The fading American Empire now searches for control in their backyard, choking the life from Cuba

Cuba Moves Toward Market Socialism Amid the US Assault

Marc Frank As unprecedented US sanctions push Cuba deeper into crisis, Havana is embracing sweeping market reforms while insisting it is not abandoning socialism. The post Cuba Moves Toward Market Socialism Amid the US Assault appeared first on The Nation.

Atlas fudged: The war that defined America

The Barbary War was an early indicator of American imperialism that we're still dealing with today

L'ère des proconsuls

Il n'y a pas si longtemps, les États-Unis devaient soutenir des coups d'État militaires pour dompter une Amérique latine rebelle. Aujourd'hui, l'affaiblissement de la gauche et l'envol de la criminalité favorisent l'expansion d'une droite radicale dans la région. Tout autant que les généraux à () / États-Unis, Colombie, Élections, Narcotrafic, Amérique latine, Extrême droite

Workers World declares: ‘U.S. hands off Cuba!’

The Cuban Revolution has inspired workers, farmers, oppressed people, socialists and communists worldwide since its 1959 victory. The socialist country has shown what international solidarity means with military and medical aid brought to peoples around the globe. Brooklyn, New York, June 3, 2026. Despite U.S. escalation of military aggression, a . . . Continue reading Workers World declares: ‘U.S. hands off Cuba!’ at Workers.org

US slaps new sanctions on Cuba

The US hit Cuban state companies Tuesday with new sanctions that analysts say are expected to spook foreign investors and deepen a severe economic crisis. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctions target five Cuban entities, including three linked to Grupo de Administracion Empresarial S.A., a business conglomerate run by Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces. Best known as GAESA , it is believed to command nearly 40 percent of Cuba's gross domestic product. As of early 2024, it held 14.

Devastating Cuba: The American Empire is declining and is trying to drag everyone down with it

As Washington weakens, it is tightening the screws on Havana – using blockade, blackouts and mass suffering to punish defiance Read Full Article at RT.com

Cuba’s Surveillance State Keeps Communist Party Afloat

Cuba’s Communist Party is holding on through the worst crisis in a generation because a sprawling internal surveillance apparatus, not its collapsing power grid or shrinking food supply, is doing the work of keeping the country in line, “The Wall Street Journal” reported Sunday. The paper described a security network that reaches into Cubans’ homes, []...Click to read more

Why Latin America’s New Right Will Struggle to Govern

In Colombia and elsewhere, winning was the easy part.

US sanctions five Cuban entities, Castro family member in latest pressure campaign, Rubio says

The U.S. has hit Cuba with fresh sanctions targeting five state-run entities linked to the military conglomerate GAESA and the mining sector, expanding Washington's economic pressure campaign.

U.S. levies sanctions on Cuban state companies that are key to island nation's economy

The U.S. hit Cuban state companies on Tuesday with new sanctions that analysts say are expected to spook foreign investors and deepen a severe economic crisis.

The money runs out: Socialism, on the rise in NYC, is being routed elsewhere

Follow the money, and it is clear why socialism is vanishing from Latin America and thriving in America's blue cities at the same time.

Rubio Hits Cuba Hard: New Sanctions Now Target Castro Kin and GAESA

Rubio Hits Cuba Hard: New Sanctions Now Target Castro Kin and GAESA

Latin America needs a new vocabulary for an age of geopolitics

Latin America needs a new vocabulary for an age of geopolitics

[Photo] People in Latin America is tired of socialism.

People in Latin America is tired of socialism. God bless Peru

The Battle for Latin America: The Pink Tide Meets a New Conservative Wave

Joshua Scheer As right-wing governments regain ground across Latin America, grassroots movements are warning that the region is entering a new phase of political confrontation. Following years of progressive victories known as the “Pink Tide,” conservative forces—often backed by economic pressure, foreign intervention, and elite political networks—are reclaiming power in countries such as Colombia and []

Cuba: Power Outages Direct Result of US Blockade and Sanctions

Cuba: Power Outages Direct Result of US Blockade and Sanctions

Why Chinese-American success stories still provoke prejudice and fear

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, it confronts a new world order dominated by its relationship with China. In this wide-ranging series, we examine the pressure points and possibilities in those ties, from hard tech to soft power. Here, Ling Xin and Meredith Chen look at how the fight against discrimination continues to this day. The rise of the United States to superpower status was fuelled by the untold millions of immigrants who arrived from foreign...

