Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the United Nations

8 Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, stated today at the United Nations that the blockade is a policy of collective punishment, which he characterizes as an act of genocide. Due to its importance, we are transmitting in...

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it approaches Cuba, kills at least 30 in Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa barreled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday after thrashing Cuba’s second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where at least 25 were killed....

“Actually existing socialism” and the communist transition

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, communist political currents aligned with the Marxist-Leninist regimes in Russia, China, and elsewhere have experienced major decline. Nevertheless, in recent years, organizations like the Communist Party...

Hurricane Melissa kills 25 in Haiti, devastates Jamaica, pounds Cuba and barrels through Caribbean

Havana: Hurricane Melissa barreled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday after thrashing Cuba’s second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where at least 25 were...

Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction in Jamaica and Cuba

Hurricane Melissa unleashed devastation in Jamaica as the strongest storm on record ever to hit the Caribbean island nation, and roared later yesterday into eastern Cuba, smashing the city of Santiago and flooding rural land. A Category 5 storm...

United Nations General Assembly Overwhelmingly Renews Call to End United States Embargo on Cuba for 33rd Consecutive Year

HAMILTON, Canada – In a resounding display of global consensus, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution demanding the immediate termination of the United States' long-standing economic, commercial, and financial...

Hurricane Melissa leaves path of destruction in Haiti and Cuba

Jamaica declared a national disaster after Hurricane Melissa on Wednesday as rescue and relief efforts were hampered by washed-out roads and a “total communication blackout” in the storm’s direct impact zone. More than three quarters of the island...

Satellite images reveal Jamaica devastation as Melissa tears through Cuba

In Jamaica, more than 25,000 people were packed into shelters on Wednesday and more streamed in throughout the day after the storm ripped roofs off their homes and left them temporarily homeless. Dana Morris Dixon, Jamaica’s education minister,...

Hailing from Cuba, D65 bilingual interventionist inspires students with artistic talent and background

Faced with an empty dry erase board on a Friday evening, elementary school teacher Juana Fernández-Hamer grabbed a box of markers and got to work. The following Monday morning, her students were shocked by their teacher’s talent, and thrilled to...

Reports of fatalities after Hurricane Melissa roars through Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti

Authorities said there were no reports of deaths as of Wednesday morning, but said fatalities were possible given the extensive damage. In southwestern Jamaica, the parish of St. Elizabeth was left underwater, an official said, with more than...

"Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall In Eastern Cuba As A Category 3 Storm"

"SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane...

UN condemns US economic embargo on Cuba for 33rd year

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Cuba among first signatories of Convention against Cybercrim...

AKP Phnom Penh, October 27, 2025 -- Cuba became one of the first signatory countries to the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, the opening ceremony of which took place at the National Convention Center in Hanoi. The so-called Hanoi...

Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Releases

Although the main Record Store Day event occurs every year in April, the Black Friday drop gives record collectors a chance to find some one-of-a-kind releases to wrap up the year. The list always features music from a wide range of genres, and,...

Hurricane Melissa roars through Cuba

Hurricane Melissa barreled north of Cuba on Wednesday after thrashing the city of Santiago and isolating hundreds of rural communities while unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where reports surfaced of more than two dozen...

165 nations defy US pressure, vote to end US blockade on Cuba at UNGA

Venezuela lauded the UN’s rejection of the US blockade on Cuba, calling it proof of growing global opposition to Washington’s coercive policies. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday delivered another decisive rebuke of...

Melissa slams Cuba after tearing through Jamaica

HAVANA/KINGSTON: Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in neighbouring Jamaica as the strongest-ever storm on record to hit that Caribbean island nation. Melissa hit the southern coast of eastern...

Countries around the world demand an end to the US blockade against Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 28 (ACN) Countries from different regions of the world today demanded at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the end of the blockade imposed by the US on Cuba, during the discussion of a draft resolution demanding an end...

Hurricane Melissa, strongest storm ever to hit Jamaica, roars onward into Cuba

Hurricane Melissa unleashed devastation in Jamaica as the strongest storm on record ever to hit the Caribbean island nation, and roared later on Wednesday into eastern Cuba, smashing the city of Santiago and flooding rural land. A Category 5 storm...

Cat 3 Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba, speeds through the Bahamas

[En español] Hurricane Melissa made landfall in the eastern Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Santiago de Cuba – the country’s second most populous city — at 3:10 a.m. EDT Oct. 29 as a Category 3 storm with maximum...