By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on July 20, 2025
Ambassador José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez and Josefina Vidal from the Cuban Foreign Ministry stand with US representatives as the Cuban flag is raised. July 20, 2015 Photos: Bill Hackwell
These days mark the tenth anniversary of three distinct yet related events that are a significant part of the history of official bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States. July 1, 2015, was the day that the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two nations was announced. On January 3, 1961, Washington broke formal ties with Cuba as part of the first stage of the confrontation against the Cuban Revolution that led to the Bay of Pigs invasion. As a result of a negotiation process initiated under the Gerald Ford administration and concluded under James Carter, on September 1, 1977, the so-called interest sections were officially opened in both capitals. The US section in Havana was formally under the auspices of the Swiss Embassy in that capital, while the Cuban representation in Washington was initially assumed by the Embassy of the Czech Republic until that nation’s split, and then it also passed to Swiss responsibility. (more…)
By Andreina Chavez Alava on July 17, 2025
the Hague Group in Bogota conference
The eight-nation Hague Group was formed in January by the Progressive International to mobilize progressive forces around the world and uphold international law. (Progressive International) (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on July 17, 2025
For the cavemen, economic sanctions are not enough: they demand the full implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act.
Despite the media hype, President Donald Trump’s recent measures against the Cuban government do not represent a radical break or the beginning of a new era in US policy toward the island. They are more of the same: secondary sanctions in the context of an economic strangulation strategy that has failed to achieve its objective for more than six decades. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti on July 18, 2025.
Joy, culture, and popular participation are included in episode 85 of Con Maduro +, which took place at the closing of Filven 2025. Launched in April 2023, the program, which has replaced previous formats such as “En Contacto con Maduro,” is already a fixture for the Venezuelan people, who look forward to it every Monday, but also on other days of the week, depending on current events or surprise announcements by the president of the Republic. (more…)
By David Bacon on July 17, 202
Community and immigrant rights organizations rally in Oakland’s Latino Fruitvale district protesting immigration raids. One sign says “For my father, who was deported. Watch me from Heaven, Papa. This is Our War!” Photo: David Bacon
Jaime Alanis Garcia died of a broken neck in the Ventura County Medical Center on Saturday. He fell 30 feet from the roof of a Glass House Farms greenhouse, where he’d climbed in a desperate effort to get away from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and National Guard soldiers during an immigration raid on Thursday. (more…)
By Alexandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on July 17, 2025
Xiomoro Castro meeting with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
The second half of 2025 will be a critical period for democracy in Latin America, with presidential and legislative elections taking place in Bolivia, Honduras, and Chile, as well as midterm legislative elections in Argentina. This electoral cycle is expected to be marked by growing fragmentation, deepening political polarization, and the rise of Trump-style and Bukele-style rhetoric. Within this context, Honduras is emerging as one of the most closely watched countries in the region. (more…)
By Isaac Saney on July 17, 2025
Amilcar Cabral with Fidel.
In one of the most enduring axioms of revolutionary integrity, Amílcar Cabral—African liberation theorist, freedom fighter, and martyr—urged those engaged in the struggle for liberation and justice to “Tell no lies, claim no easy victories.” This precept demands truth-telling, humility, and a relentless confrontation with reality. It stands in opposition to demagoguery, denial, and the temptation to obscure difficult truths for the sake of appearances. (more…)
By Oscar Sánchez Serra on July 15, 2025
Cuba’s Little League softball champions will continue to develop in the sport. Photo: National Softball Commission
The United States has violated the rights of Cuban children by preventing nine- and ten-year-old girls from the Little League national softball team from attending the World Series qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico.
This can only be described as sadistic, because of its refined cruelty, which it carries out with pleasure; sarcastic, because it mocks and offends with biting irony; and criminal, because it cuts short the noble aspirations of the early years of life. (more…)