By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on May 7, 2026, from Havana
foto: AFP
May 1, 2026, will go down as a day of immense political significance for Cuba. While more than 5 million people took to the streets across the country, with over 600,000 Havana residents gathering in front of the U.S. Embassy on the Malecón, the White House responded with a new executive order against the island. It was a signal. Cuba filled the streets to affirm its will to defend itself; Washington responded by tightening the noose. (more…)
May 5, 2025
Mexican farmworkers harvest broccolini near Salinas California. Copyright David Bacon
Mexican migrants in the U.S. generate $2.27 trillion, making it the eighth-largest economy globally. Legalization would add $15 billion annually in taxes. The Mexican economy in the U.S. ranks among the world’s top 8. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on May 4, 2026
image: Adán Iglesias Toledo
Since 1959, successive US administrations have launched numerous terrorist actions that have resulted in the deaths of more than 3,400 Cubans, while simultaneously imposing arbitrary economic, commercial, and financial extortion in an attempt to overthrow their legitimate government. (more…)
May 2, 2026 at the Palace of the Conventions in Havana Cuba
Graciela Ramirez, Fotos: Presidencia de Cuba.
Remarks by Graciela Ramírez Cruz, coordinator of the International Committee for Peace, Justice, and Dignity at the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba. (more…)
By Ed Newman on April 30, 2026
Jose Cabanas
Radio Havana Cuba brings you a special interview with Cuban diplomat José Ramón Cabañas. Serving in Cuban diplomatic missions for nearly 40 years, Cabañas is currently the Director of the Center for International Policy Research (CIPI), based here in Havana. (more…)
By Isaac Saney on May 1, 2026
Trump’s increased aggression against Cuba with the stroke of a pen
Today—International Workers’ Day—while millions across Cuba marched in defiant celebration of sovereignty, dignity, and social justice – and the socialist system that is the guarantor of these achievements – the regime of Donald Trump chose to intensify its economic war on the heroic island nation. This timing is not incidental. It is profoundly symbolic: an imperial declaration issued on the very day the Cuban people publicly reaffirm their revolutionary commitment before the world. (more…)
April 30, 2026
Taller 4 Rojo (Colombia), The Struggle Is Long—Let’s Start Now, 1973.
The Network in Defense of Humanity (REDH) was born out of the founding alliance between two giants, Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro, in the heat of the struggle against imperial aggression. Since then, it has established itself as a movement of thought and action, a collective bulwark against the hegemonic ambitions of global imperialism. (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote on April 29, 2026
In a close vote reflecting the deep polarization dominating the U.S. capital, the Senate this week blocked a Democratic resolution that would have required President Donald Trump to obtain express approval from Congress before launching any military attack against Cuba. (more…)