With the US blockade cutting off oil, Cuba’s healthcare has been wrecked, access to clean water lost and babies put at risk, writes Francisco Pichón

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/30/cuba-energy-crisis-us-blockade-fuel-humanitarian-disaster-healthcare-water

#Cuba #USterror #USimperialism #USpol #USBigBully #sanctions #CubaSolidarity #USterroristState #blockade #USpolitics

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US Senate blocks bid to stop Trump using military against Cuba. Senator ​Tim Kaine says if anyone did to the US ‘what we are doing to Cuba’, it would be considered ‘an act of war’

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/29/us-senate-blocks-bid-to-stop-trump-using-military-against-cuba

#USterror #USmilitary #USpol #Cuba #USterroristState #USimperialism #CubaSolidarity #USblockadeOnCuba

US Senate blocks bid to stop Trump using military against Cuba

Senator Tim Kaine says if anyone did to the US ‘what we are doing to Cuba’, it would be considered ‘an act of war’.

Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera English on Instagram: "Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has described the five permanent members of the UN Security Council as “Lords of War.” He called on them to stop acting like “emperors” and waging war on poorer countries.⁠ .⁠ #Brazil"

189K likes, 6,808 comments - aljazeeraenglish on April 18, 2026: "Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has described the five permanent members of the UN Security Council as “Lords of War.” He called on them to stop acting like “emperors” and waging war on poorer countries.⁠ .⁠ #Brazil".

Instagram

Where're the 'Irish Patriots' and their 🇮🇪🇮🇪 protesting this?

"Trump administration deports elderly Irishman from US to Costa Rica"

Separately, the US is continuing to use Shannon Airport to facilitate its deportation operations

An US aircraft operated by JourneyAir leased by ICE landed in Shannon to refuel while deporting migrants to Nairobi in Kenya

It is due to stop in Shannon again on Sat afternoon on the return

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/18/elderly-irishman-deported-by-us-to-costa-rica-under-countries-controversial-deal/

#mastodaoine #ShannoAirport #Usterror #FuelProtest

Trump administration deports elderly Irishman from US to Costa Rica under controversial deal

Man arrived in the central American country on Friday as part of a group of 22 deportees

The Irish Times

Brazil's tax revenue secretary Robinson Barreirinhas said on Friday that more than 1,100 weapons were seized over the past 12 months arriving from the United States, and that in the first quarter alone authorities have seized more than 1.5 tons of drugs.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-seizes-over-1100-weapons-15-tons-drugs-us-says-official-2026-04-10/

#FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #ArmsDealer #USimperialism #WarOnDrugs #USterror #Brasil #Brazil #USpol #DrugsTrade

Did Trump0 threaten the Vatican with military force?

The Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s warning that Pope Leo canceled his plans to visit the U.S. later in the year, reported Hale, who noted that “many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-trump-212552754.html

#FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #USterror #USterroristState #Pope #Vatican #USpol #USWarMachine

Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump

It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S.

Yahoo News

🇺🇸 $968 Billion in military spending and Trump wants to increase it to 1.5 Trillion

Meanwhile...

Trump administration proposes massive budget cuts to science

The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-administration-proposes-massive-budget-cuts-to-science/

#FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #FuckTheGOP #USpol #TrumpWarMonger #science #research #militaryBudget #USterror

Trump administration proposes massive budget cuts to science

The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing

Scientific American