By Ricardo Vaz on June 25, 2026 from Caracas
Coastal La Guaira state showed widespread infrastructure damage. (Reuters)
Venezuela suffered two successive major earthquakes on Thursday afternoon that caused devastating damage. There are many people buried in the rubble and the death toll is for sure to be significant. (more…)
June 25, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel endorsed the economic transformations promoted by the government and reaffirmed his willingness to engage in dialogue with the United States without impositions. (more…)
By René Vázquez Díaz on June 25, 2026
Cubans called Valeriano Weyler, a native of Mallorca, Marquis of Tenerife, and Grandee of Spain—who served as Captain General of Cuba from 1896 to 1898—“The Butcher.” (more…)
By Isaac Saney, June 22, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
The announcement of Cuba’s new package of economic transformations has generated intense debate both within Cuba and among supporters of the Revolution internationally. Some have expressed concern that aspects of the reforms represent a retreat toward capitalism, a weakening of socialist principles, or even a concession to the relentless pressure of U.S. imperialism. Such concerns should not be dismissed. They arise from a genuine commitment to the principles that have defined the Cuban Revolution and an understandable apprehension about the dangers that accompany any expansion of market mechanisms. (more…)
By Stephen Sefton on June 21, 2026
Testimonies of solidarity with Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution from the US, Britain and Ireland
In memory of Chuck Kaufman and Kevin Zeese
Revolutionary struggles around the world have always inspired admiration and support among the popular movements of the Western capitalist countries. Authentic Western progressive opinion defends the ideals of equality among people, brotherhood among nations, non-aggression and self-determination of peoples. However. from the perspective of the anti-democratic Western ruling elites, revolutionary processes present a double threat. First of all, they challenge the powerful political and economic dominance over the majority world of Western corporate and financial élites. Secondly, successful revolutions offer models of a more just society that responds to the aspirations and needs of the majority and not to the petty interests of a small, greedy elite. (more…)
By Dr. Rosemari Mealy from New York City on June 22, 2026
Blacks4Cuba, a citywide coalition of individuals and organizations representing people of African descent and the African diaspora, gathered Saturday, June 20th, outside Harlem’s historic Hotel Theresa, the site where Malcolm X and Cuban President Fidel Castro met more than six decades ago. (more…)
By Bertha Mojena Milian on June 19, 2026 from Havana
Rosa Miriam Elizalde, foto: Ismael Francisco
The Board of Directors of the Institute of Information and Social Communication (ICS), upon the recommendation of the National Evaluation Commission—composed of representatives from the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC), the Association of Social Communicators (ACCS), the Faculty of Communication at the University of Havana (FCOM), and the Institute itself—agreed this Thursday to award the 2026 National Prize for Social Communication to journalist Rosa María Elizalde Zorrilla. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on June 19, 2026 from Havana
image: Aidan
The subordination to Washington that Western Europe’s millionaire leaders have reinforced over the past decade with the aim of weakening Russia has cost those nations widespread economic, political, and military deterioration, as well as a loss of credibility on the international stage. (more…)