By Alejandra Garcia on May 21, 2026
Fidel y Raúl.
Foto: Ismael Francisco/ Cubadebate.
The Trump administration’s decision to pursue an indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro (2008–2018) over the shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft three decades ago has drawn attention amid broader allegations of U.S. double standards. Analysts and political figures point to the contrast between this legal action and reported U.S. military operations in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that has destroyed small boats and resulted in nearly 200 deaths, without an ounce of legal accountability. (more…)
By Ricardo Alarcon / Razones de Cuba on May 20, 2026
The aircraft belonged to a group led by José Basulto, a veteran CIA agent involved in numerous paramilitary operations since 1959, including the Bay of Pigs invasion and a series of assassination attempts on Fidel Castro. Photo: Razones de Cuba
The Shootdown of February 24, 1996
On that day, the Cuban Air Force shot down two aircraft (Cessna 337 model—known as the O-2 in its military version—used by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War and later in El Salvador, as was specifically the case with these two.) They were piloted by members of a violent anti-Cuban group. The light aircraft were within Cuban airspace. (more…)
May 20, 2026
The Revolutionary Government condemns in the strongest terms the despicable accusation by the U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 20 and touted for several weeks against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution. (more…)
By Nicholas Greven on May 20, 2026
Homeland or Death
fotos: Bill Hackwell
Violence — including terrorism — against Cuba has long been tolerated in Washington; Cuba’s response to it has not. That double standard is once again on full display as the Trump administration moves to indict former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the shoot-down of two planes 30 years ago — even as the U.S. military regularly blows up boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing nearly 200 people with impunity. (more…)
By Mohammad Mansur on May 19, 2026
An El Al passenger jet is inspected before takeoff at Ben Gurion Airport. foto,David Silverman/Getty Images]
Experts say Israel is using the new flight to Buenos Aires as a geopolitical tool to cement its footprint in Latin America.
Israel and Argentina have launched a direct flight starting in November as the two countries boost their ties under Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (more…)
By Susana Anton Rodriguez on May 19, 2026
foto: Ismael Batista Ramirez
A new shipment of aid sent by Mexico, in conjunction with Uruguay, arrived in Cuba this Monday amid the economic difficulties the country is facing due to the tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States. (more…)
May 18, 2026
We at ALBA Movimientos denounce before Our America and the world the brutal repression unleashed by the government of Rodrigo Paz against the mobilized Bolivian people. The blood spilled in the streets of Bolivia is the direct responsibility of a government that, subservient to the interests of the business elites and U.S. imperialism, has decided to respond with violence to the legitimate demands of the people. (more…)
May 18, 2026, by La Jornada editorial in Mexico City
US brigadistas in Cuba. foto: Bill Hackwell
The Axios website published a report yesterday allegedly based on “classified intelligence” claiming that the Cuban government had purchased more than 300 drones from Russia and Iran to attack the military enclave that the United States illegally maintains on Cuban territory in Guantánamo, as well as alleged U.S. naval targets and even locations in Florida. This hoax is presented against the backdrop of Washington’s baseless accusations that the island poses a “threat” to the superpower. (more…)