Yekaterinburg, Russia, September 14, 2026 – Meyvis Estévez, First Secretary of the National Committee of the Young Communist League of Cuba (UJC), held a fraternal meeting with Kudakwashe Mupamhanga, Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training, during the international festival hosted in this Russian city.
Harare, August 14, 2026 – The Herald, Zimbabwe's leading newspaper, highlighted the enduring relevance of Fidel Castro's legacy on the centenary of his birth.
In a commentary by Zimpapers Group analyst Gibson Nyikadzino, The Herald emphasized the words of Munyaradzi Machacha, National Political Commissar of ZANU-PF, regarding Fidel's ideas that inspired young Zimbabweans to join the struggle for liberation and independence.
Harare, August 13, 2026 – A plaque commemorating the centenary of the Historical Leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, was unveiled today in Harare with the attendance of high-ranking representatives of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party, the Government, Parliament, and in solidarity with the Caribbean island.
Harare, August 13, 2026 – The National Commissar of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU PF), Munyaradzi Machacha, today conveyed a message to Cuba from President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of the Centenary of the Historical Leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.
While attending the commemoration at the Cuban Residence in Harare, Machacha asked Ambassador Susellys Pérez Mesa to convey Mnangagwa’s warmest and most fraternal greetings to his counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and to all the people of the Caribbean nation.
ZIMBABWE ANTI-SANCTIONS TRUST
Nembudziya, Gokwe North, Zimbabwe
PRESS STATEMENT
On CMA CGM's Complicity in the Blockade Against Cuba
17 July 2026
Harare, July 13, 2026 – The Ambassador of Cuba, Her Excellency Susellys Pérez Mesa, met today with Zimbabwean students who have received scholarships to pursue university studies on the Caribbean island.
The Ambassador briefed Isaac Gumbese and McDonald Matanhire on the historic bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as Cuba's collaboration in health and education, which has resulted in the graduation of some three thousand professionals for this African nation.
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.
