By Andrea Lobo on October 11, 2026
Ecuador fishing vessel “Conquista 2” after being bombed by US military foto: @marforsouth
US federal agents announced Wednesday that they had seized 90 shipments of biodiesel bound for Cuba at Port Everglades, Florida, and the Port of Houston, Texas. It was the second seizure of fuel headed for the island announced in a week. (more…)
By Belly of the Beast on October 10, 2016
When Massachusetts-based musician and activist Ben Grosscup learned his mother had Alzheimer’s, he turned to Cuba for help. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on October 9, 2026
Lula’s defeat would affect workers and peasants throughout Brazil, but also the possibilities for regional cooperation and an independent Latin American foreign policy. (more…)
October 10, 2026, By Orinoco Tribune
Demonstrators in Caracas hold a banner with the slogan “Bring Them Back,” demanding their release from l US imprisonment. Photo: Telesur.
Caracas, US federal judge Alvin Hellerstein has rejected a request for medical bail submitted by Venezuela’s First Lady and National Assembly Deputy Cilia Flores, keeping her imprisoned in New York despite her defense’s warnings about her deteriorating cardiac condition. Flores and President Nicolás Maduro have been held in the US empire since US troops kidnapped them during the January 3 military attack on Venezuela. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on October 8, 2026
Image by Adano
Following the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, in which far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro won 47.03% of the vote compared to 45.16% for the ruling party’s candidate seeking reelection, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. It came as no surprise that the first to congratulate Bolsonaro were the convicted U.S. President Donald Trump and the Zionist leader of the genocide against the Palestinian people, Benjamin Netanyahu. (more…)
By Rene Tamayo on October 7, 2026
Photo: Estudios Revolución.
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, described the gathering held on the morning of October 6 at the José Martí Memorial in Revolution Square—to pay tribute to the victims of the Barbados crime, a terrorist act that claimed the lives of 73 innocent people—as an act of remembrance, but also of resistance. (more…)
By Stephen Sefton on October 7, 2026
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (L2) and Vice President Rosario Murillo (L1) meet with Luo Zhaohui (R2), chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, in Managua
Due to its geographical location in the middle of the Central American isthmus, Nicaragua’s stability and security have been an essential factor for the economic development of the region. (more…)
By Rose Miriam Elizalde on October 8, 2026
The Cuban troubadour in concert at the Movistar Arena in Madrid. Photo by Kaloian Santos Cabrera
Life pours down a deluge of worries and sorrows. We are now in the midst of such a downpour, soaked to the bone by the miseries of mankind. Because of Donald Trump’s dangerous audacity, which does nothing but conjure up the old ghosts of war and hatred; because of the political mafias—both visible and hidden—within the State Department; because of the horror of sanctions that leave millions in Cuba without electricity, food, or medicine. (more…)