By Manolo De Los Santos on September 19, 2025
Fidel meeting with Malcom X in the Hotel Theresa in Harlem
In September 1960, in the heart of Black America, Harlem’s Hotel Theresa became the stage for one of the world’s most monumental encounters.
When Malcolm X and Fidel Castro met there 65 years ago, Harlem itself was transformed into a crossroads of revolutionary fervor. The rendezvous would leave an indelible mark not only on New York City but on the entire world, becoming a watershed moment that helped shape the conscience of generations of freedom fighters and sped the rhythm for the struggle for liberation in the United States and across the globe. (more…)
By Sacha Llorenti September 19, 2025
photo: Bill Hackwell
Historian Eric Hobsbawn described the 20th century as a short one that began in 1914 with the start of World War I and ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He called this period the Age of Extremes. (more…)
September 19, 2025
Protesters block highways as Ecuador’s government imposes a state of emergency over fuel subsidy cuts. Photo: @RadNalCo
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has imposed a state of emergency in seven provinces after protests erupted over the removal of diesel subsidies, pushing fuel prices up by more than 50 percent. (more…)
Prensa Latina, September 17, 2025, Washington DC
An exhibition of posters allegorical to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, opened today at the Cuban Embassy in the United States with Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío in attendance. (more…)
By Ezekiel Bucetto on September 18, 2025 from Buenos Aires
On a massive day, the university mobilization coincided with the session in chamber of Deputies that restored funding to universities and the Pediatric Emergency. (more…)
Por Bill Hackwell, el 18 de septiembre de 2025, desde Oakland, California
fotos: Bill Hackwell
Varios cientos de activistas del área de la Bahía de San Francisco y simpatizantes palestinos se reunieron hoy aquí, en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Oakland, para una conferencia de prensa en la que se dio a conocer un nuevo informe que expone el papel oculto y central del aeropuerto en el envío de carga militar directamente al ejército israelí. Los envíos, hasta ahora clandestinos, incluyen componentes de aviones de combate F-35 esenciales para el funcionamiento de la flota israelí que actualmente está arrasando Gaza mientras el mundo permanece impasible. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on September 18, 2025 from Oakland California
photos: Bill Hackwell
Several hundred San Francisco Bay area activists and Palestinian supporters gathered for a press conference here today at the Oakland International Airport bringing to light a new report that exposes the airport’s hidden and central role in shipping military cargo directly to the Israeli military. The, up to this point, clandestine shipments includes F-35 fighter jet components essential for the functioning of Israel’s fleet that are currently leveling Gaza as the world stands by. (more…)
By Steve Lalla in a special for Orinoco Tribune on September 15, 2025
Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela (1999-2013), and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran (2005-2013). Photo: EFE.
In a recent interview with Jyotishman Mudiar of India & Global Left, respected geopolitical analyst Ben Norton provided an in-depth explanation of why Venezuela has been targeted for regime change by US imperialism since Hugo Chávez was elected to the presidency in 1998. (more…)