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Venezuela Escalates Military Readiness with "Operation Independence 200" Amid Tensions with the United States
Caracas, Venezuela – October 12, 2025 – In a stark demonstration of defiance against perceived foreign threats, Venezuela's government has intensified its national defense posture through the nationwide rollout of "Operation Independence 200," a...

Powerful Cuba Mexico Solidarity Displayed as President Díaz-Canel Condoles Flood Victims
Mexico faces significant flooding concerns. October 12, 2025 Hour: 11:30 am In a strong show of Cuba Mexico solidarity, President Miguel Díaz-Canel extends condolences and support for the devastating floods that have killed over 41 people....

Columbus Day, 2025 -- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION
Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with...

Cuban-born dad came on Freedom Flight. Now, Brevard man in ICE custody
A 58-year-old Florida man was seized from his driveway by ICE and other authorities as part of a nationwide immigration crackdown. The man, who arrived in the U.S. from Cuba during the Freedom Flights as a child, was taken to a detention facility....

Exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from X summit of Americas: Fracture in hemispheric diplomacy
Former Cuban Ambassador Pedro Monzón Barata denounces the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the X Summit of the Americas as a US-imposed act that exposes the collapse of hemispheric diplomacy and revives colonial-era domination...
Instituto de Meteorología en Cuba: Seis décadas de ciencia y consagración
Guantánamo.- A 60 años de la fundación del Instituto de Meteorología (Insmet), institución rectora del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de la República de Cuba, la nación antillana Mayor de las Antillas cuenta con plena soberanía en el conocimiento...

Cuba Denies Participating in Ukraine War
Cuba on Saturday denied US assertions that it is involved in the military conflict in Ukraine or had sent soldiers there. Cuba “rejects the false accusations that the United States government is spreading about Cuba’s alleged involvement in the...

Cuban Government Admits There are Cubans ‘On Their Own’ Fighting in the Ukraine War
Havana denies that there are between 5,000 and 20,000 Cuban combatants in the Russian Army. Group of Cubans recruited to fight on the Russian side in Ukraine. / Mario Vallejo/Facebook 14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 11 October 2025 –The Cuban Foreign...

Cuba denies US accusations of involvement in Ukraine war
Cuba rejects US claims of involvement in Ukraine war, citing zero-tolerance policy on mercenary activity and no state role in foreign armed conflicts. The Cuban government has firmly rejected recent US accusations that it is involved in the...

Cuba denies participating in the war in Ukraine
Cuba on Saturday denied US assertions that it is involved in the military conflict in Ukraine or had sent soldiers there. Cuba "rejects the false accusations that the United States government is spreading about Cuba's alleged involvement in the...

Cuban Farmers Can Barely Guarantee Water for the Animals and Their Own Homes
Faced with the farmers’ demands, the authorities replied that “there are more important companies” to attend to first Farmers can barely guarantee water for the animals and their own homes. / Adelante 14ymedio, Havana, October 11, 2025 — For more...

Spanish Grandchildren’s Law: Huge amount of applications at 900,000 as deadline approaches
Spanish passport obtained. Credit: European Parliament X Do you have a family connection to Spain? The “Grandchildren’s Law,” officially known as the Democratic Memory Law (Ley de Memoria Democrática), is a Spanish initiative meant to address...

LIFE IN SPAIN: If you see parades and military displays today, and if on Monday you find shops and offices closed, it’s because the people of Spain are celebrating their ethnicity. MICHAEL COY explains.
TO non-Spaniards, it sounds slightly odd – “El Día de la Hispanidad” (‘The Day of Spanishness’), but October 12 is an important landmark on the national calendar. Really, it’s a combination of various minor feast days, clustered together to excuse...

The Commission on Decolonization Is a Waste of Government Funds
By Ken Leon-Guerrero for Kandit News & Views According to Michael Lujan Bevacqua, my arguments publicly and in testimony before the legislature, and the Commission on Decolonization (COD) “aligns with his general anti-government of Guam rhetoric,...

Cuba’s Liannis Mesa Silveira wins Caribbean Women’s U23 Individual Time Trial
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2025. 5:37 pm CST. Cuba’s Liannis Mesa won the Caribbean Women’s U23 Individual Time Trial on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Photo Credit: Caribbean Cycling Union By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🇨🇺 Cuba’s...

LETTER: Committee on Decolonization a waste of government funds
According to Michael Lujan Bevacqua, my arguments publicly and in testimony before the Legislature, and the Commission on Decolonization, aligns with my "general anti-government of Guam rhetoric, the Commission on Decolonization is corrupt and...

Cuba rejects any participation in the conflict in Ukraine
6 Cuba today strongly denied that it is participating in the armed conflict in Ukraine, a categorical rejection of slanderous accusations that the United States government has been spreading. Below is the verbatim statement from the Cuban Foreign...

Cuban president receives Palestinian students at the Palacio de la Revolución
6 More than 100 young Palestinians studying medicine in Cuba were at the Palace of the Revolution this afternoon, where they were received by President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in a day filled with emotion and solidarity with Palestine. Some...

Cuba has the truth and the ability to demolish the lies of imperialism
6 Cuba doesn’t have to lie to defend itself; the United States cannot defend its policy without lying, Johana Tablada of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) affirmed this Friday in Mexico City, as she lashed out at the economic blockade and...

Cuban Fighters May Become Russia’s Top Foreign Force
screenshot NewsmaxTV By Jim Thomas From Newsmax Russia is increasingly turning abroad to sustain its war in Ukraine, with thousands of Cuban recruits reportedly joining its ranks as Moscow struggles to replace mounting battlefield losses....