By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 19, 2025, from Havana
The moment, captured on video, “I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,” as he was dragged out of the room. Photo: Etienne Laurent, Ap
In a country that prides itself on being “the land of the free,” last week’s scene involving Senator Alex Padilla shook consciences and starkly exposed the deepest contradictions of the US immigration model. In an unusual incident, Padilla—the first Latino to represent California in the US Senate—was subdued, handcuffed, and forced to the ground by security agents after peacefully attempting to ask a question to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a press conference. (more…)
Radio Havana Cuba on June 18, 2025
Peyman Jebeli, director of the IRB
The image of Peyman Jebeli, director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRB), holding a blood-stained newspaper, affirming after the Israeli bombing of the plant that the state television and its employees will endure until the end, simultaneously summarizes the nature of the most recent Zionist aggression against the Iranian press and people and the will of the Iranian reporters not to surrender. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on June 18, 2025
In recent years, Washington has tried unsuccessfully to diminish China’s economic and commercial influence, not only within the United States but also globally, but the Asian giant has so far been unstoppable. (more…)
June 17, 2025
Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez spoke out on his various social media accounts on Tuesday, June 17, about the tense situation in the Middle East, reaffirming Cuba’s commitment to global peace and nuclear disarmament. (more…)
By Elson Concepcion Perez on June 13, 2025 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
What is happening these days in Los Angeles, and in other cities across the United States, is a clear expression of the crisis of the system. (more…)
By José Ernesto Nováez Guerrero on June 16, 2025
Luisito Comunica
Poverty is, unfortunately, all too common in Our America and in even more distant latitudes. However, it tends to be under represented in media analyses of our region, with the clear exception of a group of countries, such as Venezuela or Cuba, where, on the contrary, its representation is heightened, presenting it as a clear symptom of the inevitable failure of socialism. (more…)
By Amy Booth on June 15, 2025 from Buenos Aires
A splintered offering on both left and right means the presidential vote is likely to go to a second round (more…)
Por Bill Hackwell, el 15 de junio de 2025, desde Oakland, California.
No KIngs, Oakland California, fotos: Bill Hackwell
Millones de personas participaron el sábado en una nueva ola de protestas en todo Estados Unidos para defender las libertades civiles y rechazar la política migratoria dictatorial de la administración Trump y su enfoque racista, excluyente y autoritario, al tiempo que apoyaban el genocidio de Israel contra el pueblo palestino y su instigación y apoyo a la guerra de Israel contra Irán. (more…)