April 8, 2026
Raul Torres, foto: Bill Hackwell
Hey, let me explain… what shame and pity those pseudo-artists who dream of seeing their own people’s blood run. But not just any blood, no: the blood of those who sweat it out on a P8 bus at six in the morning on their way to work, the blood of those who stand in line under the sun to take a piece of bread home. (more…)
By Vanessa G. Sanchez on April 6, 2026 from Oakland California
Rosa María Carranza attends a protest supporting the temporary protected status program at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco. Carranza, an Oakland resident, worries she could lose her legal status and risk indefinite detention or deportation. fotos: Hiram Alejandro Durán/El Tímpano
Maria Carranza, a child development professional who grew up swinging through trees and swimming in rivers in El Salvador, said she feels at home in the forest at the outdoor preschool she co-founded. She has worked with children and teens as a caregiver and educator for more than three decades, long enough to know when to lean in and when to step back to let her students find their own footing. (more…)
By Gustavo Espinoza M. on April 6, 2026
foto: Getty
With just a few days to go before April 12, and as the “engines begin to rev up” for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, two clear and distinct messages are clearly visible on the political scene. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron on April 8, 2026
foto: AFP
As I put the finishing touches on these lines, we can now say with certainty that the threats made by the most sinister and powerful head of state of our time, Donald Trump, have been postponed for a period of fifteen days. The world breathes a sigh of relief upon learning that the order to wipe out one of history’s most brilliant civilizations, the Persian one—which Trump claimed would be returned to “the Stone Age”—has been postponed for two weeks. We will see how that stands. It is difficult to find in history a head of state who has expressed such a categorical destructive intent against a country that, according to UNESCO, has 29 sites inscribed on the World Heritage List—the result of a three-millennia-old history captured in beautiful architectural works, Persian gardens, and numerous archaeological sites. But nothing surprises us about Trump, who has made crude insults, verbal aggression, and racist contempt for his opponents the hallmark of his politics. (more…)
By José Manuel Lapeira Casas on April 7, 2026
foto: Luis Jiménez Echevarría
Cuba’s firm rejection of the intensified blockade imposed by the U.S. government against the island was evident on Tuesday in the voices of hundreds of women who gathered in Havana’s Mariana Grajales Park to condemn this hostile policy that limits the Cuban people’s development and exercise of their basic rights. (more…)
By Atilio Boron on April 6, 2026
The Belgin Sultan floating power plant in Havana
Turkey is providing support to Cuba, where millions of people remain in the dark due to the tightening of U.S. embargoes and the collapse of its energy infrastructure. The ship, sent by Karpowership (part of Karadeniz Holding), has already begun generating electricity in Havana. (more…)
By Luis Hernández Navarro on April 7, 2026
Rosa Miriam Elizalde, foto: Bill Hackwell
The blockade in Cuba — explains journalist and researcher Rosa Miriam Elizalde — is not only economic and commercial, but also technological and communicative. The island faces a brutal and unequal information war that is part of the regime change attempts promoted from Washington, Miami, and Madrid. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on April 6, 2026 from Caracas
aspiring young astronauts
In recent weeks, the United States has celebrated one of the most ambitious milestones in its space program in decades: the launching of the Artemis II mission, marking the return of crewed flights beyond Earth’s orbit. The project, led by NASA, aims to lay the foundations for a sustained human presence on the Moon and eventually open the door to missions to Mars. (more…)