January, 6, 2025 from Havana
From the Cuba chapter of the Anti-Fascist International and the Network in Defense of Humanity we strongly reject the coup agenda being promoted from Washington against the government of the legitimate elected president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros. (more…)
By Atilio Borón on January 6, 2025
Jean Jacques Dessalines
Days ago we deservedly commemorated the triumph of the 26th of July movement, the overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista and the advent of the Cuban Revolution. All this happened in 1959.
But let’s not forget that also on January 1, 1804, the first popular, anti-slavery and anti-colonial revolution in the Americas culminated victoriously. (more…)
January 6, 2025
AgroALBA is a multilateral platform promoted by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) with the aim of implementing cooperative actions to promote agricultural production and food sovereignty in member countries and the region. (more…)
January 5, 2025
security commandos deployed to guarantee peace in Venezuela during President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration period.
The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela launched a special security deployment to guarantee peace and security during the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro, scheduled for the coming Friday, January 10. (more…)
January 3, 2025
Sally O’Brien, American journalist and activist and friend of Cuba, receiving the Felix Elmuza Distinction this year. Photo: Yoandry Avila Guerra.
Last December 30, as it was preparing to say goodbye to another year, Cuba suffered the forced farewell of a friend: that day Sally O’Brien, the communicator and activist who taught many Cubans “to look at the United States from the perspective of its most committed children”, died in her modest apartment in Brooklyn, New York. (more…)
By Fernando Buen Abad on January 4, 2025
Nicolás has been there. He has proof, in his way and his means of obedience to his people Photo: VTV
In the years that Nicolás Maduro has been obeying the mandate given to him by his people through the direct, universal and secret vote, through the dialectic of all conflicts or through the legacy of Hugo Chávez, a long lost friend of the soul, he has matured in his own way, a side of struggle that radiates clarity and clears paths from the very interior of Bolivarian socialism and Chavista humanism. (more…)
January 3, 2024
Fernando Gonzalez, President of ICAP. photos: Bill Hackwell
As the island goes through one of its worst economic crises, the president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Fernando Gonzalez, believes that international solidarity is now “more essential than ever.” (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 2, 2025 from Havana
Cienfuegos chess match, photo: Bill Hackwell
Twenty-one artillery blasts marked the beginning of the new year in Havana, Cuba, a tradition that for exactly two decades has also heralded the arrival of a new anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1, 1959. Twenty-one cannon shots could be heard in almost every corner of the capital, in a solemn ceremony, as required by military regulations, and as a reminder that, no matter how difficult the circumstances may be, year after year, the country stands firm. (more…)