By Robert Roth on April 11, 2026
photo source: abdallahh
As the world reels from the devastating U.S.-Israel war on Iran and Lebanon, and as the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide continues in Gaza and the West Bank, the Trump Administration’s plan to assert its dominance over the Americas is also moving forward at an unprecedented pace. Having kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and colleague, Cilia Flores, and taken control over Venezuela’s oil reserves, the U.S. is now salivating over the prospect of toppling the socialist government of Cuba. On March 16, Trump announced that he “could take Cuba whenever I want” and that Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel “would have to go” if Cuba wanted to negotiate its survival with the U.S. administration. (more…)
April 12, 2026 from Caracas
2002, the people of Venezuela flood the streets to overthrow the coup.
The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, commemorated Saturday the 24th anniversary of the 2002 failed far-right coup against President Hugo Chávez by emphasizing that the Venezuelan people reject fascism and remain steadfast in defense of their sovereignty. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 12, 2026, from Havana
image: Adán Iglesias Toledo
Not a single day goes by without the US regime, along with far-right Cuban-American members of Congress or the Senate, issuing fake news and threats against the island in their quest to destroy the Cuban Revolution. (more…)
By Becca Renk on April 10, 2026
Palm Sunday, photos: Radio Primerisima
Nicaragua’s faith community defies false accusations of religious repression with thousands of vibrant activities during Holy Week. (more…)
By Kenneth Mohammed on April 11, 2026
Cuban doctors and nurses bid farewell in Havana as they leave for Turkey to treat victims of the 2023 earthquake. Photograph: Yamil Lage/AFP
For decades, Cuban doctors have served the Caribbean’s most marginalized. Now, as Cuba faces its own crisis, the region looks away, waiting on Trump’s approval. (more…)
April 10, 2026 from Havana
fotos: Bill Hackwell
From the International Committee for Peace, Justice, and Dignity, we call on men and women of good will to join the actions that will take place around the world starting April 19, in the Year of Fidel’s Centennial and the 65th anniversary of the victory at Girón, imperialism’s first defeat in Latin America. (more…)
April 9, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has denounced that the United States’ energy blockade constitutes collective punishment that is suffocating the island, violating human rights, and leaving 96,000 people waiting for surgeries (more…)
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, takes off after refueling in the sky. Photo: AFP
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on April 9, 2026.
Palestinian poet Marwan Makhoul condensed the illusion of neutrality into four verses: So that I may write poetry that is not political, / I must listen to the birds. / And to listen to the birds, / the warplanes must be silent. Where the sky is occupied by war, there is no place outside of politics. (more…)