August 27, 2026
His Excellency Narendra Modi, M.D., Prime Minister of India and Chair of BRICS;
Her Excellency Dilma Rousseff, M.D., President of the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank).
We, members of social, labor, cultural, student, and scientific movements, in light of the extremely severe and total blockade imposed by the United States on the Republic of Cuba—which causes widespread damage to the standard of living of the Cuban population, affects their basic food supply, the operation of its hospitals and daycare centers, as well as public and domestic lighting (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote on August 28, 2026 from Havana
The longest genocide in history
So far in 2026, Cuba has received a single shipment of oil: some 100,000 metric tons of crude donated by Russia—and nothing else. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on August 27, 2026
Image: Adan
The Convicted U.S. President Donald Trump, after suffering a humiliating military defeat in the unjustified war he launched on February 28 against Iran, has now announced the “most devastating economic operation in U.S. history” against Iran. (more…)
August 26 2026
Ecuadoran President Noboa meeting with troops
The government of Daniel Noboa, through a ministerial agreement, has allowed US soldiers and contractors to enter Ecuador without a visa, even if they are not working on security operations. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on August 27, 2026
Donald Trump extended the TWEA’s authority over Cuba until 2027
Some laws have been around for a long, tedious time.
On August 20, Donald Trump once again invoked legislation dating back more than a century by extending the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) applicable to Cuba through September 14, 2027. The executive order did not impose a new sanction. It did something worse: it kept in place a legal exception dating back to 1917. (more…)
August 25, 2026 from Caracas
Screenshot showing the low-profile boat struck by the US Southern Command in the Eastern Pacific on August 23, 2026. Photo: US Southern Command.
The US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has resumed its lethal attacks against small boats in Latin American and Caribbean waters. It killed two unidentified people in the Eastern Pacific this Sunday, August 23, after a 63-day pause that had raised hopes among human rights advocates that the extrajudicial killing campaign had ended. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcon on August 26, 2026
“They bring desolation and call it peace.” – Gaius Cornelius TacitusImperial politics has always been a mixture of arrogance, lies, manipulation and inconsistencies. These are part of its tools of power. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti on August 24, 2026
Toussaint Louverture
There is a red thread—of blood, fire, and dignity—that connects the axe of the maroons in Our America with 21st-century anti-imperialism. This thread was born on the night of August 13–14, 1791, in the clearing of Bois Caïman, Haiti. (more…)