By Aníbal Malvar on July 11, 2026
Elian Gonzalez, foto: MESC Communication
Elián González, little Eliancito, the rafter child who saw his mother die during the crossing from Cuba to Miami in 1999 and made headlines in newspapers around the world, is today, 32 years old, and a deputy in the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba. “I didn’t get involved in politics. In Cuba, there are several ways to become a member of parliament. One is through selection in the neighborhoods, in the districts, where you can start as a delegate. Another way, as in my case, is for grassroots organizations to nominate you. I was elected in 2022. And my municipality, Cárdenas, put me on the ballot.” (more…)
June 17, 2026 from Paris
María Carmen Herrera at the UNESCO conference in Paris
A sharp blockade of the United States and its warmongering threats hinder efforts to fulfill commitments to the safeguarding of cultural heritage, Cuba clarified today during a UNESCO, (more…)
June 11, 2026
Photo: @siempreconcuba
The initiative will travel across the continent under the slogans “Let Cuba Breathe” and “Europe, Wake Up.” They condemned Washington’s energy blockade and sanctions policy against the island. (more…)
April 28, 2026, from Santiago de Cuba
International brigades in solidarity with Cuba, buoyed by the successful Nuestra América Convoy that collectively brought over 30 tons of humanitarian aid in March, are now arriving on the socialist island in large numbers to celebrate May 1 and to demonstrate their opposition to the draconian US blockade of the Cuban people. (more…)
By Mónica Cabanas on April 24, 2026.
Aleida Guevara, foto: Bill Hackwell
Aleida Guevara, a Cuban pediatrician and international expert in the field of health and international cooperation, will be in Europe during March and April 2026, participating in a busy schedule of debates, conferences, and public meetings, she gave this interview to Brasil De Fato. (more…)
April 19, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum
Thank you very much, President Sánchez. Thank you for the invitation. Thanks to all my colleagues—presidents, prime ministers, Gabriel Boric.
I come to the Summit for Democracy on behalf of a hardworking, creative, and resilient people, but above all a deeply generous people—a people that have learned to resist without hatred, to defend its rights without ceasing to respect others, to believe in peace even when history has placed difficult trials and tribulations before it. (more…)
By Jorge Elbaum on April 13, 2026
These statements come amid a military and energy standoff centered on control of the strait, through which approximately one-fifth of the world’s oil trade passes. Photo: EFE.
Two major armed conflicts are currently unfolding: one in Eastern Europe and one in Western Asia. Both are interconnected through the involvement of actors who share some common association. NATO is involved in both conflicts. So are the BRICS nations. It is a Third World War—for now, scattered—pitting the neocolonial West, with its aspirations for geopolitical unilateralism, against the emergence of a multipolarity that respects national sovereignties and their specific historical trajectories. The so-called Thucydides Trap, coined by Graham Allison, suggests that an empire—challenged by an emerging rival, in this case the People’s Republic of China—is forced to embark on warmongering adventures to avoid being replaced as the global hegemon. (more…)
By Luis Hernández Navarro on April 7, 2026
Rosa Miriam Elizalde, foto: Bill Hackwell
The blockade in Cuba — explains journalist and researcher Rosa Miriam Elizalde — is not only economic and commercial, but also technological and communicative. The island faces a brutal and unequal information war that is part of the regime change attempts promoted from Washington, Miami, and Madrid. (more…)