By Luciano Vasapollo on October 24, 2026 from Rome
In the face of the energy blockade that plagues the daily lives of Cubans, defending culture means defending the sovereignty, memory, and dignity of a people. Abel Prieto denounces the attempt to suffocate the island; Díaz-Canel underscores the need for resistance and international solidarity. Popular culture thus becomes a political and human response to the United States’ strategy of isolation. (more…)
By Gustavo Montenegro on September 27, 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei concluded his tour of the United States with a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during which he reaffirmed his alignment with the genocidal state of Israel. (more…)
Article and fotos by Yaimi Ravelo on September 19, from Havana
From a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon to Cuba and Latin America
There are stories that are more than just a “news brief,” and we’d like to tell them firsthand—especially when they come to us from places where humanity barely reaches. Even more so when someone close to you finds the words that perfectly describe a place, the people, and the feelings. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on September 18, 2026
Leaders of BRICS member/partner countries at the 18th BRICS Summit, in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on September 13, 2026. Photo: Press Information Bureau
The New Delhi Declaration, the outcome of the summit, reiterated the demand for reform of the United Nations, international financial institutions, and the multilateral trading system.
The 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on September 12–13, occurred amid an exceptional intensification of international contradictions. Wars in West Asia, unilateral sanctions, tariff barriers, and the weaponization of finance and technology have exposed the fundamentally unequal character of the imperialist-dominated international order. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on September 17, 2026, from Havana
On September 14, news broke that the government of Austria—the host country of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—had reportedly denied entry to its territory, under pressure from the United States, to Mr. Mahammad Eslami, Iran’s vice president and head of its nuclear agency, who was set to represent his country at the international organization’s annual General Conference. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on September 11, 2026
Jiang Zhaohe (China), detail from Liumin Tu (Refugees), 1943.
Capitalism depends on precarious migrant labor to discipline workers, deepen division, and extract wealth. While weaponizing anti-immigrant rhetoric to obscure the neoliberal destruction of public services and social welfare. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on August 27, 2026
Image: Adan
The Convicted U.S. President Donald Trump, after suffering a humiliating military defeat in the unjustified war he launched on February 28 against Iran, has now announced the “most devastating economic operation in U.S. history” against Iran. (more…)
By Mohammad Mansur on May 19, 2026
An El Al passenger jet is inspected before takeoff at Ben Gurion Airport. foto,David Silverman/Getty Images]
Experts say Israel is using the new flight to Buenos Aires as a geopolitical tool to cement its footprint in Latin America.
Israel and Argentina have launched a direct flight starting in November as the two countries boost their ties under Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (more…)