April 14, 2026 from Havana
foto: Bill Hackwell
On May 1st, unions from Latin America and the United States will pay tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana, as part of the International Workers’ Day celebrations. (more…)
April 13, 2026
Tensions Over the War Against Iran: The U.S. president accused the pontiff of being “terrible at foreign policy” and of favoring “the radical left.” Leo XIV replied that he would seek “ways to avoid war whenever possible.” (more…)
April 12, 2026 from Caracas
2002, the people of Venezuela flood the streets to overthrow the coup.
The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, commemorated Saturday the 24th anniversary of the 2002 failed far-right coup against President Hugo Chávez by emphasizing that the Venezuelan people reject fascism and remain steadfast in defense of their sovereignty. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 12, 2026, from Havana
image: Adán Iglesias Toledo
Not a single day goes by without the US regime, along with far-right Cuban-American members of Congress or the Senate, issuing fake news and threats against the island in their quest to destroy the Cuban Revolution. (more…)
By Becca Renk on April 10, 2026
Palm Sunday, photos: Radio Primerisima
Nicaragua’s faith community defies false accusations of religious repression with thousands of vibrant activities during Holy Week. (more…)
April 9, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has denounced that the United States’ energy blockade constitutes collective punishment that is suffocating the island, violating human rights, and leaving 96,000 people waiting for surgeries (more…)
By Vanessa G. Sanchez on April 6, 2026 from Oakland California
Rosa María Carranza attends a protest supporting the temporary protected status program at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco. Carranza, an Oakland resident, worries she could lose her legal status and risk indefinite detention or deportation. fotos: Hiram Alejandro Durán/El Tímpano
Maria Carranza, a child development professional who grew up swinging through trees and swimming in rivers in El Salvador, said she feels at home in the forest at the outdoor preschool she co-founded. She has worked with children and teens as a caregiver and educator for more than three decades, long enough to know when to lean in and when to step back to let her students find their own footing. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron on April 8, 2026
foto: AFP
As I put the finishing touches on these lines, we can now say with certainty that the threats made by the most sinister and powerful head of state of our time, Donald Trump, have been postponed for a period of fifteen days. The world breathes a sigh of relief upon learning that the order to wipe out one of history’s most brilliant civilizations, the Persian one—which Trump claimed would be returned to “the Stone Age”—has been postponed for two weeks. We will see how that stands. It is difficult to find in history a head of state who has expressed such a categorical destructive intent against a country that, according to UNESCO, has 29 sites inscribed on the World Heritage List—the result of a three-millennia-old history captured in beautiful architectural works, Persian gardens, and numerous archaeological sites. But nothing surprises us about Trump, who has made crude insults, verbal aggression, and racist contempt for his opponents the hallmark of his politics. (more…)