Statement from the International Committee for Peace Justice and Dignity on June 20, 2025 from Havana
foto: Bill Hackwell
In the early hours of June 13, while the world demanded the opening of border crossings for the entry of humanitarian aid to the tormented and blockaded Gaza Strip, the terrorist state of Israel crossed the red line by bombing the Islamic Republic of Iran. (more…)
By Oscar Figueredo Reinaldo on June 18, 2025
University students meet with ETECSA in search of joint solutions. Photo, Yasiel Hernández
As Cubans try to deal with the recent rate hikes of phone services they have set up a problem solving collaboration between ETECSA and a panel of university students as a way to improve communication accessibility in the shadow of the Blockade. Something like this would be unfathomable in the US where the only problem the corporate phone companies are concerned with is their profit margin. – editorial (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on June 19, 2025
Venezuela and Iran hold the largest and third-largest petroleum reserves in the world, respectively. Both have also been targeted for regime change by Washington. The two commonalities are not unrelated. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 19, 2025, from Havana
The moment, captured on video, “I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,” as he was dragged out of the room. Photo: Etienne Laurent, Ap
In a country that prides itself on being “the land of the free,” last week’s scene involving Senator Alex Padilla shook consciences and starkly exposed the deepest contradictions of the US immigration model. In an unusual incident, Padilla—the first Latino to represent California in the US Senate—was subdued, handcuffed, and forced to the ground by security agents after peacefully attempting to ask a question to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a press conference. (more…)
Radio Havana Cuba on June 18, 2025
Peyman Jebeli, director of the IRB
The image of Peyman Jebeli, director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRB), holding a blood-stained newspaper, affirming after the Israeli bombing of the plant that the state television and its employees will endure until the end, simultaneously summarizes the nature of the most recent Zionist aggression against the Iranian press and people and the will of the Iranian reporters not to surrender. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on June 18, 2025
In recent years, Washington has tried unsuccessfully to diminish China’s economic and commercial influence, not only within the United States but also globally, but the Asian giant has so far been unstoppable. (more…)
June 17, 2025
Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez spoke out on his various social media accounts on Tuesday, June 17, about the tense situation in the Middle East, reaffirming Cuba’s commitment to global peace and nuclear disarmament. (more…)
By Elson Concepcion Perez on June 13, 2025 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
What is happening these days in Los Angeles, and in other cities across the United States, is a clear expression of the crisis of the system. (more…)