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Domestic News

Four ways to plug into the fight to end the War on Cuba this fall

October 6, 2026 fwstaff
  By National Network on Cuba In March, during the Week of Action in Defense of Cuba, we showed up in force. More than 30 actions across dozens of cities, from California to Maine, Florida […]
Plaza of the Revolution
International News

Is Starvation Rubio’s Only Strategy? The New Attack on Cuba’s Private Sector

October 6, 2026 fwstaff
By Cheryl LaBash Secretary of State Rubio got the jump on ‘Sanctions Thursday’ unveiling his new sanctions and revisions to the OFAC Frequently Asked Question website on Tuesday, September 29. Thursdays have been the usual […]
Cuban delegation walks out during Trump’s talk
International News

“Cuba Is Not a Threat,” Bruno Rodríguez Responds to Trump’s Reprehensible Speech at the UN

September 25, 2026 fwstaff
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez reacted Tuesday to Donald Trump’s speech before the UN General Assembly and rejected the U.S. president’s claims about Cuba. Trump addressed the United Nations today. The foreign minister stated on […]
Eleven of the 15 thermal power generation units are out of service for maintenance Photo Jose M Correa
International News

“The blockade punishes the daily life of a people in every aspect”

September 15, 2026 fwstaff
By Laura Mercedes Giráldez “The long months living with only two or three hours of electricity a day or less, food spoiling, the heat that makes it impossible to sleep, parents fanning their babies, children […]
Illustrated by Zeinab al-Hajj for Al Mayadeen English
International News

Unbreakable Cuba: Why Washington still fears a defiant island

August 26, 2026 fwstaff
By Janna Kadri, Al Mayadeen English For over six decades, Cuba has been cast as a strategic threat not because of its military power, but because its enduring sovereignty and resistance to US dominance challenge […]
International News

First International Colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and Future” Opens in Havana

August 23, 2026 fwstaff
Editor’s note: For the next 2 weeks Resumen Latinoamericano in English will be reporting from Havana, facing the same obstacles of connectivity and power outages, sponsored by the US blockade, that the Cuban media faces […]
International News

Cuba strongly rejects new, slanderous campaign by U.S. State Department

July 27, 2026 fwstaff
By Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cuba rejects, in the strongest terms, the report published on July 20th by the United States Department of State, concerning the alleged subversive influence of Cuba against that country. […]
The sailboat Astral, part of the solidarity project
International News

The sailboat Astral, part of the solidarity project

July 26, 2026 fwstaff
By International Editor, Granma As part of its donation, the vessel brought a photovoltaic kit to guarantee the energy independence of the Juan Manuel Márquez Pediatric Hospital in the Cuban capital. On its first voyage […]
International News

International No War on Cuba Campaign

June 23, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Internationally coordinated demonstrations, initiated by the National Network on Cuba (NNOC), were held around the world on June 3, 2026 demanding “No War on Cuba”.  In the Detroit, Michigan/Windsor, Ontario area, […]
The work of nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units is vital to ensuring the lives of the hundreds of Cuban children admitted there throughout the country
International News

Faced with collective punishment, resilience

June 22, 2026 fwstaff
By Anaisis Hidalgo Rodríguez, Ángel Freddy Pérez Cabrera, and Julio Martínez Molina Before dawn, in many Cuban homes, the day has already begun. However, its rhythm is dictated not by the clock, but by electricity. […]