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Venezuela Demands ‘Decolonization’ of International Justice in Hague Group Anti-Genocide Conference

By Andreina Chavez Alava on July 17, 2025

the Hague Group in Bogota conference

The eight-nation Hague Group was formed in January by the Progressive International to mobilize progressive forces around the world and uphold international law. (Progressive International) (more…)

Trump vs. Cuba: More of the Same

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on July 17, 2025

For the cavemen, economic sanctions are not enough: they demand the full implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act.

Despite the media hype, President Donald Trump’s recent measures against the Cuban government do not represent a radical break or the beginning of a new era in US policy toward the island. They are more of the same: secondary sanctions in the context of an economic strangulation strategy that has failed to achieve its objective for more than six decades. (more…)

Venezuela: With Maduro, a Direct Line to the People

By Geraldina Colotti on July 18, 2025.

Joy, culture, and popular participation are included in episode 85 of Con Maduro +, which took place at the closing of Filven 2025. Launched in April 2023, the program, which has replaced previous formats such as “En Contacto con Maduro,” is already a fixture for the Venezuelan people, who look forward to it every Monday, but also on other days of the week, depending on current events or surprise announcements by the president of the Republic. (more…)

Why Did this Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?

By David Bacon on July 17, 202

Community and immigrant rights organizations rally in Oakland’s Latino Fruitvale district protesting immigration raids. One sign says “For my father, who was deported. Watch me from Heaven, Papa. This is Our War!” Photo: David Bacon

Jaime Alanis Garcia died of a broken neck in the Ventura County Medical Center on Saturday.  He fell 30 feet from the roof of a Glass House Farms greenhouse, where he’d climbed in a desperate effort to get away from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and National Guard soldiers during an immigration raid on Thursday. (more…)

Honduras Prepares for a Crucial Election for the Country and the Region

By Alexandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on July 17, 2025

Xiomoro Castro meeting with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

The second half of 2025 will be a critical period for democracy in Latin America, with presidential and legislative elections taking place in Bolivia, Honduras, and Chile, as well as midterm legislative elections in Argentina. This electoral cycle is expected to be marked by growing fragmentation, deepening political polarization, and the rise of Trump-style and Bukele-style rhetoric. Within this context, Honduras is emerging as one of the most closely watched countries in the region. (more…)

“Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories”: The Cuban Revolution, Social Vulnerability, and Revolutionary Ethics

By Isaac Saney on July 17, 2025

Amilcar Cabral with Fidel.

In one of the most enduring axioms of revolutionary integrity, Amílcar Cabral—African liberation theorist, freedom fighter, and martyr—urged those engaged in the struggle for liberation and justice to “Tell no lies, claim no easy victories.” This precept demands truth-telling, humility, and a relentless confrontation with reality. It stands in opposition to demagoguery, denial, and the temptation to obscure difficult truths for the sake of appearances.  (more…)

In Cuba, Nothing is More Important than a Child

By Oscar Sánchez Serra  on July 15, 2025

Cuba’s Little League softball champions will continue to develop in the sport. Photo: National Softball Commission

The United States has violated the rights of Cuban children by preventing nine- and ten-year-old girls from the Little League national softball team from attending the World Series qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico.

This can only be described as sadistic, because of its refined cruelty, which it carries out with pleasure; sarcastic, because it mocks and offends with biting irony; and criminal, because it cuts short the noble aspirations of the early years of life. (more…)

‘Palestine will Overcome!’ Thousands Chant at Residente’s Concert in Spain

July 14, 2025

Residente concert in Valencia

On Sunday, Puerto Rican singer Rene Perez Joglar, known as Residente, once again brought attention to the Palestinian cause on the international stage. “Palestine will overcome!” he shouted alongside thousands of attendees at the Pirata Festival in Gandia, Valencia, held from July 9 to 12. (more…)

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