By Atilio Boron on September 11, 2026
September 11, 1973, was a dark day for Chile and all of Latin America, as it marked the bloody coup d’état that brought an end to the unprecedented experiment of building socialism within the framework of bourgeois democratic institutions. (more…)
Cuba received a new shipment of humanitarian aid from Mexico on Friday, the thirteenth such shipment, which arrived along with donations from member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).September 12, 2026 from Havana
Oncology doctors in the Fajardo Hospital with Amado Riol, You Have to Love Cuba and Gerardo Hernandez, head of the CDR’s. foto: Bill Hackwell
The Trump Administration tries its hardest to portray the Cuban people as being broken and defeated as they face a full blown blockade that has gone on for over 65 years. Marco Rubio rants and raves every Thursday as he tightens it down in new ways of deprivation. Meanwhile the Cuban people, as they endure these hardships, are anything but defeated. Here is just one story of thousands where Cubans are improvising and connecting on the community level. Most of these stories go untold. They take place without media attention or credit but they are a fundamental way of operating with a collective consciousness to overcome this economic war against them. Here is a glimpse of the day to day struggle for food and medical care from the You Have to Love Cuba project. – Resumen (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on September 11, 2026
Jiang Zhaohe (China), detail from Liumin Tu (Refugees), 1943.
Capitalism depends on precarious migrant labor to discipline workers, deepen division, and extract wealth. While weaponizing anti-immigrant rhetoric to obscure the neoliberal destruction of public services and social welfare. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on September 10 from Havana
Although the title of this commentary seems straight out of a tabloid, the reality is that the head of the U.S. State Department, the mythomaniac Marco Rubio, has developed a diabolical obsession with trying to overthrow the Cuban government. (more…)
Statement on September 10, 2026 from Mexico City
Donations in support of our sisters and brothers in Cuba
Simón Bolívar taught that unity is necessary in our America, “not to fight or conquer anyone, not to wage war against anyone, but to defend it from common dangers, to secure respect for its sovereignty, to resolve its differences through conciliation, and to strive for its prosperity and progress.” (more…)
Rubio out of Peru!
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was met in Lima with a protest rally as he concluded his official tour of Latin America, which included previous stops this week in Colombia and Ecuador. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia Elizalde on September 10, 2026
Eye Hospital Jose Marti in Montevideo
The United States has reportedly communicated to the Uruguayan government that it must end the presence of the Cuban Medical Brigade, particularly the Cuban Ophthalmology Brigade, which has operated in the country since 2005. The U.S. pressure could include sanctions, including the possibility of placing Uruguay on an international blacklist—potentially affecting military cooperation and technical assistance between the two countries. (more…)