Shopping for produce in Havana. Photo by Camila Escalante (2018) Boris Luis Cabrera, 53, is a veteran Cuban sports journalist who writes in a style clearly influenced by the cinematic, new journalism of the 1970s. He covers a wide range of topics and, for the last 10 years, has worked as a sports reporter for the […]
The following is the intervention by Ambassador of Cuba, Rodolfo Benítez Verson, at the 61st ordinary session of the Human Rights Council on March 2, 2026. Mr. President: Mr. High Commissioner: Humanity is at a historic crossroads. A global dictatorship is being imposed before our very eyes. The United States proclaims the exceptional and supreme
International calls to boycott the US-hosted FIFA World Cup 2026 are increasing in response to widespread U.S. human rights violations domestically and Washington’s atrocities and malign activities abroad. Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has become the latest prominent voice to echo calls for football fans to boycott World Cup matches in the United States as the world
In a show of patriotic unity, Venezuelans took to the streets immediately following the January 3rd attack to denounce imperialist violence and demand the return of kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores. The next day, a mass march was held in Caracas in repudiation of the rogue U.S. attack on Venezuela. Watch the video
Diosdado Cabello has put the country on alert with a warning that after the kidnapping of President Maduro, the United States is moving to a second stage aimed at dividing the revolutionary movement. He cautions over “playing into the hands of imperialism” and emphasizes the ‘monolithic unity’ of the revolutionary forces. In an audio shared
The Norwegian peace movement held a press conference in Oslo to denounce the Nobel Committee’s decision to award US-backed Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado, with participating speakers arguing that the 2025 prize supports war, coups, foreign intervention and genocide. The meeting was chaired by John Y. Jones of Lay Down Your Arms (LDYA) and
In an interview with teleSUR, presidential candidate of the left-wing Partido Libre, Rixi Moncada, denounces that Hondurans were sent millions of messages which threatened to cut remittances from the U.S. if she were to win the election—in a country heavily reliant on remittances. “I do not accept the results transmission system because it is a
The Assembly of Caribbean People is calling for further action across the region to oppose U.S. military aggression against Venezuela. In a statement dated December 2, the Regional Executive Committee of the Assembly of Caribbean People calls on all social movements and civil society organizations to continue to take action at this critical moment against
This month’s CELAC-EU Summit failed to produce a response to the ongoing U.S. terror strikes and extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and in the Pacific. However, the peoples of the Caribbean and Latin America are raising their collective voice in opposition. Social movements, unions and peoples from around the region gathered in Colombia’s coastal
A gathering of parliamentarians from 14 countries has been held in Caracas during which a call was issued for the immediate cessation of all actions by the United States that violate the sovereignty of states of the Caribbean and the withdrawal of its military fleet from the region. The following declaration, dated Friday, October 31st,
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