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Cuba: Under a medieval siege
The idea of a medieval siege against Cuba is no longer just a metaphor. It describes a tangible reality experienced on a daily basis, one that is already manifesting in dramatic ways — with babies […]
Author: Rosa Miriam Elizalde
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The shadow of the small planes
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 […]
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Cuba does not want war, but it does not fear it
The first time I saw a tank was on the streets of Sancti Spíritus, the city in the center of the island where I was born. It was April 1975, and with the fall of […]
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Sanctions as a reflex: The high cost of the U.S. blockade on Cuba
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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And then 2026 arrived
Nicolás Maduro remains in Miraflores Palace, and Cuba celebrates the 67th anniversary of the Revolution today. January 1, 2026, dawns with this uncomfortable truth for the opinion machine that has spent months predicting the imminent […]
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Rubio and international blackmail
Marco Rubio has unleashed an aggressive campaign of falsehoods and bullying to secure votes against Cuba in the United Nations General Assembly. With one week to go before the annual vote on the blockade of […]
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Naval blockade of Cuba
An African country with coastlines on the eastern Atlantic decided to donate 3,000 tons of horse mackerel to Cuba, the delicious oily fish that swims in shoals from the Canary Islands and Senegal to the […]
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USAID: the Empire reinvents itself
Elon Musk, sworn in as Secretary for Government Efficiency, thundered: “The time has come for USAID to die.” His words resonated like the harbinger of an imminent storm. Shortly afterwards, Donald Trump, on his first […]
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The secret weapons were Trump’s
Lying is not Complicated, but Enduring a Lie over Time is. Seven years have passed since the great hoax known as the “Havana syndrome”, according to which U.S. diplomats suffered alleged acoustic attacks in Cuba […]
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Cuba’s parallel reality in Paris
Miserable is a society that imposes repudiatory practices of inquisition and falsehood. Miserable are those who deny Cuba the joy of its nine Olympic medals, the same number won by Denmark, a country without a […]