“Italy is indebted to Cuba,” the letter states. “Every day of silence has a cost in human lives.” Cuban medical brigade preparing to leave for Italy to help during the Covid-19 pandemic -- image via X By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams As of Wednesday, more than 8,000 Italian medical and scientific professionals have signed an open letter acknowledging their indebtedness to Cuban doctors and condemning the tightening of the 65-year US embargo on Cuba by President Donald Trump as

Donald Trump and Flávio Bolsonaro in the White House's Oval Office on May 2026 -- public domain image Stop the Imperialist Offensive Against Brazil Political Note from the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) The recent actions of the Trump administration against Brazil definitively dismantle the illusions of those who believed it was possible to establish a relationship of trust with U.S. imperialism. Once again, a historical truth is confirmed: as the PCB has been warning for qu

“The fuel restrictions imposed since early 2026 and recent tightening of extraterritorial sanctions, taken together, are directly harming Cubans, especially the most vulnerable,” said Volker Türk. Image via the UN on X By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The United Nations’ top human rights official on Monday implored the Trump administration to immediately lift its oil embargo and economic sanctions on Cuba as the island faces a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian emergency, with

The Republican Party’s crusade to cap or abolish local property taxes is the latest tactic in their effort to drain funding from public education. By Jeff Bryant In what is being touted as the “Golden Age of School Choice,” the option that is most popular with American families—to fund and attend their local public schools—is gradually being made less viable. Take North Carolina, for instance. For years, the Republican-dominated state legislature has chosen to cut the state’s

For and with Cuba, down with imperialism! Raúl Castro represents the struggle for independence and sovereignty, for popular power and for socialism! Political Note from the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) The Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) raises its militant voice to denounce yet another criminal offensive by U.S. imperialism against the heroic Cuban Revolution. The farcical accusations of Donald Trump's government against Commander Raúl Castro are nothing more than a cynic

The president just created a slush fund to pay off supporters with the tax dollars of Americans— and barred the IRS from ever auditing himself or his businesses. Trump on May 22 -- public domain image By Craig Holman Even President Trump’s own Justice Department is having a hard time grappling with Trump’s brazen money grab from the IRS — and, by extension, American taxpayers. First, Trump attempted to enrich himself and his family by suing the federal government for $10 bill

Trump is flouting regulations to reap billions for himself, as ordinary Americans teeter on the edge of economic ruin. Trump on May 19 -- public domain image By Sonali Kolhatkar President Donald Trump has brazenly engaged in what appears to be insider trading. A bombshell story published in Bloomberg on May 14, 2026, revealed that Trump made thousands of stock trades in the first quarter of this year with companies connected to the government. This isn’t fake news. Bloomberg

Image via the Communist Party of Cuba on X South African Communist Party Statement on indictment of Raul Castro by US department of justice The South African Communist Party (SACP) has noted with grave concern the US government’s decision through its department of justice to indict Comrade Raul Castro on flimsy and baseless charges related to a plane incident that occurred 30 years ago. Besides the fact that the US government has no legal jurisdiction by any measure to instit

Cubans rally in support of Raul Castro -- image via Roberto Morales Ojeda on X The Communist Party of Denmark condemns the ridiculous and cynical accusations fabricated by the United States against General Raúl Castro. The so-called “charges” constitute a farce aimed at laying the groundwork to justify a military aggression against Cuba. This political act contributes to the intensification of the economic and energy blockade that has existed since 1962, with the addition of

Juan Orlando Hernández and Trump in 2019 By John Perry and Roger D. Harris, Common Dreams Governance in Honduras shifted sharply to the extreme right within months of National Party’s Nasry Asfura taking office on January 27, succeeding the Libre party’s progressive Xiomara Castro. In November 30 elections, the National Party was trailing a poor third before US President Donald Trump threatened to end all aid to Honduras unless Asfura won. Even then, Asfura had only a wafer-t

Image from the mass rally in Havana, May 22 Declaration by the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Austria (PdA) on the arrest warrant issued by the corrupt US judiciary against the former Cuban President. Vienna, 22 May 2026. At the behest of US President Donald Trump, the judiciary of the United States of America has issued a fabricated arrest warrant against the former President and, to this day, a significant leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro. The US has

Tens of thousands rally in Havana in support of Raul and the Revolution, May 22 -- Image via news video screenshot The Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia (SRP) expresses full and unreserved solidarity with the Revolutionary Government, the Communist Party of Cuba and the brave Cuban people, and strongly condemns the escalation of the imperialist aggression of the United States of America against the Republic of Cuba, which reached a new, particularly dangerous level in May 2

Cubans rally in Havana in defense of Raul Castro and the Cuban Revolution, May 22, 2026 -- image via news video screenshot on X Marxistindia, Resolution on Cuba -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) We denounce the shocking and illegal indictment which the US Department of Justice has recently announced against the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro Ruz. The charges put forth are based on lies and manipulation of the events surrounding the shooting down of

Ernesto Che Guevara, Raúl Castro y Vilma Espín, el 26 de julio de 1964. By Pedro Marin La administración de Donald Trump acaba de imputar al expresidente cubano Raúl Castro por el derribo de dos aviones en 1996. Dadas las similitudes entre las medidas adoptadas contra Cuba en los últimos meses y el modus operandi de los Estados Unidos en su ataque a Venezuela, la acusación contra el líder cubano podría representar un paso más hacia una acción militar contra la isla. Según Blo

At a rally in Havana in honour of the 32 killed in Venezuela by the US imperialists, January 16, 2026 -- image via X The Communist Party USA condemns the politically motivated charges brought against Raúl Castro as yet another example of the tyranny and hypocrisy by the United States. Using the facade of “justice” to address the downing of two planes that invaded Cuban airspace in 1996 to harass and intimidate the Cuban people — planes that were warned multiple times to halt

The Left Chapter's editor Michael Laxer talks about how now, more than ever, the Cuban people and the Cuban Revolution need our solidarity in the face of the increasingly unhinged and disturbing steps towards military attack being taken by the Trump administration that led to the bogus indictment of Raul Castro on May 20. Cuba has always stood in solidarity with the rest of the world. Now the world needs to step up to defend Cuba.

Hands off Cuba and Raúl! The Justice Department of the United States regime is currently staging a farcical political trial against comrade Raúl Castro Ruz, former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and former President of the Republic of Cuba, accusing him of having ordered, 30 years ago, the downing of two US aircraft causing the death of four people. For the record, the aircraft shot down in 1996 were not civilian planes but belonged to an armed criminal organi

Photo: Estudios Revolución via Granma In a statement concerning the aggressive actions of the United States against Cuba, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) emphasizes the following: We condemn the provocative issuance by the United States of an arrest warrant against the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro —a move through which US imperialism once again bares its teeth against the heroic Cuban people, whom it has long sou

In an outrageous escalation of ongoing US imperialist aggression against socialist Cuba, the U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former President, in connection with the 1996 downing of two civilian planes operated by the anti-Castro organization Brothers to the Rescue, which resulted in four deaths. As the Cuban Embassy in the US noted on X, the indictment is farcical given what actually happened in 1996 noting, " Is a sovereign State l

Trump and Xi Jinping on May 15 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad The scenes unfolding in Beijing were carefully choreographed, yet politics can never be reduced to mere spectacle. When US President Donald Trump traveled to China for his summit meeting with Xi Jinping, Western media, as it often does, fixated on spectacle: lavish banquets, honor guards, theatrical gestures that were designed to flatter the US president. Yet beneath all this ritual lay another reality, ha