By Stephen Sefton on September 29, 2026
Nicaraguans lined up to vote. foto: CNN
20 years ago, a few weeks before the decisive national elections in Nicaragua that year, 2006, the Swedish ambassador at the time gave an interview about her appreciation of the political situation in the country. During the conversation, the ambassador expressed her opinion that the intervention of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in the country’s economy was necessary because Nicaraguans were unable to manage their own internal affairs well without foreign tutelage. Far from being exceptional, the banal racism of the ambassador’s comment reflects, in the most natural way, the entrenched ideology of Western superiority and the absolute absence of even minimal self-critical humility. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia Elizalde on September 28, 2026
Havana, foto: Bill Hackwell
Havana is facing an escalation of pressure in which threats of potential military action coexist, almost simultaneously, with messages from Washington about the possibility of reaching an agreement. Meanwhile, restrictions on fuel supplies and international trade are deepening the difficulties of ensuring essential services. (more…)
By Silvio Rodriguez September 25, 2026
Giraldo and Aimé in the Galápagos
Today we woke up in Seville, Spain. At 11 a.m., I was alone and took the opportunity to play a little guitar (tomorrow we have the first of two concerts we’ll be giving in this ancient and beautiful city). At 11:44 a.m. local time, I received a message that left me speechless: in Cuba, in San Antonio de los Baños, our hometown, Giraldo Alayón García, my oldest friend, had died. (more…)
By Gustavo Montenegro on September 27, 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei concluded his tour of the United States with a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during which he reaffirmed his alignment with the genocidal state of Israel. (more…)
By William Serafino on September 26, 2026
Trump and Brazilian President Lula da Silva at the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, October 2025. photo: Daniel Torok
In a few days, the future of Brazil will be decided in a context marked by open interference by the Trump administration. On October 4, in Latin America’s largest economy, Brazilians will vote in the first round of the presidential elections. They will elect governors, senators, and deputies at the federal, state, and district levels. (more…)
By Matt Willgress on September 25, 2026
US-financed Contra counter-revolutionaries in Southeast Nicaragua 1987
The US project to recolonize Central and Latin America means regime change in Nicaragua is now on Trump’s agenda. (more…)
September 26, 2026
Bruno at the UN
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla denounced at the UN on Saturday that his country is facing a multidimensional aggression by the United States government — a permanent, abusive, and ruthless hostility that has lasted for nearly seven decades. (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote, on September 25, 2026
illustration: Adano
As detentions of Cubans in the United States increase, the voices most critical of Havana remain silent; no politician—and almost none of the so-called influencers—is speaking out to denounce the abuse. (more…)