By Andreína Chávez Alava on April 2, 2026
President Maduro’s two-handed gesture, which means “Together we will win,” sketched on a placard at a Chavista rally. Photo: Alba Ciudad
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and congresswoman, Cilia Flores, made their second appearance Thursday in a New York court, three months after being abducted by US forces in a large-scale illegal strike against Venezuela that killed at least 100 people. (more…)
By Isaac Saney and James Counts Early on April 2, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
While Western democracies exclude working people from economic decision-making, Cuba is expanding participatory governance to navigate its deepest crisis since the Revolution.
Amid one of the most severe economic moments since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, and under the weight of a suffocating, ever-expanding U.S. imperial siege, Cuba is attempting something that remains almost unthinkable in the so-called advanced capitalist democracies: it is consciously and systematically expanding and deepening citizen involvement in deciding the country’s economic and political future. (more…)
April 1, 2026 from São Paulo
Popular Youth Uprising of Brazil
To the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, and Congresswoman and First Lady Cilia Flores,
Revolutionary greetings from the Popular Youth Uprising of Brazil
We express our deep solidarity with the legitimate president and the deputy and First Lady of Venezuela, who have been illegally detained for more than 80 days in New York, United States. They have been kidnapped by imperialist forces under the orders of those who set themselves up as the enforcers of the Americas and the world. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 1, 2026 from Havana
graphic by Aidan
Once again, the mythomaniac Marco Rubio is lying. This time before a Miami court trying his close friend and former congressman, David Rivera. (more…)
By Luis Hernández Navarro on March 31, 2026
The offensive against Cuban medical brigades continues. Pressure from the United States for the countries where they operate to sever ties with them persists. Just a few days ago, 227 members of the project returned from Jamaica after Kingston unilaterally terminated the bilateral health cooperation agreement. This ended a 30-year-old agreement in which Cuban doctors treated more than 8,176,000 patients. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on March 30, 2026
General Strike on May 1. fotos: Bill Hackwell
The third NO KINGS demonstrations this past Saturday were not just the largest of the three but was quite possibly the largest single day of protest in US history. Organizers are reporting that there were over 8 million people in 3,300 large cities and little towns in all 50 states. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcon on March 31, 2026 from Havana
Just when you think cynicism has its limits, reality takes us by surprise.
Amid the confusion of the media and analysts and the outburst of anger from the vociferous crowd in Miami—triggered by the arrival in Cuba of a Russian oil tanker carrying over 100,000 tons of oil, following a couple of months of a strict U.S. energy blockade—the U.S. Secretary of State dropped a gem in an interview with Al Jazeera. (more…)
Por Gary Wilson, 30 de marzo de 2026 desde la ciudad de Nueva York
Un manifestante de San Francisco establece la conexión el 28 de marzo: «EE. UU., no te metas en Cuba». Foto: Bill Hackwell
Los organizadores montaron el escenario. Las multitudes aportaron la política.
Más de 8 millones de personas llenaron las calles en más de 3.000 ciudades y pueblos de todo el país el 28 de marzo en la tercera ronda de protestas «No Kings»: la mayor movilización hasta la fecha contra la administración Trump y, según el recuento de los organizadores, la mayor protesta de un solo día en la historia de EE. UU. (more…)