By Alejandra Garcia on April 6, 2026 from Caracas
aspiring young astronauts
In recent weeks, the United States has celebrated one of the most ambitious milestones in its space program in decades: the launching of the Artemis II mission, marking the return of crewed flights beyond Earth’s orbit. The project, led by NASA, aims to lay the foundations for a sustained human presence on the Moon and eventually open the door to missions to Mars. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 6, 2026
image: Adán Iglesias Toledo.
The illegal, devastating, and bloody U.S.-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic of Iran has also brought serious consequences upon the aggressors because they did not foresee that they would face powerful resistance very different from their previous aggressions in the Middle East against countries such as Libya, Syria, or Iraq. (more…)
By Diana Block on April 6, 2026
Cuba is not alone!
I met Adrián Heredia, the Second Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. at the Cuba Under Siege conference on March 14th in New York City. Adrián had recently assumed his role at the Cuban Embassy in January 2026, shortly before Trump issued his libelous Executive Order of January 29th which labeled Cuba a national security threat and instituted a total blockade on oil to Cuba. Since then, Adrián and his colleagues at the Embassy have been working continuously to break through the mountain of lies propagated by the edict. (more…)
By Rosa María Fernández on March 31, 2026
I almost met Perfecto Romero once in May 2011. Alicia Jrapko and I were speaking at the office of Palante, the weekly cartoon and humor magazine in Havana and the unassuming photographer of the Cuban Revolution was there in attendance. We were there because during one of our visits with Gerardo Hernandez, in Victorville Federal Penitentiary he asked us to open up a connection with Palante where he had been a regular contributor before his arrest. Gerardo, one of the Cuban 5, was serving 2 life sentences and 15 years for monitoring the activities of anti Cuban terrorists operating with impunity in Miami. Most now know Gerardo as the National Coordinator of the Cuban Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), but during the struggle to Free the 5 Gerardo’s clever and poignant political cartoons where of great value in our work. He was able to mail his work to us and we digitalized them and emailed them to Palante to print. (more…)
By Francisco Delgado Rodríguez on April 4, 2026
Mr. Rubio
It must be said that the phrase “Cuba continues” leaves room for all sorts of speculation…
This past March 2026 has, had little or nothing to do with Cuba, both figures blared out, as always, a string of threats—some veiled—with enough ambiguity to be interpreted, depending on the notable anti-Cuban rhetoric from President Trump and his advisor on international affairs, Mr. Rubio. Amid events viewed through a strict logical lens several conclusions can be summarized. (more…)
April 2, 2026
Detention conditions in El Salvador remain under scrutiny amid ongoing emergency measures. foto: AP
At least 504 people have died in prisons under state custody in El Salvador between April 2022 and March 2026, according to a report by Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (SJH), raising concerns over the impact of the country’s prolonged “state of exception.” (more…)
By Yonaski Moreno on April 4, 2026 from Caracas
U.S. President Donald Trump presented a budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 on Friday that includes a record $1.5 trillion in defense spending—a 40% increase in funding for that sector—financed directly through systematic cuts to social programs and federal agencies. The announcement makes it clear that Trump that he will proceed his imperialist projects at at the expense of all human needs and rights. (more…)
By Party for Socialism and Liberation on April 1, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
Donald Trump used his address to the nation tonight to issue what can be described as nothing other than a genocidal threat: “We’re going to hit [Iran] extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong”. (more…)