Cuba – Page 6

The shadow of the small planes

May 22, 2026 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

May 21, 2026 In international politics, wars rarely begin with a single shot. They start with carefully measured leaks, alarmist headlines, intelligence reports, court documents, and narrative operations designed to transform a political adversary into […]

U.S. aircraft carrier stalks Cuba as Trump targets Raúl Castro

May 21, 2026 Gary Wilson

The USS Nimitz carrier strike group entered the Caribbean Sea on May 20, placing one of the U.S. Navy’s largest instruments of air power near Cuba. Its arrival came as Washington escalated its campaign against […]

Cuba: Raúl Castro’s indictment exposes U.S. hypocrisy

May 21, 2026 Alejandra Garcia

The Trump administration’s decision to pursue an indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro (2008–2018) over the shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft in February 1996 has drawn attention amid broader allegations of […]

The story behind Cuba’s shootdown of ‘Brothers to the Rescue’ planes

May 21, 2026 Ricardo Alarcón

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 […]

Cuba condemns the scandalous accusation against the leader of the revolution

May 20, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha

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, […]

Mujeres en Lucha: We Are All Cuba

May 20, 2026 Women In Struggle – Mujeres En Lucha

Statement by Mujeres en Lucha – Women in Struggle | May 19, 2026 Declaración de Mujeres en Lucha – Women in Struggle En este 131 aniversario de la muerte de José Martí, Mujeres en Lucha-Women […]

Trump admin claims of Cuban drone plans denounced as ‘ludicrous pretext’ for war

May 17, 2026 Julia Conley

Cuban officials said the Trump administration is making “increasingly implausible accusations” against the country as it pushes to justify, “without any excuse, a military attack against Cuba,” after an unnamed White House official told the […]

U.S. revives a 30-year-old CIA provocation to threaten Cuba with invasion

May 16, 2026 Gary Wilson

The Justice Department is moving to indict 94-year-old Raúl Castro, one of the historic leaders of the Cuban Revolution, over Cuba’s 1996 shootdown of two planes flown by Brothers to the Rescue — not a […]

U.S. starves Cuba of fuel, then sends CIA chief with ultimatum

May 15, 2026 Gary Wilson

Cuba’s energy minister declared May 14 that the island had exhausted its entire supply of diesel and fuel oil — the fuels that power its electricity grid. “We have absolutely no fuel oil, absolutely no […]

Cuban Days Against Homophobia and Transphobia: A Political Commitment to Diversity

May 14, 2026 Francisco Rodríguez Cruz

The following statement published in the Cuban trade union newspaper Trabajadores was written by Francisco Rodríguez Cruz, a gay Cuban journalist, activist, and communist thinker. LGBTQ+ activists in Cuba, along with other social organizations, advocate […]