By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on June 10, 2025
protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles, photo Mario Tama
Most headlines in the US media these last few days are devoted to the events, protests, or extraordinary occurrences, depending on how you describe them, taking place in the city of Los Angeles, California. These events are also impacting the information circulating in the rest of the world, where images of protesters being confronted by “law enforcement” are repeated. (more…)
By Isaac Saney, on June 8, 2025
The Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) building in Havana. Photo: Reuters.
The recent student manifestations and expressions of discontent in Cuba over increased rates announced by ETECSA (Cuba’s telecommunications company) should be viewed in the wider context of the ongoing and escalating economic war and destabilization campaign by the United States against the island nation. These protestations are not random or isolated incidents but reflect genuine frustrations and grievances stemming from the challenges caused by the long-standing financial, commercial and trade warfare waged against Cuba, (more…)
June 6, 2025
Josué, 10, and Yasmely, 9, were reunited with their families, photo:@madeleintelesur
The 30th flight under the Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to the Homeland Plan) arrived this today at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira State, Venezuela, with 192 deported compatriots, including 10 minors, two of whom, after experiencing the anguish of separation. (more…)
By: Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 7, 2025
Warm greetings between Raúl and Pope Francis upon his arrival in Havana. Photo: Ismael Francisco
Ninety years ago, on June 7, 1935, Cuba and the Holy See officially sealed a diplomatic bond that, against all odds, has withstood the upheavals of the 20th century and the challenges of the 21st. That agreement was not only the beginning of a formal relationship: it was the expression of an understanding that, without much fanfare, has been nourished by mutual respect, attentive listening, and tenacious diplomacy that has preferred bridges to trenches. (more…)
By Manolo De Los Santos on June 5, 2025
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio
Cuba is once again facing a severe, multi-faceted crisis, not due to the hurricanes that pummel through the Caribbean every year, but from the relentless and suffocating pressure exerted by its powerful neighbor to the north. This is a recurring story of a people striving for independence under an unyielding siege and blockade. Through deliberate actions, the US government has been meticulously constructing and enforcing even greater barriers that threaten the very survival of the Cuban people. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on June 7, 2025, from Havana
the Trump and Musk marriage comes to an end
This is the question that a responsible author asks himself every time he makes a prediction, an approximation, or dares to sketch out a scenario. It is a recurring question if one wants the next exercise to be closer to the truth, and it is essential for all work to be perfectible. (more…)
June 5, 2025
Alberto Núñez
During the 11th Parliamentary Forum of BRICS, a bloc initially composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and recently expanded, Cuban deputy Alberto Núñez strongly rejected Washington’s blockade against the island, which he described as a “suffocating economic war.” (more…)
By Jorge Elbaum on June 3, 2025
photo: Saul Loeb / AFP
Donald Trump was characterized by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong as the president who always ends up giving in after vociferously promoting impulsive, presumptuous, and confusing measures. Last Wednesday, the president of the United States was asked about the acronym TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out), coined by Armstrong. (more…)