Basotho Action Party (BAP) Stands In Solidarity With The Cuban People On the 29th January 2026, the US President, Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring Cuba a threat to US national security. In line with this executive order, the US has ramped up its deliberate and calculated efforts to blockade Cuba and cut off fuel and other critical supplies in violation of the United Nations Charter and International Law. The Trump Administration is hell bent on imposing its wi

A recent mass rally in defense of Chavismo in Caracas -- image via X By Yader Lanuza After the Trump administration illegally kidnapped the legitimate president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3 rd , 2026, we saw two distinct and divergent responses from Venezuelans. On the one hand, the Venezuelan diaspora, especially in the United States, celebrated  President Maduro’s kidnapping and bombing of their birth country. They congregated in sma

All images by Michael Laxer Hundreds marched in solidarity with Cuba in downtown Toronto on Sunday across the street from the US consulate. The rally was organized by the Bolivarian Circle Louis Riel Toronto, Canadian Peace Congress, Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association TorontoCommunist Party of Canada, Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network, Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity and others. Protesters chanted and carried placards demanding an end to the oil

Washington’s kidnapping of Maduro was intended to demonstrate the empire’s dominance. But it also exposed its limits. Venezuelan communards march in Caracas January 7 demanding Maduro's release -- image via X By Roger D. Harris & John Perry, Common Dreams The kidnapping of a sitting head of state marks a grave escalation in US-Venezuela relations. By seizing Venezuela’s constitutional president, Washington signaled both its disregard for international law and its confidence

By Vijay Prashad En enero de 2026, el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, declaró que Cuba era una “amenaza inusual y extraordinaria” para la seguridad de los Estados Unidos, una designación que permite al Gobierno de ese país aplicar restricciones económicas radicales que tradicionalmente se reservan para los adversarios de la seguridad nacional. El bloqueo de los Estados Unidos contra Cuba comenzó en la década de 1960, justo después de la Revolución Cubana de 19

Image via the KKE Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), met with the Cuban Ambassador, Aramis Fuente Hernández, at the headquarters of the Party’s Central Committee in Perissos. The meeting was also attended by Giorgos Marinos, member of the Political Bureau and MP, and Aris Evangelidis, member of the Central Committee. During the meeting, the Cuban ambassador briefed the participants of the latest development

Cubans march in solidarity with Gaza in Havana, October 2024 By Biljana Vankovska These days, I find myself thinking of a character from the old Yugoslav partisan film Battle of Sutjeska . The film is dedicated to the heroic battle and Tito’s brilliant tactical maneuver to extricate the surrounded partisan units. However, that is not my subject here, even if we are now speaking of a far greater encirclement tightening around humanity. In one scene, the young nurse Dana tries

Banner and flag in Cuba -- Taymaz Valley from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad In January 2026, US President Donald Trump declared Cuba to be an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to US security—a designation that allows the United States government to use sweeping economic restrictions traditionally reserved for national security adversaries. The US blockade against Cuba began in the 1960s, right after the Cuban Revolution of 1959 but has tig

Images via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish To further develop the friendship and cooperation between the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Argentina's Patria Grande Front, Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the PCC, welcomed Juan Grabois, the leader and founder of the Argentine political organization, at the Central Committee headquarters in Havana. Morales Ojeda expressed satisfaction that,

Monument of the Flag of Cuba in Varadero -- Kurayba, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Statement of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) The US blockade imposed on Cuba has never been simply a series of sanctions. The blockade was the name of a comprehensive attack plan carried out by the US to subdue a people who refused to abandon socialism through deception and force. The United States did not merely ban U.S.-based companies from engaging in trade with Cuba, an independen

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), translated from the Spanish New Delhi, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina): A Cuban official in Kerala, southern India denounced the fact that Cuba is currently living under an oil blockade by the United States that seriously affects the normal functioning of the economy and violates the fundamental human rights of its people. At the opening of the Vision 2031: Development and Democracy International Conference in southern India,

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, conveyed his deep gratitude to the African Heads of State and Government for adopting a resolution condemning the blockade of the U.S. Government and against the inclusion of the island on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. "Its value is greater in these time

By cutting aid abroad and the social safety net at home, while spreading vaccine skepticism, the administration is ensuring that more children will suffer and die. Vaccination campaign in Nigeria, 2021 -- Ugochukwu2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By James Alwine & Elizabeth Jacobs, Common Dreams Most of us understand that children are vulnerable, innocent, and must be protected and nourished. But too often in our country, and the world, that doesn’t happen—and now t

Monumento a José Martí en la Plaza de la Revolución. La Habana, Cuba. -- RG72, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons By Guillermo Barreto El 29 de enero pasado, el presidente de los EE. UU., Donald Trump, firmó una orden ejecutiva que declara una emergencia nacional y establece aranceles a productos de cualquier país que venda o suministre de otro modo petróleo a Cuba. Según la Orden, esto tiene la finalidad de proteger “la seguridad nacional de los Estados Unidos y su políti

Image via the KKE Statement by the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) On the Greek government’s invitation to Trump’s “Board of Peace” The Greek government must, without hesitation, reject Trump’s invitation to the upcoming meeting of the so-called “Board of Peace”, whose aim is to implement the plan to turn Gaza into a US–Israeli protectorate and an “El Dorado” for investments, in which there will be no place for the homeland of the

Venezuela's legislature advancing an amnesty bill proposed by acting President Delcy Rodríguez -- image via news video screenshot By Guillermo Barreto On 20 May 2017, during a violent protest planned by sectors of the Venezuelan opposition, 21-year-old Orlando Figuera was attacked by a mob that accused him of being a Chavista. After being stabbed, he was doused with gasoline and set on fire in front of everyone present. Young Orlando was admitted to a hospital with multiple

Joint Statement «Stop the escalation of aggression against Cuba!» We firmly condemn US imperialism’s new escalation of aggression against the sovereignty and independence of Cuba and against the rights of the Cuban people. The US President’s Executive Order calling Cuba an «unusual and extraordinary threat» against its security is merely creating, based on a pack of falsehoods, a cynical pretext by US imperialism to try and prevent the supply of fuel to Cuba and to step up th

On Monday 9th, an open letter under the name "Let Cuba Live!" was released denouncing Donald Trump´s new Executive Order that seeks to cut off Cuba’s access to oil as an intentional attempt to induce famine and mass suffering for the Cuban people. Influential public figures, elected officials, artists, and organizations—including 22 Members of the New York City Council, Mark Ruffalo, Kal Penn, Susan Sarandon, Alice Walker, Alexa Avilés, 50501, Movement for Black Lives, The P

Image via X Various Sources Mexico has announced it is sending two Navy vessels, the Papaloapan and Isla Holbox, from the port of Veracruz carrying more than 814 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba. The cargo includes liquid milk, meat products, beans, rice, canned tuna, sardines, vegetable oil, and personal hygiene items. The ships are expected to arrive in Cuba within several days. The shipment does not, however, include any oil. In a press release the Mexican government sai

Images via Estudios Revolución Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel spoke to the press on Thursday, February 5, in Havana about the situation facing the island in the wake of the latest criminal measures imposed by Washington and the Trump regime. This very long press conference that involved exchanges with several reporters is of real importance in understanding the situation from a perspective not generally reflected in the western media. We are translating the questions and a