By Robin- Lee Francke on August 20, 2026
Father Michael Lapsley addressing delegates. Foto Bill Hackwell
Father Michael Lapsley, the Cape Town priest who left for Havana, Cuba, earlier this month, has returned and called for the world to stand together with the Cuban people. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on August 18, 2026
Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella speaks after leading and earthquake response meeting in Bogota, , Aug. 10, 2026. Photo: AP
In August, right-wing billionaire Abelardo de la Espriella took over as president of Colombia and vowed to push for a far-right agenda, despite having won by less than a percentage point against left-wing candidate Ivan Cepeda. It is characteristic of a special kind of extreme right to assume any mandate and pretend that it has the authority to transform society into its toxic swamp. (more…)
August 19, 2026
Miguel Mejia
Miguel Mejía, of the United Left Movement, states that the expulsion ordered by the Luis Abinader administration represents an “unfortunate exception” in a historic relationship of deep brotherhood. (more…)
August 18, 2026
Diana Hernandez
While treating dozens of patients in Cali, one of the cities hardest hit by a deadly earthquake, Colombian doctor Diana Hernández recounts how the importance Cuba places on life has left a lasting impression on her heart. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on August 13, 2026
“If we close our eyes, we can see, through still images of Fidel, the journey of a man. Memory does not work like a video camera that records continuously.” Photo: AP / Archive
Fidel Castro sleeps, overcome by exhaustion, while several young people surround him with the joyful curiosity of those who discover that even a hero closes his eyes. In other photographs, he eats with farmers, rides a horse at a cooperative, enjoys an ice cream, feeds an elephant in New York, or improvises, with a pair of spoons, Alicia Alonso’s dance. In these scenes, there is no machete charge nor a guerrilla column advancing up the mountain. There is something politically more difficult to fabricate: familiarity. The leader steps down from the podium for a moment and enters everyday life. The camera brings him closer without diminishing his historical stature. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 18, 2026 from Havana
El Morro, foto: Bill Hackwell
For over six decades, the United States has attempted to make the Cuban people pay the consequences of their sovereign decision to follow a socialist and independent path. However, over the course of this most recent period, Washington’s strategy of coercion has undergone a decisive mutation. The latest phase of this prolonged economic war has intentionally targeted the island’s most vulnerable and vital artery for daily life: its energy supply. (more…)
By Yaimi Ravelo / Photos: Bill Hackwell / Resumen Latinoamericano-Cuba, on August 15, 2026
The publishing house Ciencias Sociales Nuevo Milenio and the Argentine counter-hegemonic media outlet Resumen Latinoamericano presented the second edition of the book “Rubio: An Uncontrollable Mythomaniac” this Saturday in the Nicolás Guillén Hall at the 34th International Book Fair, which has been taking place since August 10 at the Cultural Center on Línea and 18th Streets in Havana. (more…)
By John Perry on August 15, 2026
former Honduran President and convicted drug dealer Juan Orlando Hernández.
In mid-July, Donald Trump railed on primetime TV against alleged foreign interference in US presidential elections. While commentators were sceptical, they largely ignored the long history of US meddling in other countries’ elections. In Honduras, only six months earlier, Trump’s endorsed candidate won a slim majority in an election that he had turned into a regime-change operation. (more…)