By Carlos Fazio on September 15, 2026
foto: AFP
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a whirlwind tour of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. He did so as an emissary of the anachronistic Donroe Doctrine, defined in the 2025 National Security Strategy as the “Trump corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine. Two centuries later, in its existential struggle to preserve its hegemony, the new imperialist doctrine seeks to turn the so-called Western Hemisphere into a “Fortress America” against enemies from “outside.” (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on September 10, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
Introduction
To understand Fidel Castro’s contribution to political science—and, in particular, to the field of international relations, especially regarding Cuba’s ties with the United States—one must begin with the legacy of the work and practice of José Martí, the Cuban national hero, and the influence he had on Castro’s thought and actions. (more…)
David Brooks on September 14, 2026
Donald Trump. Foto: Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP
Sometimes the things a journalist has to report on becomes so murky and absurd that they provoke a laugh that is not at all humorous, but rather maniacal. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on September 13, 2026 from Havana
image by Adano
The definition of the concept of information warfare, digital warfare, cyber warfare, or cyberwar refers to the shift of a conflict that uses cyberspace and communication and information technologies as its theater of operations. (more…)
September 12, 2026 from Havana
Oncology doctors in the Fajardo Hospital with Amado Riol, You Have to Love Cuba and Gerardo Hernandez, head of the CDR’s. foto: Bill Hackwell
The Trump Administration tries its hardest to portray the Cuban people as being broken and defeated as they face a full blown blockade that has gone on for over 65 years. Marco Rubio rants and raves every Thursday as he tightens it down in new ways of deprivation. Meanwhile the Cuban people, as they endure these hardships, are anything but defeated. Here is just one story of thousands where Cubans are improvising and connecting on the community level. Most of these stories go untold. They take place without media attention or credit but they are a fundamental way of operating with a collective consciousness to overcome this economic war against them. Here is a glimpse of the day to day struggle for food and medical care from the You Have to Love Cuba project. – Resumen (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 September 10 from Havana
Although the title of this commentary seems straight out of a tabloid, the reality is that the head of the U.S. State Department, the mythomaniac Marco Rubio, has developed a diabolical obsession with trying to overthrow the Cuban government. (more…)
Rubio out of Peru!
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was met in Lima with a protest rally as he concluded his official tour of Latin America, which included previous stops this week in Colombia and Ecuador. (more…)