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Cuba in an Almendrón: Negotiations Under Pressure and the Right to Rebellion

By Pedro Prada on February 15, 2026

foto: Ismael Francisco

The US president, his officials, his congressional supporters, and his political and communications operatives in Miami insist with risky emphasis on the existence of negotiations with the Cuban government, with its representatives, with a sector of them, and even with a traitor in their ranks, who has allegedly accepted the supposedly irresistible pressures, the intensified blockade, global blackmail against oil exporters, and offers of salvation from northern negotiators. (more…)

Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show Went Against Climate of Hate

By Berta Joubert-Ceci on February 13, 2026

“Benito sang “El Apagón” (The Blackout) and climbed one of the light poles, to remember Hurricane Maria and the crime of privatization of electricity.

Boricua phenomenon Conejo Malo – Bad Bunny in English – made history with the first Super Bowl halftime show almost completely in Spanish. Last Sunday, millions of viewers around the world were able to witness a unique event on their television screens: Bad Bunny’s participation in the halftime show of the Super Bowl, the biggest event of U.S. American football. (more…)

Brazil: Oil Workers and Social Movements Organize “Oil for Cuba” Campaign

February 14, 2026

On Friday, February 13, the FUP sent a letter to Petrobras’ Executive Board of Logistics, Marketing, and Markets, requesting a meeting to discuss the possibility of sending emergency fuel to Cuba. (more…)

Laura Dogu and Washington’s Regime-Change Playbook: Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela

By Roger D. Harris and John Perry on February 14, 2026

Laura Dogu, newly appointed US envoy to Venezuela, is described by the Los Angeles Times as an appropriate choice because she “navigated crises” in Nicaragua and Honduras during periods of “social and political volatility.” What the LA Times fails to add is that it was precisely Dogu’s job to create crisis and volatility in both countries. (more…)

Cuba. Option Zero

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on February 13, 2026 from Havana

Fidel, foto: Roberto Chile

Option Zero was the revolutionary government’s contingency plan for the moment of total blockade from abroad and, therefore, the absolute lack of oil in the country. (more…)

Haiti: Three Destroyers and One Order: How the US Imposed its Government

February 12, 2026.

Three US warships anchored off Port-au-Prince marked the end of the last vestige of government autonomy in Haiti. On February 7, after weeks of diplomatic pressure and direct threats, the Presidential Transition Council (CPT) dissolved as demanded by Washington, consolidating the absolute power of Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a controversial businessman who has never been elected. (more…)

Deepfakes and Communication Fraud in the Cyberwar Against Venezuela

By Irene León on February 11, 2026

Irene Leon

To say that international communication is the preferred arena for the opposition to the Bolivarian project is not a hypothesis but a fact that can be verified over a timeline of more than two decades, during which communication strategies have acted as a complementary device, and in some cases a central one, in the geopolitical and geo-economic dispute over Venezuela’s destiny. (more…)

Convicted, Pedophile, and… President

By Hedelberto López Blanch on February 10, 2026 from Havana

image: Adán Iglesias Toledo.

Major media outlets such as The New York Times, Sputnik, and the BBC, among others, have exposed numerous details from financier Jeffrey Epstein’s documents, which link convicted US President Donald Trump to cases of sexual orgies and pedophilia. (more…)

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