Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos

November 3, 2026

How Cuba is dealing with the devastation of Hurricane Ian

October 5, 2022 Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos

On September 27, 2022, a tropical cyclone — Hurricane Ian — struck Cuba’s western province of Pinar del Río. Sustained winds of around 125 miles per hour lingered over Cuba for more than eight hours, bringing down trees […]

Sanctions fuel the fire at Cuba’s Matanzas oil storage

August 10, 2022 Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos

On August 5, a major oil storage facility in Matanzas, Cuba, 65 miles east of Havana, was hit by lightning. A tank that contained 25,000 cubic meters of crude oil caught fire after being struck. Since then, […]

How Cuba is eradicating child mortality and banishing the diseases of the poor

July 7, 2022 Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos

To move from 59 infant deaths out of every 1,000 live births to no infant deaths in the matter of a few decades is an extraordinary feat. Palpite, Cuba, is just a few miles away […]

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The illegal blockade of Venezuela and the anti-blockade law

February 26, 2021 Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos

On February 21, 2021, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro made a statement in honor of the 173rd anniversary of the publication of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The statement was made as part of the international Red […]