Statement by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) on the Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado
Havana, October 10, 2025
The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), true to its mission of promoting international solidarity, defending peace and the sovereignty of nations, expresses its strongest rejection of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, an announcement that represents a flagrant distortion of the principles that inspired Alfred Nobel’s creation of this prize. (more…)
October 10, 2025
The Network of Intellectuals, Artists, and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity strongly denounces and condemns the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, which constitutes a cynical escalation within the hegemonic discourse and war action of the United States. This maneuver is not naive; it deliberately seeks to install in our collective imagination the narrative for an invasion of Venezuela, disguised as a “war for freedom.” (more…)
October 9, 2025
Foto: Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu
Amid the ongoing threats to Venezuela from the United States, which maintains its military deployment in the Caribbean under the pretext of combating drug trafficking, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro assured that Caracas will respond if Washington attacks and stressed that work will continue despite external pressures and threats. (more…)
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All Photos: Enrique González (Enro)
This morning, Cuba woke up united against the genocide in Gaza. The entire population is saying: No to war! No more children should die, the news should never be about the sacrifice of innocent lives…Today, more than 100,000 Cubans gathered at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune, which has been turned into a plaza for fighting for the world’s just causes. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on October 9, 2025
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By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on October 7, 2025
the state targeted media
The 2024 Shadow Report on Press Freedom in Latin America, prepared by the Voces del Sur network, reveals an alarming scenario for Peruvian journalism: the government has emerged as the main aggressor against the press in 2024. (more…)