Jun
27
2026
Cuba’s Socialist Renewal: Reform Is Not Surrender, It Is Resistance
Cuba’s Socialist Renewal: Reform Is Not Surrender, It Is Resistance
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa (Coordinator of Fidel Castro Chair, The Pan Afrikanist)
Cuba’s Socialist Renewal: Reform Is Not Surrender, It Is Resistance
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa (Coordinator of Fidel Castro Chair, The Pan Afrikanist)
Harare, June 26, 2026 – The Director of Multilateral Affairs at Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, K. Taremba, and the Cuban Ambassador, Her Excellency Susellys Pérez Mesa, held a cordial exchange on the positive state of relations between the two countries and the negative consequences of unilateral coercive measures.
Cuba: The world’s longest siege
. . . how US turned an economic blockade into a military stranglehold
Mafa Kwanisai Mafa (Coordinator of Fidel Castro Chair, The Patriot)
Decolonising the Mind
IN 2026, what had long been described as an economic blockade against Cuba crossed a dangerous threshold and assumed an openly military character.
Oil tankers were seized in the Caribbean in rapid succession, millions of barrels of fuel were confiscated, and one vessel was taken despite not being under any formal sanctions regime.
Castro’s indictment: When imperialism pursues relentlessly
Gibson Nyikadzino-Zimpapers Politics Hub (The Herald, Zimbabwe)
The recent indictment of Cuba’s ex-President Raul Castro by the United States is telling. What is critical is for the Global South, in particular, to know that everything happening is interconnected and aspects of this nature cannot be interpreted in isolation.
Harare, June 11, 2026 – Cuba's sovereignty is non-negotiable, emphasized Deputy Foreign Minister Elio Rodriguez Perdomo in an interview with columnist Gibson Nyikadzino of the Zimpapers Publishing Group for The Herald, the leading newspaper in this African nation.
The text of the statements is transmitted below:
Cuba’s sovereignty is ‘non-negotiable’
Harare, June 9, 2026 – The 40th anniversary of Cuban medical cooperation with Zimbabwe was marked today with a moving celebration in the capital, attended by the Minister of Health and Childcare, the Honorable Douglas Mombeshora, and the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Elio Rodríguez Perdomo.
Harare, June 8, 2026 – Cuba today denounced the doctrine of "peace through strength," promoted by the United States government, as a violation of the UN Charter and international law.
Harare, May 28, 2026 – Cuba's struggle is Africa's struggle, according to an analysis published in the Zimbabwean newspapers Newsday and The Standard regarding the unfounded US accusation against Army General Raúl Castro, with the evident political purpose of provoking a change of government on the Caribbean island.
Harare, May 27, 2026 – Cuba's destiny belongs solely to its people, stated Zimbabwe's Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor Torerayi Moyo, today, in reference to reports of a possible US military aggression against the Caribbean island.
Cuba has been under US sanctions and blockade for decades, under constant threat, but continues with resilience and resistance in the face of imperialism, Moyo declared during the presentation of the book "The Power of the People" by Dr. Norbert Hosho.
