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Despite US’ Backdoor ‘Diplomacy’, UNGA Once Again Heard Condemnations Of US Blockade On Cuba

by Pablo Mariguet of Breakthrough News, published on Popular Resistance, July 11, 2026 The overwhelming majority of countries supported Havana’s call to debate the situation on the island. Despite US diplomatic pressure and votes against it from its allies. Last week, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced that the island nation was bringing a pressing debate to the floor of[…]

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Tehran Publishes Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding Between Iran and U.S.

from IRNA, published on Workers World, June 21, 2026 The memorandum, which was exclusively provided to IRNA, states that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the U.S. and their allies in the current war, by signing this document, declare the immediate and permanent cessation of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and pledge not to start any war[…]

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Cuban President Díaz-Canel on Cuba’s Response to ‘Maximum Pressure’

by Charles McKelvey, published on Workers World, February 16, 2026 Cuba News published an article by reporter Charles McKelvey, from which Workers World links to this report on a two-hour interview with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who spoke at a special press conference on Feb. 5, 2026. The Cuban president addressed the current crisis in the Caribbean.. In a special[…]

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China / United States – Latin America and the Caribbean: The people have their say.

by By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein, published on Workers World,  December 30, 2025 As if by fate and unplanned twists of history, at the very moment that Trump was threatening Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Marco Rubio was making clear his conviction that the Western Hemisphere is Washington’s property, thus reviving the Monroe Doctrine and its Trump corollary for[…]

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China Refuses to Play Trump’s “Art of the Deal” Games

by Carlos Martinez, published on Workers World, October 24, 2025 There is only one side responsible for sabotaging U.S.-China trade relations, and it’s not the Chinese. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has accused China of trying to damage the U.S. economy after Beijing announced regulations on the export of rare earths and critical minerals. He claimed Beijing’s move “is a[…]

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China is a Force for Peace and Progress, That’s Why the World Needs China

by Carlos Martinez, published on Friends of Socialist China,  June 27, 2025 Friends of Socialist China was among the organisers of a hybrid event in Portland, Oregon (US), held on 22 June 2025, discussing Kyle Ferrana’s important book Why the World Needs China. In his speech (delivered via Zoom), Carlos Martinez endorsed the central thesis of the book, arguing that[…]

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The Illegal Attack on Iran

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, June 13, 2025 Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore a sovereign state in the international order. If Israel had a problem with Iran, there are many mechanisms mandated by international[…]

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Cyril Ramphosa Schools Trump’s Distorted Presentation on Racism in South Africa

by Ranjan Solomon, published on Countercurrents, May 23, 2025 This article is lightly edited. [jb] When it was announced that South African President Cyril Ramphosa was to visit the White House, there was speculation over whether Ramphosa would have to cope with the kind of bombardment and mistreatment that Zelensky went through on his visit to the White House. Trump[…]

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Cuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends Sanctions

by Helen Yaffe, published on Jacobin Magazine, March 8, 2024 The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism “human trafficking” — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the Global South. On February 25, US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s[…]

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