By Yilena Héctor Rodríguez on September 28, 2025 from Havana
Gerardo Hernandez, national co ordinator of the CDR’s. Photos: Marcelino Vázquez Hernández/Cubadebate
It was Sixty-five years ago, that the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) were founded in a Cuba that was just embarking on the most radical transformation in its history.
Faced with constant aggression from the United States, then-Prime Minister Fidel Castro believed that the defense of the Revolution should come from the masses. The people had to organize themselves to face the myriad of provocations. (more…)
Bruno Rodriguez, photo: RT
Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, during the general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. New York, September 27, 2025 (more…)
By Natalia Marques on September 27, 2025
Thousands march in New York City, Photo: Midia Ninja
Protesters marched to the UN headquarters in New York, where they were joined by Colombia President Gustavo Petro
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly, thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched only a few blocks away to demand his arrest. Demonstrators first rallied in Times Square, hearing from a variety of speakers from organizations across the pro-Palestine and anti-war movement, then the crowd marched west to the UN headquarters. (more…)
By Ed Newman on September 27, 2025 from Havana
Assata Shakur, May 1992, Havana, foto: Bill Hackwell
Assata Shakur, a Black American liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba, has died at the age of 78 after more than 40 years in exile, her family and Cuban officials said. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on September 26, 2025 from Havana
The vertigo and harshness of the events that overwhelm us leave, as a result, the dissolution of evil: it is erased by habit, it becomes trivial, a nonsense. What other explanation is there for Donald Trump’s announcement that the “cause” of autism is the consumption of acetaminophen during pregnancy, and the “evidence” lies in the fact that Cubans supposedly do not suffer from the disorder because there is no way to pay for the medicine on the island? (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 25, 2025
The Council rejected the US State Department report accusing Venezuela of being a drug-producing and transit country. Photo: Cuban Foreign Ministry
The 26th Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) concluded on Wednesday with a powerful final declaration underscoring the alliance’s continued resistance to foreign intervention and reaffirmation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. The council meeting brought together high-level representatives from ALBA-TCP member states, who jointly expressed concern over escalating threats to peace, sovereignty, and regional stability—particularly those stemming from the imperialist aggression orchestrated by the United States. (more…)
By Richard Emblin on September 25, 2025
Petro at the UN
Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his final address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23 to deliver a blistering denunciation of U.S. foreign policy and President Donald Trump, calling for criminal charges against the U.S. leader, and accusing Washington of complicity in genocide. (more…)
By Abel Prieto Jimenez, from Havana, Casa de las Américas, on September 25, 2025
Abel Prieto Jiménez, Views from the Web
At the Third World Meeting of Intellectuals, Artists, and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity that was held in Caracas, Bolivarian Venezuela, in December 2004. Commander Chávez welcomed more than 400 participants from 52 countries and encouraged them to go on the offensive to face “one of the greatest challenges in the world today.” (more…)