Exhausted Cubans endure blackout as Havana slowly gets power back

Cuba began restoring power after its national electric grid collapsed for the third time this year, leaving most of Havana without electricity #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #cuba #powercuts #havana Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4vQooGY 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on X: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en

Cuba’s Vast Surveillance Network Preserves the Communist Party’s Grip on Power

The government’s security apparatus has staved off collapse under U.S. pressure, monitoring Cubans in their homes, on the job and even at movie theaters.

Bashing Communism Is an American Tradition

Bashing Communism Is an American Tradition

Trump slams Spain for NATO commitments, says Cuba ‘coming our way’

‘They will learn soon after they relinquish their grip on Cuba and Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico,’ says US president, noting history of Spanish-American War

The Cubans and Jews fighting against the weaponization of their collective traumas

Some members of the Cuban and Jewish diasporas have used their painful histories to gain power in U.S. politics and advance imperialism. But many are pushing back The Cubans and Jews fighting against the weaponization of their collective traumas is a story from Prism, a BIPOC-led nonprofit news outlet that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work today.

Nueva derecha: Latin America’s new authoritarians

After a year of political change in South American presidencies, Cameron Baillie profiles the ‘new right’ leaders threatening to deluge the 2020s’ ‘pink wave’ – and charts the communities resisting them The post Nueva derecha: Latin America’s new authoritarians appeared first on Red Pepper.

Charai in The National Interest: Why the Spanish Monarchy Still Matters to the US

The post Charai in The National Interest: Why the Spanish Monarchy Still Matters to the US appeared first on Atlantic Council.

Kicking off a legacy

Kicking off a legacy

Neo-liberalism and women's lives

Neo-liberalism and women's lives

Revival of craft: Quiet rebellion against glass screen

​Every era leaves behind a defining image. ​The Industrial Revolution is remembered by the towering factory chimney, choking the sky with the smoke of mechanical triumph. The 20th...

American culture has shaped the world. 🇺🇸

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What We’re Reading: Hormuz Confusion, South America Ditches Socialism, Erasing Men … And More

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American cesspool

Green algae, blue shards, and a red-faced megalomaniac.

The Left–Right Divide Can't Explain the World

The twentieth century was defined by economic conflict. The twenty-first is being shaped by a new struggle over identity, community, and the place of the individual in society.

The portrait shedding light on Spain’s decisive role in US independence: ‘This is proof that we are founders, not outsiders’

Growing recognition of the military leader Bernardo de Gálvez is helping highlight the role played by Spain and Latin America in the founding of the United States

US slaps new sanctions on Cuban companies key to island's crumbling economy

The U.S. government has slapped additional sanctions on Cuban companies that are expected to spook foreign investors and deepen a severe economic crisis

Heritage Foundation Expert Warns Socialist Wave Could Put “Communists In Double Digits” In Congress

Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation who fled communist Cuba in the 1970s, is sounding the alarm over what he calls a dangerous political shift accelerating across the United States. Gonzalez told Fox News Digital that the socialist “threat is real now,” arguing that the trend represents a fundamental transformation of American [] The post Heritage Foundation Expert Warns Socialist Wave Could Put “Communists In Double Digits” In Congress appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

War redrew the US southern border. The culture never surrendered.

The changes on the southern border reshaped Native, Spanish and Mexican communities, telling a story of resilience and resistance. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usa250/2026/06/28/us-mexico-border-journey-war-shifts-culture/89890086007/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/

How the Lancashire cotton town that was once a cradle of the Industrial Revolution is now terrorised by machete drug gangs

How the Lancashire cotton town that was once a cradle of the Industrial Revolution is now terrorised by machete drug gangs

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions Against Cuban Financial and Industrial Sectors

United States threatened international financial institutions with secondary sanctions, reinforcing the extraterritorial nature of its economic blockade against the Caribbean island. The U.S. Government imposed new unilateral coercive measures on June 23 against five Cuban enterprises and one citizen, intensifying the economic, commercial and financial blockade that Washington maintains against Cuba for 6 decades. U.S. []

Conservative Mania Running Wild in Latin America

From Argentina to Colombia, the public is sick of leftism.

US slaps new sanctions on Cuban companies key to island's crumbling economy

The U.S. government has slapped additional sanctions on Cuban companies that are expected to spook foreign investors and deepen a severe economic crisis.

From ‘America First’ to ‘Donroe Doctrine’? Trump’s Latin America pivot raises eyebrows

Trump's administration sought on Wednesday to rally Latin American nations behind a revamped Monroe Doctrine, the 19th-century policy asserting U.S. primacy across the Americas