November 2, 2025, Caracas Venezuela
A repatriated Venezuelan migrant setting foot at Simón Bolívar International Airport, Oct.29, 2025.
Venezuela has received 573 more repatriated migrants from the United States this week aboard two flights that landed at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira state. (more…)
Article and photos by István Ojeda Bello on November 3, 2025
This eyewitness coverage of an area of Eastern Cuba gives us a glimpse of the coordination in the rescue and recovery by the Cuban military (FAR) with local leaders and the people impacted by Hurricane Melissa – to date there has been no deaths from the devastating storm in Cuba.
Las Tunas – The road between Las Tunas and Bayamo offers the first evidence of the magnitude of the disaster from Hurricane Melissa. Sections near Jucarito, Vado del Yeso, Grito de Yara and, above all, Miradero, east of the bridge over the Cauto River, have literally disappeared. Only the power of the trucks transporting the Armed Forces’ amphibious vehicles manages to keep us moving forward. (more…)
By Becca Renk Foster on November 1, 2025
images from the El Porvenir worker-owned coffee cooperative
“We were already struggling with 18% tariffs this year, I don’t know how we could export our coffee under 100% tariffs,” René Gaitan tells me as we watch the clouds clear out over a breathtaking expanse of Nicaraguan landscape. The view from the El Porvenir worker-owned coffee cooperative stretches from Lake Managua up toward the Honduran border, dominated by the smoking crater of the Telica volcano. Gaitán is the vice president of the 51-family cooperative. (more…)
October 31, 2025
Johanna Tablada, deputy director general for the United States at Minrex.
The deputy director general for the United States at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Johana Tablada, said Friday that so far “the United States has not made any specific offers, nor has it responded to questions raised about the announcement made by the Secretary of State.” (more…)
foto: Yanelkys Llera Céspedes
Hurricane Melissa has left a trail of devastation through the Antilles with over 30 deaths in Haiti and Jamaica to date. The Eastern part of Cuba was also slammed by Melissa; the strongest hurricane to hit in the last 150 years. As of now no lives were lost in Cuba and that is due to its national unity and preparedness that was able to evacuate over 700,000 people and their belongings out of harm’s way before the storm arrived. – editorial (more…)
October 30, 2025
Photo: @PITCNT1
Various trade unions in Uruguay called for a partial general strike on Wednesday with rallies in multiple cities, demanding more resources for secondary education, better working conditions, and the defense of collective bargaining. (more…)
Dear Friend,
Right now, the people of Cuba are facing an unprecedented crisis: crippling electrical blackouts, the relentless weight of the U.S. blockade, and now the arrival of Hurricane Melissa. We are sending urgently-needed food, clean water, and supplies to the island—and we need your help (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on October 29, 2025
That an extremely aggressive empire threatens numerous countries with heavy economic and financial sanctions if they do not obey its orders, and that 165 nations have ignored its pressure and voted in the UN General Assembly in favor of the Cuban resolution to end the blockade imposed by the United States, meant a resounding moral victory for the Cuban government and, at the same time, a shameful defeat for the regime of convicted US President Donald Trump. (more…)