By Veronica Aleman Cruz on October 9, 2025 from Havana

All Photos: Enrique González (Enro)
This morning, Cuba woke up united against the genocide in Gaza. The entire population is saying: No to war! No more children should die, the news should never be about the sacrifice of innocent lives…Today, more than 100,000 Cubans gathered at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune, which has been turned into a plaza for fighting for the world’s just causes. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on October 7, 2025

the state targeted media
The 2024 Shadow Report on Press Freedom in Latin America, prepared by the Voces del Sur network, reveals an alarming scenario for Peruvian journalism: the government has emerged as the main aggressor against the press in 2024. (more…)
October 5, 2025

Gustavo Petro. Photo: Presidency of Colombia.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has out right rejected US attacks on ships in the Caribbean as part of the fight against international drug trafficking. (more…)
October 2, 2025

Italy
The interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla by “Israel” has sparked an immediate wave of international condemnation and diplomatic reactions in various countries. In response, Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the expulsion of the entire Israeli diplomatic delegation still in Bogotá.The measure was announced on his official Twitter account following the arrest of two Colombian citizens, Manuela Bedoya and Luna Barreto, who were part of the humanitarian mission. (more…)
By the Editorial Board of La Jornada, September 30, 2025 from Mexico City

protest of Netanyahu in Washington DC, July 2024, photo: Bill Hackwell
After President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House released the “comprehensive plan to end the conflict in Gaza” agreed upon by the leaders. Of the 20 points contained in the document, only one (point 12: no one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave may do so and return freely) does not represent nonsense or a crime against humanity. (more…)
By Carlos Fazio on September 31, 2025

Netanyahu at the UN
On September 26, amid the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza, in an operation of propaganda and psychological warfare, Benjamin Netanyahu—the leading exponent of “wholesale terrorism” ( a term borrowed from Noam Chomsky) at the moment—took to the podium of the UN General Assembly to defend with arrogance and dirty tricks the crimes of the State of Israel against humanity in occupied Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen. (more…)
September 29, 2025. from Havana

Dr. Murid Abukhater
Poem by MURID ABUKHATER, Palestinian doctor accepted into ELAM, founded by Fidel Castro Ruz and inspired by the revolutionary values of Ernesto Che Guevara.
“From the rubble… heroes are born!”
Finally!
After years of sleepless nights and effort, after a sea of challenges…
I hold my medical degree high!
“It was not a dream… it was a promise!” (more…)
By Natalia Marques on September 27, 2025

Thousands march in New York City, Photo: Midia Ninja
Protesters marched to the UN headquarters in New York, where they were joined by Colombia President Gustavo Petro
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly, thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched only a few blocks away to demand his arrest. Demonstrators first rallied in Times Square, hearing from a variety of speakers from organizations across the pro-Palestine and anti-war movement, then the crowd marched west to the UN headquarters. (more…)