By the Orinoco Tribune Staff on June 28, 2026 from Caracas
Rescue team at a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, working to save the lives of survivors still under the rubble. Photo: AFP.
The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, reported on Saturday afternoon on the massive state emergency response after the tragedy caused by a double earthquake on Wednesday, June 24. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 27, 2026 from Caracas
‘Your hand rests in mine, like a sleeping little frog. I wrote this in JR when you were born. I’ll think of this when I close my eyes for the last time – Mexico, June 16, 2026’
Ten days before the tragedy in Venezuela, my mother sent me a planner. On the first page, in her own handwriting, it reads:
“I miss your hand in mine, like a sleeping little frog. I wrote this when you were born. I’ll think of this when I close my eyes for the last time.” (more…)
June 27, 2026
The Network of Intellectuals, Artists, and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity (REDH), deeply moved and shocked by the unprecedented double earthquake that occurred on June 24, 2026—which has caused irreparable and numerous losses of human life along with severe material damage in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela— expresses its deepest solidarity with every member of the Venezuelan people during these tragic hours. (more…)
June 26, 2026
Cuban Ambassador Jorge Luis Cepero speaking at the WFP meeting.
The Executive Board of the World Food Program (WFP) has overwhelmingly approved the Draft Strategic Plan for Cuba 2026-2030 today, strong pressure from the United States to prevent it. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 25, 2026
Alejandra Garcia reports from teleSUR soon after the devastating earthquakes hit Venezuela. Screen grab: Bill Hackwell.
The teleSUR building in Caracas withstood the impact of the two earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, that shook Venezuela on Wednesday, but the scars remained. There were walls scratched by the fury of the telluric movement, fallen ceiling tiles, and traces of shattered glass from several computers that crashed to the floor. (more…)
By Haiti Action Committee on June 25, 2026
demonstration against today’s Supreme Court ruling. San Francisco. foto: Bill Hackwell
The Supreme Court today ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could terminate (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian refugees currently in the US under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This decision could leave 350,000 Haitians along with 6100 Syrians without work permits, subject to Trump’s brutal deportation machine for one of the largest mass deportations in US history. Fifteen other country nationals with TPS are at risk of being subjected to the same draconian measures. (more…)
June 25, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel endorsed the economic transformations promoted by the government and reaffirmed his willingness to engage in dialogue with the United States without impositions. (more…)
Por Gary Wilson, 23 de junio de 2026
Ramiro Valdés y Fidel Castro.
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, uno de los últimos comandantes supervivientes de la Revolución Cubana y uno de los principales artífices de las instituciones que la defendieron frente a seis décadas de guerra, bloqueo y subversión por parte de Estados Unidos, falleció en la mañana del 21 de junio de 2026 en La Habana. Tenía 94 años. El Partido Comunista de Cuba y el Gobierno cubano anunciaron su fallecimiento. El presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel escribió que la pérdida del Comandante de la Revolución «duele profundamente, como la de un padre». (more…)