Time is running out for Julian Assange.  If MPs do not act, how can they say they value free speech?

A lifesize bronze statue of him appeared in Parliament Square over the weekend but the real Julian Assange could very shortly be taken, handcuffed and protesting, from Belmarsh prison in London and flown off to a high security jail in the US.... More

Washington is pressuring journalists to help build its case against Julian Assange

Assange is facing extradition to the United States from the U.K., where he is currently in Belmarsh prison in south London, over charges related to dissemination of material leaked by Chelsea Manning and published by WikiLeaks and a coalition of five newspapers through 2010 and 2011. ... More

The G-7 Summit

The G-7 summit began last Thursday in Hiroshima, with the aim of strengthening diplomatic alliances around the "rule of law" and "territorial integrity", in the context of the growing global polarization over the hybrid war waged by the U.S. against Russia on the territory of Ukraine.... More

Cuba knows all about shameful Yankee domination

One hundred and twenty-one years ago, the intentions of the United States towards Cuba became clear when it proclaimed, on May 20, 1902, a mediatized republic that made a mockery of the national independence sentiment, since what was born was a neo-colony of the incipient empire of the revolted and brutal North that despises us.... More

Fidel in Vietnam: An unforgettable flight to the front line of battle

Among the many memorable trips of his life, Colonel Ho Van A was especially impressed by the one that took the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, to the line of fire in South Vietnam.... More

Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez in Geneva

Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the high-level segment of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council.  Geneva, 28 February 2023... More

Cuba is not a state sponsor of terrorism

Cuba, a country of eleven million people, has been under an illegal embargo by the United States government for over six decades.... More

Speech delivered by Cuban President Miguel-Diaz Canel before the VII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), January 24, 2023

Returning to Buenos Aires for this meeting of nations is a reason to rejoice, especially after days of massive euphoria that overflowed its enormous avenues over a triumph that we feel is our own in Latin America and the Caribbean.... More

Belmarsh Tribunal held in Washington, DC, demanding freedom for Julian Assange

Washington, January 21 (RHC)-- As Julian Assange awaits the final appeal of his looming extradition to the United States while languishing behind bars in London's notorious Belmarsh Prison, leading left luminaries and free press advocates gathered in Washington, D.C. on Friday, the 20th, for the fourth sitting of the Belmarsh Tribunal, where they called on U.S. President Joe Biden to drop all charges against the WikiLeaks publisher.... More

Exclusive Radio Havana Cuba interview with the Honorable Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

Journalist Roberto Bastidas: We have the pleasure to have on our program the Honorable Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary.  First, I would like to thank you for taking the time to talk with us here on Radio Havana Cuba.  As you probably know, we are the international radio station broadcasting a number of languages, both on shortwave and streaming audio on the Internet.  And it is an honor to interview you here in our English language transmission heard around the world.... More

RHC 2023 pocket calendar with the image of Carlos Puebla

The Radio Habana Cuba 2023 pocket calendar, illustrated with the portrait that the Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín made in his home in Quito of the Cantor of the Cuban Revolution, Carlos Puebla, will be presented at the headquarters of the Casa Museo Guayasamín in Havana, on Friday, February 10 at 3:00 pm.... More

Pablo Milanés strongly enrooted in Cuban culture

I confess that I am still saddened by the death in Madrid of Pablo Milanés, whom I remember especially that cold morning in Quito on the second day of the Festival Todas las Voces Todas in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Capilla del Hombre, the masterpiece of the painter Oswaldo Guayasamín.... More

U.S. Supreme Court considers dismantling Native sovereignty in Haaland v. Brackeen

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether or not to dismantle Native sovereignty.  The case will determine the fate of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which was passed with the aim of halting cultural genocide by requiring, among other things, that if a state court determines that certain Native children must be removed from their homes, a Native family or tribal member be given priority placement and tribes have the right to be involved in the process.... More

Anniversary of Operation Carlota commemorated in Cuba

Cuba commemorates the beginning of Operation Carlota through which the Caribbean island collaborated in the struggle for the independence of the current Republic of Angola and other South African nations.... More

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez addresses UN General Assembly

Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the United Nations General Assembly, presenting the draft Resolution A/77/L.5, entitled: "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba."   November 3, 2022.... More

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