By Sam Anderson on April 18, 2026
Carnaval in Santiago de Cuba, foto: Bill Hackwell
A critical analysis of ongoing social media warfare on Cuba and global African response to a revolutionary experiment under criminal siege.
A new front has opened in the long-running information war against Cuba. It is not being fought with overt political tracts or state-sponsored media, but with sleekly edited Instagram Reels and TikTok carousels. (more…)
By Syara S. Massip and Yaimi Ravelo on April 17, 2026 from Havana
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel visits the Resumen Latinoamerica booth at the Patria International Colloquium.
On a morning steeped in symbolism and critical thought, the fifth edition of the Patria International Colloquium was officially inaugurated at the Línea y 18 Cultural Center in El Vedado. The event, which will run through Saturday, April 18, pays tribute to the centenary of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz under the slogan “Patria with Fidel.” (more…)
By Jorge Elbaum on April 13, 2026
These statements come amid a military and energy standoff centered on control of the strait, through which approximately one-fifth of the world’s oil trade passes. Photo: EFE.
Two major armed conflicts are currently unfolding: one in Eastern Europe and one in Western Asia. Both are interconnected through the involvement of actors who share some common association. NATO is involved in both conflicts. So are the BRICS nations. It is a Third World War—for now, scattered—pitting the neocolonial West, with its aspirations for geopolitical unilateralism, against the emergence of a multipolarity that respects national sovereignties and their specific historical trajectories. The so-called Thucydides Trap, coined by Graham Allison, suggests that an empire—challenged by an emerging rival, in this case the People’s Republic of China—is forced to embark on warmongering adventures to avoid being replaced as the global hegemon. (more…)
April 13, 2026 – from the office of the President of Cuba
Miguel M. Díaz-Canel.- Our political system is designed for the people; it is designed for social justice; it is designed so that we can all move forward. And it seems to bother others in the world because of what it might represent, because it is a system for us—it is not a system we want to impose on anyone—and so they block it in this way; because, you see, we are not just talking about a blockade; we are talking about a blockade that is unusual—it has been the longest in human history, the most severe. (more…)
By José Ernesto Nováez Guerrero April 15, 2026
fotos: Bill Hackwell
If Trumpist strategists believe that a victory in Cuba would be the answer to the failure in Iran, perhaps they should think twice. Being a country that defends peace and dialogue does not imply, under any circumstances, that we are defenseless. (more…)
By Ramón Pedregal Casanova on April 15, 2026
Victorious Cuban forces at Playa Giron, April 19, 1961
In September 1960, President Fidel Castro spoke at length before the UN General Assembly about the planned invasion of Cuba and warned the U.S. regime not to carry out the aggression, but the CIA and its cronies pressed ahead. In October, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs reported that mercenaries were being trained on a farm in El Palmar, Guatemala, and that the Retalhuleu airfield was being prepared by the Americans for the use of aircraft. (more…)
April 13, 2026 – from the office of the President of Cuba
photo: studio de revolucion
Kristen Welker: President Díaz-Canel, welcome to Meet the Press.
Miguel M. Díaz-Canel: Thank you very much. Thank you for the opportunity, and thank you for being in Cuba. (more…)
By Yeleidys Hernandez Toledo on April 14, 2026
The measure reaches the following public financial institutions: Banco de Venezuela, Banco Digital de los Trabajadores and Banco del Tesoro
Seven (7) years after the U.S. government sanctioned the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lifted sanctions on the country’s main financial institution. The measure was announced by the US agency through General License number 57 published on Tuesday, April 14 on its website. (more…)