By Rosa María Fernández on March 31, 2026
I almost met Perfecto Romero once in May 2011. Alicia Jrapko and I were speaking at the office of Palante, the weekly cartoon and humor magazine in Havana and the unassuming photographer of the Cuban Revolution was there in attendance. We were there because during one of our visits with Gerardo Hernandez, in Victorville Federal Penitentiary he asked us to open up a connection with Palante where he had been a regular contributor before his arrest. Gerardo, one of the Cuban 5, was serving 2 life sentences and 15 years for monitoring the activities of anti Cuban terrorists operating with impunity in Miami. Most now know Gerardo as the National Coordinator of the Cuban Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), but during the struggle to Free the 5 Gerardo’s clever and poignant political cartoons where of great value in our work. He was able to mail his work to us and we digitalized them and emailed them to Palante to print. (more…)
By Francisco Delgado Rodríguez on April 4, 2026
Mr. Rubio
It must be said that the phrase “Cuba continues” leaves room for all sorts of speculation…
This past March 2026 has, had little or nothing to do with Cuba, both figures blared out, as always, a string of threats—some veiled—with enough ambiguity to be interpreted, depending on the notable anti-Cuban rhetoric from President Trump and his advisor on international affairs, Mr. Rubio. Amid events viewed through a strict logical lens several conclusions can be summarized. (more…)
April 2, 2026
Detention conditions in El Salvador remain under scrutiny amid ongoing emergency measures. foto: AP
At least 504 people have died in prisons under state custody in El Salvador between April 2022 and March 2026, according to a report by Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (SJH), raising concerns over the impact of the country’s prolonged “state of exception.” (more…)
By Yonaski Moreno on April 4, 2026 from Caracas
U.S. President Donald Trump presented a budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 on Friday that includes a record $1.5 trillion in defense spending—a 40% increase in funding for that sector—financed directly through systematic cuts to social programs and federal agencies. The announcement makes it clear that Trump that he will proceed his imperialist projects at at the expense of all human needs and rights. (more…)
By Andreína Chávez Alava on April 2, 2026
President Maduro’s two-handed gesture, which means “Together we will win,” sketched on a placard at a Chavista rally. Photo: Alba Ciudad
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and congresswoman, Cilia Flores, made their second appearance Thursday in a New York court, three months after being abducted by US forces in a large-scale illegal strike against Venezuela that killed at least 100 people. (more…)
By Isaac Saney and James Counts Early on April 2, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
While Western democracies exclude working people from economic decision-making, Cuba is expanding participatory governance to navigate its deepest crisis since the Revolution.
Amid one of the most severe economic moments since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, and under the weight of a suffocating, ever-expanding U.S. imperial siege, Cuba is attempting something that remains almost unthinkable in the so-called advanced capitalist democracies: it is consciously and systematically expanding and deepening citizen involvement in deciding the country’s economic and political future. (more…)
April 1, 2026 from São Paulo
Popular Youth Uprising of Brazil
To the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, and Congresswoman and First Lady Cilia Flores,
Revolutionary greetings from the Popular Youth Uprising of Brazil
We express our deep solidarity with the legitimate president and the deputy and First Lady of Venezuela, who have been illegally detained for more than 80 days in New York, United States. They have been kidnapped by imperialist forces under the orders of those who set themselves up as the enforcers of the Americas and the world. (more…)
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…)