By Dr. Rosemari Mealy from New York City on June 22, 2026
Blacks4Cuba, a citywide coalition of individuals and organizations representing people of African descent and the African diaspora, gathered Saturday, June 20th, outside Harlem’s historic Hotel Theresa, the site where Malcolm X and Cuban President Fidel Castro met more than six decades ago. (more…)
June 22, 2026
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Commander of the Cuban Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, one of the most prominent and important figures of the Cuban liberation struggle, passed away on Sunday June 21. (more…)
By Cindy Forster on June 22, 2026 from Bolivia
road blocks continue in Bolivia
One hundred blockades around Bolivia were mounted by the Indigenous —in a nation where they are the majority— demanding a return to the communal socialism practiced during the years of Evo Morales, 2006 to 2019. This week a state of siege or “state of exception” has cut that number to fifty. The president’s turn to violence lacks parliamentary approval and is hence illegal. (more…)
By Bertha Mojena Milian on June 19, 2026 from Havana
Rosa Miriam Elizalde, foto: Ismael Francisco
The Board of Directors of the Institute of Information and Social Communication (ICS), upon the recommendation of the National Evaluation Commission—composed of representatives from the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC), the Association of Social Communicators (ACCS), the Faculty of Communication at the University of Havana (FCOM), and the Institute itself—agreed this Thursday to award the 2026 National Prize for Social Communication to journalist Rosa María Elizalde Zorrilla. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on June 19, 2026 from Havana
image: Aidan
The subordination to Washington that Western Europe’s millionaire leaders have reinforced over the past decade with the aim of weakening Russia has cost those nations widespread economic, political, and military deterioration, as well as a loss of credibility on the international stage. (more…)
June 15 2026
Taty Almeida, president of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo – Founding Line. Photo: Madres de la Plaza de Mayo
Lidia Estela Mercedes Miy Uranga, popularly known as Taty, president of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo – Founding Line, passed away this Sunday at the age of 95. The activist dedicated her life to human rights and to the search for her son Alejandro, who was kidnapped by the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (AAA) in 1975 at the age of 20 and has been missing ever since. This event made her one of the firmest and most tireless voices in the struggle for memory, truth, and justice in Argentina. (more…)
By Laura Mor on June 19, 2026
Ronnie Moffitt
A Chile’s Court has sentenced three former DINA officers to 15 years in prison for the 1976 assassination of U.S. citizen Ronnie Moffitt during a transnational operation targeting diplomat Orlando Letelier in the heart of Washington DC. (more…)
June 19, 2026
Assoc. of Friendship between Cuba and Italy condemns the European Parliament in Rome
The National Association of Friendship between Italy and Cuba (Anaic) condemned the resolution against the Caribbean nation approved this Thursday by the European Parliament, which it describes as an act of political aggression, according to a statement released in Rome. (more…)