June 2, 2026
We, from the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC) and La Vía Campesina Brazil, stand in solidarity with the Cuban people at a time when the Revolutionary Government is under threat. Decades of repression and political persecution have plagued the population, while imperialism imposes its destructive grip on the revolutionary struggle of our comrades in Cuba. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 4, 2026
protest against femicide in Buenos Aires marking the 11th anniversary of the first #NiUnaMenos
In Argentina, the femicides of Agostina Vega, Dulce, and Noelia, along with the rise in hate crimes against LGBTQ people, expose the lack of public policies and gender perspective within the branches of government. In response to these setbacks, human rights defenders are taking to the Buenos Aires streets. (more…)
June 4, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
This morning during the busy commute on the east side of the San Francisco Bay, thousands of vehicles drove under a banner demanding no war on Cuba. People in hundreds of those cars, weary of Trump’s wars and threats of new ones, honked in support. This banner drop was organized by the Richmond – Regla Friendship Committee and is part of a week of actions called by the No War on Cuba Campaign of the National Network on Cuba. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 4, 2026 from Havana
Foto Marco Peláez
Comments circulating on social media raise uncomfortable questions: What would happen if the United States were subjected for weeks to an oil blockade similar to the one it imposes on Cuba? What would happen if its hospitals depended on generators with limited fuel, if cold chains collapsed, if water treatment plants shut down, if cell towers went silent, if a major city were left without electricity, without communications, without digital payments, and without basic services? (more…)
By David Brooks on June 2, 2026
“The Boss” Bruce Springsteen, on tour with “Land of Dreams and Hopes,” photo: AP
Music has always accompanied social movements and struggles in the United States; in fact, it is difficult to think of the rebellious episodes in this country without mentioning their musical traditions. (more…)
By Ricardo Guerrero. Resumen Latinoamericano, June 1, 2026.
Dictator Fulgencio Batista (left), alongside American mob boss Meyer Lansky and his wife.
While a privileged minority lived in the most absolute opulence, the Cuban people suffered from one of the greatest social inequalities in Latin America. (more…)
By Manuel Humberto Restrepo on June 1, 2026.
Colombia’s presidential elections have ended in a technical tie, with a margin of less than 3% of the vote, leading to a runoff between Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella. More than an electoral contest between two candidates, it will be a clash between two historical models of the country, two conceptions of democracy, and two radically different ways of understanding the state, the economy, security, rights, sovereignty, peace, and Colombian society. (more…)
By David Montgomery on June 1, 2026
Havana, foto: Bill Hackwell
The administration is targeting travelers who criticize US policy.
The Trump administration has begun to weaponize long-standing restrictions on freedom to travel to Cuba, focusing on travelers who criticize the US policy of asphyxiating the Cuban economy and threatening a military attack. (more…)