June 11, 2026
Photo: @siempreconcuba
The initiative will travel across the continent under the slogans “Let Cuba Breathe” and “Europe, Wake Up.” They condemned Washington’s energy blockade and sanctions policy against the island. (more…)
June 11, 2026
In addition to demanding the immediate resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, coca growers, labor unions, and transport workers are protesting the severe supply crisis and the poor quality of fuel in the country. (more…)
By Raul Antonio Capote on June 11, 2026 from Havana
foto: Jorge
I thought of my grandchildren; I thought of the children of Hiroshima, incinerated in an instant while they played in their school yards… (more…)
June 10, 2026
Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera
The recent US sanctions against Cuban leaders and the indictment of former President Raúl Castro are a “pretext” for President Donald Trump’s administration to convince the American people to support a military intervention, the top Cuban diplomat in Washington told The Associated Press. (more…)
By Ramon Labanino Salazar on June 7, 2026
When I heard the news that a court in the United States intended to put Army General Raúl Castro Ruz on trial, I felt first disbelief, then outrage, and finally deep distress at the degradation of international law. This is not the first time the northern empire has turned justice into a political weapon, but this accusation exceeds all limits of what is tolerable. (more…)
By Raul Capote on June 9, 2026 from Havana
Several digital media outlets are spreading the “news” that, in Cuba, the government is distributing weapons to civilian volunteers in anticipation of a possible attack. Let me be clear: in Cuba, we don’t improvise; we are an organized country, especially when it comes to defense. (more…)
By Carlos Noreiga on June 8, 2026 from Lima
Roberto Sanchez nears victory. foto: Ernesto Benavides, AFP
With votes from rural areas and remote communities, Roberto Sánchez has been widening his lead with 95% of the votes counted. However, the factor of votes cast by Peruvians abroad means this trend cannot yet be considered irreversible. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris and Kelly Nelson
Samcam’s former home in Jinotepe, Nicaragua, with graffiti labeling him a “murderer.” foto: Confidencial.
InSight Crime, a thinktank which claims to fuse “investigative journalism with academic rigor,” accuses Nicaragua’s government of “hiring assassins” to hunt down and kill opponents abroad. This bold accusation is based on no more than “circumstantial” evidence, strongly suggesting political motivation. This fact-impoverished rush to judgment reflects a more general bias of the US-aligned corporate press, which seeks to demonize Nicaragua and its Sandinista political leadership. (more…)