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Will Iran be Trump’s Vietnam?

By Javier F Ferrero on March 8, 2026

Wars are not won with tweets.

For years, Donald Trump sold the fantasy of quick wars. Surgical strikes, lightning operations, easy and cheap victories that could be announced at press conferences or celebrated on social media. But the reality of modern warfare is less cinematic and much more costly. And now the US president himself is beginning to discover this. (more…)

Cuba Regrets Jamaica’s Decision to End Cooperation Due to U.S. Pressure

Edited by Ed Newman on March 7, 2026

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) reported on Friday that the Jamaican government will terminate its cooperation agreement with Cuba in the area of ​​health, yielding to pressure from the United States. (more…)

Ecuador: Trumpism in the Style of a “Banana Republic” Authoritarian Destruction of the Public Sphere

By Pilar Trova Fernandez on March 6, 2026

President Naboa meets with Marco Rubio in the White House, September 2025

The situation in Ecuador under Daniel Noboa’s government is one of authoritarianism advancing on several fronts simultaneously to consolidate neoliberalism and total submission to the US international agenda. These are not isolated measures, but rather a coordinated strategy that combines job insecurity, the dismantling of the welfare state, unrestricted access to mining, the continuation of oil exploitation without environmental considerations, the centralization of power through the financial suffocation of local governments, and the systematic criminalization of all forms of opposition and popular organization. (more…)

The United States: the Most Belligerent Country in the World

By Atilio Boron on March 6, 2026

The US military acts as the world’s policeman, with its own laws. Photo EFE

I am fed up with listening to opinion makers, supposed analysts, and so-called “journalists” from the hegemonic media and their outlets on social media, and even ordinary people of good faith who, in their naivety, are vilely deceived by those who peddle the fairy tale of the United States as the land of freedom, democracy, and human rights. (more…)

Díaz-Canel Signs Book of Condolences for Khamenei’s Martyrdom

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Thursday to sign the Book of Condolences opened in honor of the leader of the Islamic Revolution, the martyr Sayyed Ali Khamenei. (more…)

Ecuador Bows to Washington and Declares Cuban Ambassador Persona Non Grata

March 4, 2026.

The government of Ecuador declared Cuban ambassador Basilio Antonio Gutiérrez García persona non grata, along with all diplomatic personnel from that mission, giving them 48 hours to leave the country. (more…)

Honduras: Campaign to Expel Cuban Medical Brigade Denounced

March 1, 2026

Part of the Cuban medical brigade in Honduras,  Photo: @Embacubahondura

The Cuban ambassador to Honduras, Juan Loforte, on Friday deplored a smear campaign in the corporate media and by officials against the Cuban medical brigade, attributing it to the “unhealthy discourse from the United States.” This week, the far-right government of Nasry Asfura announced the cancellation of the medical cooperation agreement with Cuba. (more…)

Nurses Call on Trump Administration, Congress to End Blockade on Cuban People

February 28, 2026

National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses in the U.S., today condemned the Trump administration’s blockade on Cuba, which has created a humanitarian crisis on the island. The nurses called on the administration and Congress to end the blockade and allow full delivery of oil resources and other aid for the Cuban people. (more…)

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