By Solange Engelmann on February 25, 2026
Photo: Yuri Gringo
The Solidarity Campaign with Cuba, coordinated by the Landless Workers’ Movement, achieved an important milestone on February 11, when it sent the first shipment of 1,700 kilograms of medicines, including several types that are a priority for the socialist island. The medicines were purchased with funds raised by the campaign, which began in October last year, and are included in a list of products from the Cuban Ministry of Health that are in short supply for the population. (more…)
By Victor M. Quintana on February 25, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
The Cuban people are today the epicenter of resistance to Donald Trump’s insane neocolonialism. Resistance built over more than six decades of having the noose of the U.S. blockade around their necks. Resistance with enormous conviction and discipline and, at the same time, with a great collective heart that is indignant, celebrates, and struggles with optimism. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on February 26, 2026
Plaza of the Revolution, foto Bill Hackwell
There is nothing easier than labeling and disqualifying. It puts an end to any discussion, any nuance, any attempt to understand what we are experiencing—and what we will experience. (more…)
By Dalal al-Zainabi, Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza, and Saheli Chowdhury on Feb 23 2026
Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez along with ministers Vladimir Padrino López and Diosdado Cabello and the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, after being sworn in on January 5. Behind them is President Maduro’s son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra. Photo: AFP.
Any honest assessment of revolutionary orientation must take into consideration practical circumstances. Currently, defeatism and dangerous myths regarding the Venezuelan government are being promoted even by allies, anti-imperialists, and alt-journalists. These actors are spreading narratives written in the halls of Langley and Washington about the Venezuelan government, while ostensibly claiming to support the Bolivarian Revolution. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on February 24, 2026
Committee for the Defense of the Revolution in a Havana neighborhood discuss priorities in combating the blockade induced problems. foto: Bill Hackwell
Since the United States took illegal action against Venezuela on January 3, and especially after the White House designated Cuba as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” on January 29 to justify actions against third parties that seek to maintain normal relations with the island, a new specialty in Cuban futurology has emerged. (more…)
By Atilio Boron on February 21, 2026
Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference, Alex Brandon/AP
The Security Conference met recently, between February 13 and 15, at its usual venue in Munich, Bavaria. Outside of the United Nations General Assembly, the MSC is the most well-attended meeting in the world. The official report for this session states that it was attended by more than a thousand participants from some 115 countries, including 60 heads of state and government and more than 50 leaders of international organizations, as well as more than 100 think tanks. In addition to the main activities, the report mentions 270 parallel events held in conjunction with the Conference. (more…)
February 21, 2026
The Sea Horse
The Sea Horse ship carrying Russian fuel is heading to Cuba amid the island’s energy situation and defying US President Donald Trump’s sanctions to impose tariffs, Bloomberg reported. According to the media outlet and data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler Ltd, the ship could be carrying about 200,000 barrels of Russian diesel fuel. (more…)
By Terri Matson on February 17, 2026
President Sheinbaum speaking in the Zocalo, Nov 2025, Marco Ugarte/AP
Mexico is facing a familiar problem—one that has shaped its history for more than a century. How do you protect your sovereignty when you live next door to a superpower that sees your country less as an equal and more as a strategic asset? (more…)