Image via PCC A CALL TO MAY 1st, 2026 Dear Cuban workers, In the face of growing threats from the U.S. government, heightened by the January 29 executive order adding an energy blockade to the long-standing economic, commercial, and financial restrictions that have been in place for over 65 years simply for our desire to build a dignified, sovereign, and independent nation, nothing is more crucial now than uniting and moving forward together as a country. Amidst this situatio

Image via the PCC By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish In the early hours of April 11, 1895, beneath a relentless downpour, a small boat reached the rocky shore of Playita de Cajobabo, in what is now the municipality of Imías, Guantánamo. In it came José Martí and Máximo Gómez, accompanied by Francisco Borrero, Ángel Guerra, César Salas and Marcos del Rosario. Martí, the Apostle, noted it in his Campaign Diary with three words that still echo today like a tr

Image via the PCC By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish During the Ten Years' War (1868-1878), as the fire of independence swept through Cuba’s fields, a small group of patriots came together in a humble liberated town to give the Mambi movement something even more powerful than weapons: a Republic in Arms with its own laws. The Constitution of Guáimaro, Cuba’s first constitution, was a brief yet revolutionary document that not only structured the insurgent g

Image via the Album Páginas de Gloria By Jorge Enrique Jerez Belisario, translated from the Spanish Imagine the April dust rising in that town in Camagüey. The news from the front was not encouraging: it had been only six months since we had lit the fuse in La Demajagua, and Bayamo had already fallen back into Spanish hands. The military initiative had slowed down. And most critically, there wasn't a single government that represented the emerging Republic. There were three.

By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish February 24, 2026 is commemorated in Cuba as a date loaded with historical symbolism: the anniversary of the Grito de Baire, which in 1895 marked the resumption of the armed struggle for total independence from Spanish colonialism. But this day is not just a memory of the past; it is a common thread that unites generations of resistance, sovereignty and social transformation. From the mountains of the Sierra Maestra to th

Fidel Castro with young participants in the rally held in Havana in honour of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Jose Marti -- Daily LIFT #1854

The heroes are honoured in Havana -- image via Granma on Facebook Remarks by Army Corps General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of the Interior, in honour of the 32 heroes who fell in the line of duty in the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela delivered January 15, 2025, translated from the Spanish: Family members of our 32 heroes, combatants, compatriots: On this solemn morning, the homeland mourns

Declaration of the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Communist Party of Cuba condemns, in the strongest terms, the escalation of aggression by the fascist government of the United States against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its legitimate president Nicolás Maduro Moros. The aggressive deployment of American imperialist military forces in the Caribbean Sea blatantly violates International Law and the Proclamation of Latin America and t

Speech given by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the closing of the 11th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, at the Palace of the Revolution, December 13, 2025, "Year 67 of the Revolution" - Translated from the Spanish Dear comrades and members of the Party Central Committee and guests: We have had an intense Plenary Session despite i

Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), which began December 17, 1975, marked a transcendent moment in Cuba's history, serving to solidify the Revolution's institutional framework and chart the country's political, economic, and social direction for the future. It was not only a very successful congress, it was a living embodiment of the continuity of the ideals of independence, sovereignty, and soc

154 years after the horrific crime that shook Cuba on November 27, 1871, the youth and people of the capital marched this Thursday to honour the eight medical students who were unjustly murdered for a crime they did not commit. President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez led the traditional procession. Images via Alejandro Azcuy By Angélica Paredes López, translated from the Spanish On the afternoon of Thursday, November 27, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Commun

Via the Casa de las Américas, translated from the Spanish Sixty years ago, over forty thousand U.S. Marines invaded the Dominican Republic. The pretext at the time was to prevent the nation from turning into "a second Cuba." Now, six decades later, President Luis Abinader stands alongside the Secretary of War of the invading nation, not to demand accountability for the dreadful act that claimed the lives of thousands of his fellow citizens, but to offer their national territo

On the long tail of US intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean. Trump on October 28, 2025 -- public domain image By Chuck Idelson, Common Dreams If the Trump administration’s assaults on Venezuela and threats to Colombia and Mexico have a familiar stench, they should. For more than two centuries the United States government has acted as if it owned the Western Hemisphere, with the right of conquest, intervention, and interference part of the natural order. As of t

On Cuban Culture Day, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, led the celebrations for the 30th Anniversary of the founding of the José Martí Cultural Society. Comrade Eduardo Moisés Torres Cuevas was posthumously honored with the Félix Varela Order of the First Degree by Presidential Decree. Images via Estudios Revolución By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish During the

Speech by Pedro Infante, Vice President of Organization of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and First Vice President of the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the show of solidarity and support for Venezuela at the III International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Left Parties and Movement. Image via X By Pedro Infante, translated from the Spanish Comrade Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and Pre

Images via the PCC Lecture by Elvis Raúl Rodríguez Rodríguez, vice president of the Cuban Institute of History, in the commemoration of...

Images via Revolution Studios By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Secretary of the...

By Dayán González, translated from the Spanish A century ago, in the turbulent city of Havana, marked by the deep domination of American...

On August 8, 2025, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) commemorated the 70th anniversary of...

Image via the PCC By Lissel Pino Ceballos, Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish In Cuban history, several figures have...