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Díaz-Canel and the Cuban Regime Leadership Take Part in an “Anti-Imperialist” March with Low Attendance

The event was called by youth organizations under the slogan “Here, with Fidel” EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, April 2, 2026 – Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel took part this Thursday in a march in Havana called by state-run youth organizations, amid the energy crisis and pressure from Washington for political and economic change on the Island. … Continue reading “Díaz-Canel and the Cuban Regime Leadership Take Part in an “Anti-Imperialist” March with Low Attendance”

The Cuban Regime Rents Out the Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana

The altar of “Homeland or Death!”, a showcase of ideological fidelity, is for rent. 14ymedio, Havana, May 12, 2025 — A new era is dawning for the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribune* located directly across from the U.S. Embassy in Havana. From being a “distinguished bastion” that emerged in the heat of the Battle of Ideas … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Rents Out the Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana”

Havana’s May Day Rally Moves to the Anti-Imperialist Platform, a Venue One-Fifth the Size of the Plaza of the Revolution

The main event of the International Workers’ Day will not be held at the Plaza de la Revolución to save on fuel 14ymedio, Madrid, 15 April 2024 — The celebration of May 1, international workers’ day, once again dispenses with what was its usual venue for decades and moves to the Anti-imperialist Platform in Havana. … Continue reading “Havana’s May Day Rally Moves to the Anti-Imperialist Platform, a Venue One-Fifth the Size of the Plaza of the Revolution”

The Anti-Imperialist Grandstand of Havana, Victim of the Shortage of Cement in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 14 April 2023 — In addition to seriously affecting the construction of homes, the lack of cement is delaying the restoration works of one of the most symbolic places of the Cuban regime, the Anti-Imperialist Grandstand of Havana, popularly known as the “protesto-drome.” The shortage of raw materials and fuel tops the list … Continue reading “The Anti-Imperialist Grandstand of Havana, Victim of the Shortage of Cement in Cuba”

The Government Confirms Demolition of the Anti-Imperialist Platform in Order to Restore It

14ymedio, Havana, May 23, 2019 — Two days after 14ymedio reported that Havana’s Anti-Imperialist Platform is to be dismantled to make way for office buildings, the vice-president of the Provincial Administrative Council, Orestes Llanes Mestres, confirmed the demolition but noted that new construction on the site is aimed at preserving its historic symbolism. The official … Continue reading “The Government Confirms Demolition of the Anti-Imperialist Platform in Order to Restore It”

Havana’s Anti-Imperialist Platform is Being Demolished to Build Office Buildings

14ymedio, Havana, 21 May 2019 — The Anti-Imperialist Platform, a symbol of Fidel Castro’s Battle of Ideas, will be replaced by something much more prosaic: two two-story buildings designed to house offices. The construction manager and several workers involved in the dismantling of the monument told 14ymedio that this is the future that awaits the emblematic place, … Continue reading “Havana’s Anti-Imperialist Platform is Being Demolished to Build Office Buildings”

Eusebio Leal: “In Cuba There Is No Anti-US Sentiment, Only Anti-Imperialist” / 14ymedio, Sara Gomez

EFE/14ymedio, Sara Gomez Armas, Havana, 6 August 2015 — A few days before the American flag will fly above the embassy in Havana, the city’s historian and Cuban intellectual Eusebio Leal said in an interview with EFE that Cuba had never had “an anti-United States sentiment, only an anti-imperialist sentiment.” “Cubans have always understood this subtlety. … Continue reading “Eusebio Leal: “In Cuba There Is No Anti-US Sentiment, Only Anti-Imperialist” / 14ymedio, Sara Gomez”

A Tale of Two Cities: Havana and Washington on May Day

May 1, 2026, exposed two radically opposing political realities unfolding ninety miles apart. In Havana, the Cuban communist dictatorship attempted to stage its annual revolutionary spectacle amid visible fear, militarization, and growing insecurity. In Washington, the United States escalated its confrontation with the Castro-Communist regime through a sweeping executive order targeting the financial, political, and … Continue reading “A Tale of Two Cities: Havana and Washington on May Day”

Half a Million, According to the Cuban Government; Weariness and Disinterest, According to the Street

The peace petition campaign took center stage at the event, while official rhetoric alternated between calls for dialogue and threats of bloodshed and violence. 14ymedio, Dario Hernandez, Havana, May 1, 2026 / “Practically half the people had already left when it started,” says an attendee at the May Day parade in Havana. The José Martí … Continue reading “Half a Million, According to the Cuban Government; Weariness and Disinterest, According to the Street”

Cuba’s Largest Oil Company, Cupet, Begins Distributing Fuels Obtained From Russian Oil

The 730,000 barrels received provide a breath of fresh air to the regime for a few weeks, but do not lift Cuba out of its energy crisis. 14ymedio, Havana, April 19, 2026 — The Cuban government is trying to present the refining of 100,000 tons of crude oil donated by Russia in Cienfuegos as a … Continue reading “Cuba’s Largest Oil Company, Cupet, Begins Distributing Fuels Obtained From Russian Oil”

Cuba’s Only Labor Union (CTC) Calls To Celebrate May 1st ‘While Rationally Assuming the Imposed Restrictions’

With grandiloquent language and references to ‘Che’ Guevara, the CTC calls to “defend the country from the furrow, the factories, the classrooms, from every trench of combat” 14ymedio, Madrid, April 13, 2026 – The Island’s single union, the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), will once again adapt to circumstances and on May 1 will … Continue reading “Cuba’s Only Labor Union (CTC) Calls To Celebrate May 1st ‘While Rationally Assuming the Imposed Restrictions’”

A Lackluster Torchlight March Without Raúl Castro in Response to the Cuban Regime’s Imminent Collapse

14ymedio, Dario Hernandez, Havana, 28 January 2025 — “Thousands of Cubans, led by young people, are marching tonight with torches through the streets of Havana honoring José Martí and, with him, his firm and unwavering anti-imperialist stance.” That was the response of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez to US President Donald Trump, hours after the … Continue reading “A Lackluster Torchlight March Without Raúl Castro in Response to the Cuban Regime’s Imminent Collapse”

The Cuban Regime Prepares for the ‘War of the Entire People’

Instead of dialogue, Havana bets on the rhetoric of confrontation and updates its “plans and measures for the transition to a State of War” 14ymedio, Havana, January 18, 2026 — The approval of the “plans and measures for the transition to a State of War,” announced tersely by the Cuban state press, marks a new … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Prepares for the ‘War of the Entire People’”

Mourning, Propaganda, and a Survivor’s Version That Doesn’t Fit the Regime’s Epic Narrative

Colonel Pedro Yadín reveals that the officers were asleep and were attacked with “bombs and drones” 14ymedio, Havana,January 16, 2026 –- Havana once again deployed its political liturgy this Friday following the death of the 32 Cubans who fell in Caracas during the capture of Nicolás Maduro. At the Anti-Imperialist Tribune, facing the Malecón, the … Continue reading “Mourning, Propaganda, and a Survivor’s Version That Doesn’t Fit the Regime’s Epic Narrative”

Hope and Fear Mingle in Cuba With the Loss of Maduro, and Oil

New York Times, Opinion, Guest Essay, Yoani Sanchez, 16 January 2026. The first messages in Havana about Nicolás Maduro’s capture, sent through WhatsApp before they reached official channels, were intermittent and contradictory. People felt hope and fear. Was something going to change here? many wondered as they waited in bread lines, at the bus stop … Continue reading “Hope and Fear Mingle in Cuba With the Loss of Maduro, and Oil”