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Sanctions as a reflex: The high cost of the U.S. blockade on Cuba

January 30, 2026 Rosa Miriam Elizalde
When a government turns a tool into an automatic response to any problem, it stops using an instrument and starts practicing a reflex. That is exactly what is happening with the United States’ sanctions policy, […]
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José Martí: Building a revolutionary movement for Cuban independence

January 26, 2026 Sharon Black
José Julián Martí Pérez (Jan. 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) is often sanitized in bourgeois histories as a gentle poet or a generic patriot. To understand Martí, however, is to recognize him as a […]
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‘The Yankee Empire is in irreversible decline’: Cubans respond to Trump’s threats

January 21, 2026 Pablo Meriguet, Zoe Alexandra
In the wake of the unilateral U.S. attack on Venezuela, an emboldened empire has sought to intimidate and threaten other nations which threaten its total hegemony. Three weeks later, the ramifications of the unprecedented U.S. […]
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As Trump threatens Cuba, a solidarity visit shows the impact of U.S. sanctions

January 20, 2026 Mark Ginsburg
Between December 21 and January 3, I traveled to Cuba to participate in events organized to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples. I stayed at ICAP’s “Julio Antonio […]
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‘We fought until almost all of us were down’: Cuban combatant recounts U.S. attack in Venezuela

January 19, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha
The weight of death By Elia Rosa Yera Zayas Bazán Adelante CAMAGÜEY, Cuba — Yohandris Varona Torres saw the photos of the 32 Cubans killed in Venezuela on Jan. 3 and could not help but […]
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Cuba responds to Trump’s latest fascistic statement

January 11, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha
In a new delirious escalation of his anti-Cuban rhetoric and measures, the US president said on social media that there will be no more oil or money from Venezuela for Cuba, disregarding the sovereign nature […]
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Fidel Castro and education: A living legacy in the year of his centenary

January 11, 2026 Alejandra Garcia
Havana, Jan. 2  — Cuba and the world welcome 2026, facing the challenge of preserving and perfecting hard-won social achievements within an especially complex context. The nation confronts material shortages, continuation of U.S. hostility, and […]
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‘Cuba must be loved’

January 10, 2026 Bill Hackwell
Jan. 7, 2026From Arroyo Naranjo, Cuba Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, the national coordinator of Cuba’s Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), has a large office on the top floor of the organization’s headquarters on […]
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Cuba reports 32 fighters killed in U.S. attack on Venezuela

January 5, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha
The Cuban government announced Jan. 4 that 32 Cuban citizens were killed during the U.S. military strike on Venezuela in the early morning hours of Jan. 3. The fighters were serving missions on behalf of […]
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Speech by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel at Saturday’s Havana rally condemning U.S. aggression against Venezuela

January 4, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha
Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba, has condemned the military aggression perpetrated on Saturday, January 3rd, by the U.S. government against Venezuela and the kidnapping of his counterpart in that South American country, Nicolás Maduro Moros, […]