The Cuban revolutionary and close confidant of Fidel Castro, Celia Sánchez Manduley was born on May 9, 1920, in Media Luna, Cuba. She grew up with eight siblings and was educated, though she never attended university. Early exposure to social issues and politics shaped her commitment to justice, motivating her participation in revolutionary activities against Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship. After Batista's military coup in 1952, Sánchez joined the struggle to overthrow his

May Day in Havana, 2026 Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) party has denounced U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of a possible military intervention against Cuba and condemned the blockade of the island. In a statement, the political group emphasized that in the year marking the Centennial of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, there is no better or more fitting tribute to him than the unity and res

Image via the PCC Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, at the closing ceremony of the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, at the Convention Center, on May 2, 2026, "Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz". Translated from the Spanish. Dear sisters and brothers in solidarity with Cuba and with the just causes of the wor

Final Declaration of the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba and Anti-Imperialism, “100 Years with Fidel”, translated from the Spanish On May 2, 2026, 766 delegates from 36 countries, representing 152 political, social, union, solidarity, youth, and peace organizations, came together in Havana for the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba and Anti-Imperialism, “100 Years with Fidel” and declared that: We’re holding this meeting in a world facing multidimensi

The real story is not the candle in the window. It is the hand that cut the fuel. May Day march beginning before dawn in Havana -- image via the PCC on X By Michelle Ellner, Common Dreams When the lights go out in Havana, the foreign cameras arrive to film the darkness. They come for the blackout glow: candles in apartment windows, families sleeping on balconies, mothers fanning infants through another airless night. They come for the line outside the pharmacy, the bus that n

Images via Estanislao Santos except where noted By Alina Perera Robbio, translated from the Spanish "We’re not a people who attack or spread hatred, fanaticism, or conflict. We are a noble people with good intentions, always ready to stand up for what we’ve achieved. While the wealthy nations stockpile weapons and build walls, the people of the Global South yearn for a spark of humanity." On the morning of May Day, that portrait honoring the children of Cuba was shared by Osn

Fidel Speaks!, 1960 -- Daily LIFT #1950

Image via the PCC Via the Granma and the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish On May 1st, Cuban squares will serve as platforms where the people of this archipelago, with their proletarian strength, will uphold their right to be a free, independent, sovereign, and peaceful nation. Joined by hundreds of friends from around the globe who have come to the island to share in the daily resilience of a nation that pushes through every obstacle placed in its way, the

Statement of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties We strongly condemn the growing multidimensional aggression of the United States against Cuba, which has been implemented since January 1, 1959. At this stage, what we face goes beyond an economic, commercial, and financial blockade that violates the international law and has reached intolerable levels of criminality; it is the policy of total annihilation which includes direct military threats following

Image via Germán Veloz Placencia Via Granma an the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, congratulated the soldiers of the Eastern Army on Tuesday in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the founding of this military unit on April 21. This founding took place just two days after the historic victory at Playa Girón and amid the revolutionary fervor experienced following the first defeat of the empir

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) was held on Sunday April 19 in Istanbul to determine the venue and theme, and to resolve organizational issues relating to the holding of the upcoming 24th International Meeting. The delegation of the KKE included comrades Giorgos Marinos, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (CC) of the KKE; Eliseos

Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Istanbul, April 19 , 2026: The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) held in Istanbul on April 19 approved a declaration supporting the Cuban Revolution against the US imperialist encirclement. A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), led by Emilio Lozada García and Elier Ramirez Caedo—head of the Department of In

Image of a Cuban flag at the 5th International Colloquium Patria -- image via the Communist Party of Cuba Translated from the Spanish We, the participants of the 5th International Colloquium Patria, held from April 16 to 18, 2026, in Havana, Cuba, with 154 international guests and over 3,000 national attendees, came together for an event honoring the centenary of Fidel Castro and the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion. We reaffirm the deeply political, historic, and

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Brussels, 17 April 2026 - A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, led by Emilio Lozada García, head of the Department of International Relations, and joined by Elier Ramírez Cañedo, deputy head of the Ideological Department, is attending the 8th Congress of the Party of the European Left (PEL). The event was held in Brussels on April 17 and 18 under the slogan: "Win

Via the Government of the Republic of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Cuba is living under the constant siege of the United States government, whose escalating threats have intensified in recent months. In addition to the brutal energy blockade, which exacerbates the genocidal policy of embargo of the last six decades, there are the declarations by representatives of the U.S. government elite regarding intentions of military aggression. The material and human cost of this b

Image via the PCC Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, at the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, at 23rd and 12th Streets, Plaza de la Revolución municipality, on April 16, 2026, “Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz” Translated from the Spanish Long liv

Sixty-five years since the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs Statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) In April 1961, the armed people of Cuba, under the leadership of Fidel Castro, crushed the attempted landing of US mercenary forces, inflicting a humiliating defeat on North American imperialism. The revolutionaries, led by the communists, delivered a decisive response to imperialist plans, halting the United States’..

General Võ Nguyên Giáp presented Cuban leader Fidel Castro with the "Dien Bien Phu Warrior" medal during his visit to Vietnam in September 1973 -- Daily LIFT #1939

By Lissel Pino Ceballos, Communist Party of Cuba On April 16, 1961, at the bustling intersection of 23rd and 12th in Havana, the Cuban Revolution was defined in words that would forever shape the nation’s destiny. Fidel Castro, the Commander in Chief, stood before a crowd mourning the victims of the bombings that took place before the mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs and declared that the Revolution would be socialist. With rifles held high and the people's anger raging,

Fidel! -- Daily LIFT #1938