By Bruno Carvalho on February 10, 2026
Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl
The world trembled as Bad Bunny marched onto the field at the Super Bowl, in front of millions of spectators, with flags from every country in the Americas, in a performance that, while a kick to imperialism, will only find dry dust in liberal enthusiasm. While the Puerto Rican singer fired off in Spanish, across the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba was announcing that it has run out of jet fuel. (more…)
By Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez on February 7, 2026
foto: Enrique Gonzalez Enro
Cuba has not survived the empire by miracle or romantic obstinacy, but rather through political and revolutionary intelligence that has managed to reverse much of the damage caused by the blockade and turned disadvantage into method, scarcity into language, and permanent aggression into organized consciousness. (more…)
February 8, 2026
Jose Ramon Cabanas
In this interview with Almaplustv, José Ramón Cabañas, director of the Center for International Policy Research (CIPI), analyzes the historical cooperation between Cuba and the US, the memoranda signed, Cuban sovereignty, and the island’s role in world peace. From the reopening of embassies to cooperation on migration, drug trafficking, maritime security, and international peace processes, this conversation provides documented information—including US sources—to understand the real relationship between the two countries and Cuba’s place on the global geopolitical stage. (more…)
February 8, 2026
image: Alivarte
The Trump administration has a perverse and degrading plan that has been in effect since last year and will expand even further in 2026. It is being implemented by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): converting commercial warehouses into detention centers, which will join those already established on military bases until they cover the entire territory of the United States. (more…)
By Vardan Bleyan on February 7, 2026
Milei Trump Javier Milei and Donald Trump, foto: Fabrice Coffrini, AFP
Argentina and the United States have signed a trade agreement in which our country assumes 113 obligations, while only 8 are mutual duties and 2 are solely for the US. The official document, which was published in English by the US embassy itself, does not include the benefits promised by the Argentine Foreign Ministry. (more…)
By Isaac Saney on February 7, 2026
“I am Fidel” Plaza of the Revolution, foto: Bill Hackwell
The survival of Cuba’s socialist project remains one of the most critical holdouts against hemispheric domination, making its defense a global litmus test for sovereignty. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on February 6, 2026 from Havana
The approach of the midterm elections in the United States (the entire House of Representatives, one-third of the Senate, and a similar number of governorships), scheduled for November 3 of this year, invites researchers, journalists, and the general public to make predictions about the likely results. Historically, these elections have been considered a kind of barometer for the party in power, which in most cases in recent periods has lost more seats than it has gained. (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet on February 5, 2026
President Maduro in an interview with Ramonet. Photo: Venezuelan Presidential Press
It was a month ago. On the night of January 2-3, 2026. It was a few minutes before two in the morning on that sinister Saturday… We were shocked by the brutality of the attack in the full light of the full moon. The violence of the successive explosions. The columns of dark smoke. The intensity of the flames lighting up here and there a Caracas that was shocked, sleepless, and silent. And then, like a punch in the gut, the news of the kidnapping… (more…)