President Díaz Canel at the political-cultural event for the Centenary of Fidel at the Karl Marx Theatre of Havana on August 13, 2026. Transcript of the speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the political and cultural
The U.S. blockade on Cuba is taking a direct toll on infant mortality as Washington continues to intensify its genocidal policy. Alex Main, co-author of a recent Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) report, outlines the extensive array of U.S. tactics to try to bring down Cuba. The full interview can be seen on
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
Secretary Marco Rubio departs Instanbul, Türkiye May 16, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett) The brief freeze and rapid partial reinstatement of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding in early 2025 helped expose it as a US regime-change tool. Created to rebrand CIA covert operations as “democracy promotion,” the NED channels government funds
Cuban workers of the CTC, mass organizations, and visitors from 75 countries march to the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana to celebrate International Workers’ Day 2025. Washington is continuing its permanent political interference campaign in Cuba, through the resumption of funding of active projects financed by the NED. The U.S. government is lifting restrictions
Cubans protest against U.S. imperialism at plaza Mariana Grajales in Guantanamo on February 16, 2025. Photo: Presidencia de Cuba 50,000 Cubans protested in Guantanamo on Wednesday in condemnation of the illegal occupation of Cuban territory. Guantanameros—Cubans from Guantanamo province, young and old, gathered with President Miguel Díaz-Canel in Mariana Grajales Plaza to denounce United States
Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez has once again denounced the use of USAID against Cuba. Between 1998 and 1999 alone, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spent more than six million dollars (USD) to carry out hundreds of illegal operations in Cuba. Between 2001 and 2006, it allocated $61 million for 142
Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) has denounced the planned use of the island’s occupied territory of Guantanamo and the U.S. torture camp there, to incarcerate migrants forcibly expelled from the United States. Officials described the announcement by President Donald Trump as a demonstration of brutality, through which his government is acting to supposedly rectify
Not a week had passed before Cuba, which was removed from the US State Department’s State-Sponsor of Terrorism list by the outgoing Biden administration, was placed right back on it by Donald Trump. The move was consecrated on Monday (January 20, 2025) via executive order just hours after Trump was inaugurated for his second nonconsecutive
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