By Yuleidys Hernandez Toledo on May 11, 2026
Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez at the Hague
This is acting Venezuelan response to the notion that Venezuela would become the 51st state of the US, “We will continue to defend [territorial] integrity, sovereignty, and independence. Our history, which is a history of glory, of men and women who gave their lives to make us not a colony but a free country.” (more…)
By David Bacon on May 7, 2026
Strawberry workers and supporters march through Santa Maria demanding a living wage and an end to ICE raids. foto: David Bacon
Juana’s words echoed in my mind as I pulled off Highway 101 onto Broadway, the street that bisects Santa Maria. She is a strawberry picker in a strawberry town. Santa Maria, Oxnard to the south and Salinas to the north, all valleys on California’s central coast, produce 80% of all the berries picked and sold in the U.S. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 11, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
Cuba denounced a historic escalation in U.S. sanctions, describing the latest measures as a direct assault on the Cuban people and their right to self-determination. The announcement comes amid a decades-long policy of hatred, sustained by the successive U.S. administrations, with Cuba framing the latest executive order signed by the U.S. president on May 1 as a continuation, and intensification, of a blockade that has sought to isolate and economically strangle the island nation for more than 70 years. (more…)
May 10, 2026
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has denounced as a fabrication the alleged offer of $100 million in humanitarian aid from the United States government to the Cuban people, and accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of resorting to lies to justify the criminal attack against his country. (more…)
By Jose Luis Granados on May 9, 2026
For all their bluster about the dangers from “narcoterrorist” organizations, we need to be clear: the US doesn’t give a shit about drug trafficking, especially the Donald Trump administration. If they did, the US president wouldn’t have pardoned and released former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a narco trafficker convicted in New York who, according to leaked audios, is returning the favor by conspiring against leftist governments in the region. (more…)
By Norland Rosendo González on May 8, 2026
Illustration by Osval
The United States government has reinforced its lines of fire against the Cuban people, even without firing a shot, following the signing of the May 1st executive order that intensifies the collective punishment. (more…)
May 9, 2026
Haitian workers demonstrating for a change in government. foto: EFE
Increasing protests in Haiti have laid bare the deep discontent of the population with the unelected government of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, backed by the US regime. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris and John Perry on May 7, 2026
Artisanal fishers collective, La Guaira, Venezuela. foto: Roger Harris
A US military strike on May 4 killed two mariners in an alleged “narco boat” campaign which now has a cumulative death toll of at least 188. The pace of extrajudicial executions is ramping up, according to The Guardian. But why? (more…)