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…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 30, 2026
Cecilia’s view of the Caracas Valley
I met Cecilia Todd at her modest home in Caracas, where the greatest luxury is not material but the view: the entire valley fits into a single glance if you step out onto the terrace. There, among flowers, orchids, and marjoram plants, rises a citrusy, delicious scent that I now recognize as belonging to this city. Cecilia’s house is a small showcase of her life: the records, the instruments, the books. It reveals an artist who never needed to call attention to herself in order to become indispensable. (more…)
By Jim Cason and David Brooks on March 29, 2026
San Francisco, foto: Gustavo Hernandez, KQED
Washington and New York. Millions of protesters participated in what organizers claim to be the largest day of protest in the country’s history, in repudiation of Donald Trump and his administration’s right-wing agenda—including their attacks on immigrants, unions, and free speech—as well as to demand an end to wars and military interventions and to resist what they call growing authoritarianism in the United States. (more…)
By Arthur González on March 29, 2026
On March 23, 2026, Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar appeared on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom to criticize the visit to Cuba by the Code Pink activist group and other participants in the Convoy Nuestra América, who oppose the criminal blockade that the United States has imposed on Cuba since 1960. (more…)
March 29, 2026
crew members of the final boats arriving in the Nuestra América Solidarity Convoy to Cuba.
The National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), Gerardo Hernández, welcomed the members of the sailboats of the Nuestra América Solidarity Convoy to Cuba as they arrived in the harbor of Havana. (more…)