporters march through Santa Maria demanding a living wage and an end to ICE raids. foto: David Bacon
Juana’s words echoed in my mind as I pulled off Highway 101 onto Broadway, the street that bisects Santa Maria. She is a strawberry picker in a strawberry town. Santa Maria, Oxnard to the south and Salinas to the north, all valleys on California’s central coast, produce 80% of all the berries picked and sold in the U.S. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 11, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
Cuba denounced a historic escalation in U.S. sanctions, describing the latest measures as a direct assault on the Cuban people and their right to self-determination. The announcement comes amid a decades-long policy of hatred, sustained by the successive U.S. administrations, with Cuba framing the latest executive order signed by the U.S. president on May 1 as a continuation, and intensification, of a blockade that has sought to isolate and economically strangle the island nation for more than 70 years. (more…)
By Jose Luis Granados on May 9, 2026
For all their bluster about the dangers from “narcoterrorist” organizations, we need to be clear: the US doesn’t give a shit about drug trafficking, especially the Donald Trump administration. If they did, the US president wouldn’t have pardoned and released former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a narco trafficker convicted in New York who, according to leaked audios, is returning the favor by conspiring against leftist governments in the region. (more…)
By Norland Rosendo González on May 8, 2026
Illustration by Osval
The United States government has reinforced its lines of fire against the Cuban people, even without firing a shot, following the signing of the May 1st executive order that intensifies the collective punishment. (more…)
May 9, 2026
Haitian workers demonstrating for a change in government. foto: EFE
Increasing protests in Haiti have laid bare the deep discontent of the population with the unelected government of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, backed by the US regime. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris and John Perry on May 7, 2026
Artisanal fishers collective, La Guaira, Venezuela. foto: Roger Harris
A US military strike on May 4 killed two mariners in an alleged “narco boat” campaign which now has a cumulative death toll of at least 188. The pace of extrajudicial executions is ramping up, according to The Guardian. But why? (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on May 7, 2026, from Havana
foto: AFP
May 1, 2026, will go down as a day of immense political significance for Cuba. While more than 5 million people took to the streets across the country, with over 600,000 Havana residents gathering in front of the U.S. Embassy on the Malecón, the White House responded with a new executive order against the island. It was a signal. Cuba filled the streets to affirm its will to defend itself; Washington responded by tightening the noose. (more…)
By Luis Matos Hernández on May 5, 2026 from Havana
foto: Luis Matos’s Facebook
Yes, I was “FORCED” to the May Day parade, just like every year. Here are a few of the reasons: (more…)