By Geraldina Colotti, Resumen Latinoamericano, June 5, 2026.
class struggle in Bolivia
As the Latin American continent faces a new wave of reactionary counteroffensive, Bolivia is emerging as the epicenter of a relentless class struggle, where the logic of transnational capital seeks to subjugate the sovereignty of a nation that has dared to rebuild itself on plurinational foundations. For over a month, the country has been rocked by protests, demonstrations, and more than ninety roadblocks in at least seven departments. (more…)
June 4, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
This morning during the busy commute on the east side of the San Francisco Bay, thousands of vehicles drove under a banner demanding no war on Cuba. People in hundreds of those cars, weary of Trump’s wars and threats of new ones, honked in support. This banner drop was organized by the Richmond – Regla Friendship Committee and is part of a week of actions called by the No War on Cuba Campaign of the National Network on Cuba. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 4, 2026 from Havana
Foto Marco Peláez
Comments circulating on social media raise uncomfortable questions: What would happen if the United States were subjected for weeks to an oil blockade similar to the one it imposes on Cuba? What would happen if its hospitals depended on generators with limited fuel, if cold chains collapsed, if water treatment plants shut down, if cell towers went silent, if a major city were left without electricity, without communications, without digital payments, and without basic services? (more…)
By David Brooks on June 2, 2026
“The Boss” Bruce Springsteen, on tour with “Land of Dreams and Hopes,” photo: AP
Music has always accompanied social movements and struggles in the United States; in fact, it is difficult to think of the rebellious episodes in this country without mentioning their musical traditions. (more…)
By Ricardo Guerrero. Resumen Latinoamericano, June 1, 2026.
Dictator Fulgencio Batista (left), alongside American mob boss Meyer Lansky and his wife.
While a privileged minority lived in the most absolute opulence, the Cuban people suffered from one of the greatest social inequalities in Latin America. (more…)
By David Montgomery on June 1, 2026
Havana, foto: Bill Hackwell
The administration is targeting travelers who criticize US policy.
The Trump administration has begun to weaponize long-standing restrictions on freedom to travel to Cuba, focusing on travelers who criticize the US policy of asphyxiating the Cuban economy and threatening a military attack. (more…)
June 1, 2026.
Bolivian political leader Christian Velasco denounces U.S. interference in Bolivia’s internal affairs and rejects the policy of surrendering Bolivia’s natural resources—especially lithium—in exchange for military security for the ruling elites. “We want to denounce that our country is being held hostage by the U.S. and that there is serious interference in the affairs of Bolivians,” stated Velasco. (more…)
From Cuba on May 30, 2026
TO THE DEFENDERS OF PEACE AND TO THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD
To leaders of social organizations, human rights defenders, and citizens of the world:
We address you at a time of extreme gravity. The escalation of aggressive rhetoric and threats of military intervention by extremist sectors in the United States against Cuba have ceased to be mere political slogans and have become a real danger that threatens the peace of the region and the lives of millions of human beings. (more…)