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CELAC Reaffirms Our Region as a Zone of Peace  

Calls on the Grassroots Organization of the Masses of the Peoples of Our America to Unify Our Struggles Against the Common Enemy

November 10, 2025

The social component of  the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) met over the last two days on November 8-9, 2025 in Santa Marta, Colombia with representation from social movements, mass based organizations and civil society coming together with the absolute clarity and necessity to make our region a Zone of Peace to combat and confront the US/NATO led aggressionin the Caribbean and Pacific against Venezuela, Colombia and the region at large. (more…)

Cuba: Clinical Trial of Jusvinza for Chikungunya Launched

November 7, 2025

Cuba is going through a rapid increase in the Chikungunya, an arbovirus carried by mosquitos that cause severe joint and muscle pain along with fever.  I have heard about a number of stories of people who have been not been able to get out of bed for weeks because of its severe affects.  Despite all the common pharmaceutical medicines that the Cuban people cannot access due to the blockade, the Cubans have quickly started producing an affective medicine. (more…)

Brazil Promotes the Tropical Forests Forever Fund at COP30

November 7, 2025

Lula speaking at COP30

The fund promoted by the Lula da Silva administration establishes a global financing architecture to protect the forests and jungles of more than 70 countries around the world. (more…)

Trumpism Causes Sores on the Republican Body

By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on November 7, 2025

Abigail Spanberger in Richmond, Va., left, Zohran Mamdani in New York, centre, and Mikie Sherrill in East Brunswick. images: AP

A series of consultations or elections have just taken place in the United States that, under other circumstances and with other results, would not have been particularly significant, but in the era of Trump 2.0 polarization, they require analysis to understand the extent to which the current president can continue his national and international agenda without restriction and to begin to sketch out a scenario for the so-called “midterm elections” that will take place in November 2026. (more…)

The US Continues Its Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution

By Vijay Prashad on November 6, 2025

Children play on the beach during a security deployment in Anzoátegui, Venezuela, 19 September 2025. foto: Rosana Silva R

With rapid military escalation and a redeployed ‘War on Drugs’ narrative, the Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for an attack on the Venezuelan people.

Since early September, the United States has given every indication that it could be preparing for a military assault on Venezuela. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research partnered with ALBA Movimientos, the International Peoples’ Assembly, No Cold War, and the Simón Bolívar Institute to produce red alert no. 20, ‘The Empire’s Dogs Are Barking at Venezuela’, on the potential scenarios and implications of US intervention. (more…)

Two Hurricanes Pass Through Cuba

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on November 6, 2025

Residents of El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba province, travel in a horse-drawn cart alongside fallen power lines after Hurricane Melissa came through. foto: AFP

An eloquent paradox. On October 29, two people died in New York, trapped in a basement by autumn rains; that same day, the worst hurricane in decades swept through eastern Cuba, without a single fatality.

The difference is not insignificant. It can be explained by the organizational capacity of a country trained to face the annual hurricane season, which is becoming increasingly fierce under the impact of climate change. In the Caribbean, a region excessively punished by natural phenomena, seven out of 10 people live near the coast and almost all of its major cities are less than 1.5 kilometers from the sea. (more…)

Operación Carlota: 50 Years of Cuba and African Liberation

By Isaac Saney on November 4, 2025

Cuban soldiers in Angola

“The Cuban people hold a special place in the hearts of the people of Africa. The Cuban internationalists have made a contribution to African independence, freedom and justice unparalleled for its principled and selfless character.” Nelson Mandela, July 26, 1991 (more…)

Trump Does Not Want Journalists in His White House

By Cubaperiodistas editorial team on November 5, 2025

In October, dozens of journalists walked out of the Pentagon in protest against harassment. foto RT.

In what is considered another step in the US government’s escalation against the media, members of the White House press team now have restricted access to the press secretary’s office, the latest in a series of measures by Donald Trump’s administration to limit access to information. (more…)

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