The US oil blockade against Cuba continues to cause enormous hardships for the Cuban people. Following the attack on Venezuela by US forces on January 3, 2026, Cuba has received only one fuel shipment, which provided nearly 100,000 tons of crude oil thanks to Russia’s cooperation.
The situation has been classified by the United Nations as a “humanitarian crisis” that affects the most vulnerable groups the hardest. The United States insists on its policy of suffocating Cuba at all costs.
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As with other US imperialist endeavors, the US would relish Cuba’s economic collapse triggering a massive humanitarian crisis, no matter how high the number of casualties.
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Pressure continues in Peru to prevent left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez from running in the presidential runoff.
Sánchez is accused of failing to report his political party’s income, although he denies these allegations. Several critics argue that this is a ploy to prevent him from participating in future elections, thereby benefiting the far right.
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US President Donald Trump left Beijing at the end of a two-day state visit to China on Friday, May 15, without achieving any of the goals set before the commencement of the first such trip in nearly a decade.
For the US, a successful trip to China would have meant progress on trade bottlenecks including tariffs, visible promises of more Chinese purchases of US goods, including aircraft and advanced technologies, cooperation on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, and easing of the restrictions on rare earth exports imposed by last year.
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🇵🇸 Today is Nakba Day, marking the anniversary of the process of genocide, displacement, and ethnic cleansing carried out for the illegal founding of the state of Israel, marking a new chapter in the Palestinian people's struggle for national liberation. Generations of Palestinians have continued the struggle for liberation in the face of the US-backed Israeli apartheid regime and genocide in Gaza.
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🇰🇪BOOKER OMOLE: “The Communists of this country have been charged on organizing street protests to defend the poorest of the poorest.
On May 13, 2026, Booker Omole attended a court hearing in Nairobi on a case linked to an earlier arrest and abduction. During the proceedings, the court adjourned the matter and scheduled the next hearing for May 27, 2026. Reports from supporters and observers described the case as politically charged, with growing criticism over the circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention.
“What Emmanuel Macron is demonstrating in Nairobi is not “economic cooperation”, but the familiar arrogance of imperial management dressed in diplomatic language. Behind the polished speeches and investment forums lies the same colonial logic that Europe has deployed against Africa for centuries.”
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On May 8, 45,000 students joined a school strike against conscription and militarization in 150 cities across the country. The strike was held on the 81st anniversary of Victory Day, which brought peace to Europe at the end of World War II. This was the third school strike since December 5, 2025, the day the new conscription law was passed unanimously by the German parliament, the Bundestag.
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Nepal’s Supreme Court issued an interim stay on the move by the newly-elected government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, to ban and dissolve party-affiliated trade unions for government employees.
The court also stayed a similar ban on student unions, issued on the very first day of the Shah government’s formation.
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Following a controversial legal process, the Bolivian justice system has issued an arrest warrant against former leftist President Evo Morales, who governed Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. The Prosecutor’s Office is seeking a 20-year sentence against one of the Andean country’s most prominent opposition leaders.
The prosecution accuses Morales of having had a romantic relationship with a minor who allegedly had a daughter with Morales while he was president of Bolivia. However, the news outlet Telesur reported that the alleged victim, named Cindy Vargas, appeared before the Court Against Violence Against Women and requested that the case be dismissed: “I am not a victim; the incident did not occur, nor was there any exploitation.” In light of this, Vargas objected to public institutions pursuing legal action on her behalf and requested that the case be dismissed.
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For several weeks now, anti-immigrant protests have taken place across different cities in South Africa, a country grappling with deep economic and historical contradictions rooted in its apartheid past and uneven post-liberation transformation.
Anti-immigrant demonstrations and violence have taken place in cities such as Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, and the Eastern Cape. Several videos have circulated online showing incidents of assault and violence on men accused of being undocumented immigrants. At least seven people have reportedly been killed as a result of these attacks since March 2026.
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For the 15th time in 18 months, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against reforms proposed by Belgium’s Arizona government seeking to reduce pension rights, introduce harsher working conditions, and cut social budgets to finance war and armament. On May 12, “75,000 people filled the streets of Brussels: workers from the public and private sector, metalworkers, caregivers, teachers, public service employees, NGOs, cultural workers, youth, feminist, democratic and peace movements,” stated the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB-PVDA).
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