August 26, 2025
Brazilian president Lula de Silva
The Brazilian president emphasized that Big Techs must comply with his country’s constitution and laws. (more…)
Aug. 25, -19 killed at Nasser Hospital in a double-tap strike with one missile hitting first, then another moments later as rescue crews arrived. 5 journalist were also killed raising the toll to 245. photo:Abdallah FS Alattar/Anadolu
Joint statement by the Cuban chapter of the Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity, the internationalist collective Juntas por Palestina and the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity on August 25, 2025, Havana (more…)
August 24, 2025
US Navy flexing in the Caribbean
The news sparked widespread speculation about a possible U.S. military intervention in Venezuela to destabilize or oust President Nicolas Maduro, for whom the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump had offered a US$50 million reward for information leading to his capture. (more…)
August 23, 2025 from Beijing
Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong, also a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Cuban Minister of Interior Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
By Zhang Kaiwei, Liang Jun
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met today with Cuban Minister of Interior Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas in Beijing.
Noting that this year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Cuba, Wang, also a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China is willing to work with Cuba to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two parties and the two countries, further solidify the ministerial meeting mechanism, enhance personnel exchanges and law enforcement capacity building, deepen practical cooperation in law enforcement and security, safeguard the security and interests of the two countries, and make greater contributions to the building of a closer China-Cuba community with a shared future.
Alvarez, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, expressed Cuba’s willingness to further enhance coordination and cooperation with China to jointly address security risks and challenges.
Source: Xinhua news
By Manolo De Los Santos and Zoe Alexandra on August 22, 2025
Evo Morales greets thousands of supporters in 2020. Photo: Evo Morales / X
The defeat of the left in Bolivia has raised a series of existential questions for the left in the region, and led many to draw hurried conclusions on where the blame lies
Bolivia’s left lost big in Sunday’s election, and a lot of the analysis in progressive circles has focused solely on the feud between former president Evo Morales and sitting president, Luis Arce. Morales was barred from running in the elections by Arce’s government and subsequently called for a null or blank vote in the contest. On Sunday, August 17, two right-wing candidates, Rodrigo Paz and Jorge Quiroga, emerged victorious, and they will proceed to the second round in October. (more…)
by Vijay Prashad on August 22nd, 2025
Karen Paulina Biswell (Colombia) Nama Bu’ (We Exist), 2015
Those who do not live in war zones or in suffocated countries are forced to live life as if there is nothing strange about what is happening around us. When we read about war, it is disconnected from our lives, and many of us want to stop listening to anything about the human misery caused by weapons or by sanctions. The scholasticism of the academic and the hushed tones of the diplomat are silenced as the bomb and the bank wage war against the planet. After authorising the atom bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima (Japan) on 6 August 1945, US President Harry S. Truman announced on the radio: ‘If [the Japanese] do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth’. (more…)
August 22, 2025 from Caracas
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, foto: presidencia
During his speech at the event in Defense of the Sovereignty and Peace of Venezuela, Latin America, and the Caribbean as territories of peace, Venezuelan Head of State Nicolás Maduro Moros warned that the homeland is impregnable. “Nothing and no one will touch Venezuela,” he declared before the Legislative Branch of the South American nation in the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas. (more…)
August 23, 2025 from Havana, to the women of Cuba
foto: Bill Hackwell
For 65 years, the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) has been at the forefront of profound social transformations, winning rights, expanding spaces for participation, and dignifying the lives of Cuban women. Thanks to our organizational strength, Cuban women have gained a presence in all areas of society as a result of decades of struggle and dedication. (more…)