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Pedro Monzón Barata

Pedro Monzón Barata

Former Cuban Ambassador and Consul General in Sao Paolo; researcher at the Center for International Policy Research

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Articles

The blockade's global dictatorship does not rest on aircraft carriers. It rests on the rationality of fear in every boardroom and every central bank calculating its dollar exposure. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab el-Hajj)
Politics

The blockade as global dictatorship: From contained extraterritoriality to worldwide extension

Washington’s 2026 executive orders turned the Cuba blockade from a bounded, bilateral punishment into a worldwide system of discipline, where banks, shippers and hotel chains in third countries comply out of fear of losing dollar access.

  • 11 Nov 12:09
The Dangerous Advance of the Far Right in Latin America: U.S. Hegemony, Israeli Expansion, and Evangelical Zionism in the Face of Resistance
Analysis

The Dangerous Advance of the Far Right in Latin America: U.S. Hegemony, Israeli Expansion, and Evangelical Zionism in the Face of Resistance

Latin America’s far-right turn is consolidating a hemispheric bloc aligned with Washington and Tel Aviv, driven by US interventionism, the Isaac Accords, Christian Zionism and Israeli security technology.

  • 13 Oct 17:48
The UN will condemn again the Blockade: 10 Recommendations to End the Silent Suffocation of Cuba
Analysis

The UN will condemn again the Blockade: 10 Recommendations to End the Silent Suffocation of Cuba

The US blockade is strangling Cuba through blackouts, hunger and medical shortages, inflicting record losses as the UN demands an end to collective punishment.

  • 14 Sep 15:57
Gaza and Cuba, or the prehistory of humanity
Opinion

Gaza and Cuba, or the prehistory of humanity

Cuba’s decades-long solidarity with Palestine reflects a shared history of resistance to imperialism, dispossession, and siege, rooted in Fidel Castro’s vision of humanity’s struggle to emerge from "prehistory".

  • 24 Aug 14:56
Without surrender: Cuban sovereign reforms as continuity of Socialist survival strategy
Analysis

Without surrender: Cuban sovereign reforms as continuity of Socialist survival strategy

The history of the Cuban Revolution is a dialectical process in which each crisis has given rise to a creative response that preserves the essential while transforming the incidental.

  • 01 Aug 13:12
The funeral of Sayyed Ali Khamenei: A world that does not surrender
Opinion

The funeral of Sayyed Ali Khamenei: A world that does not surrender

Millions fill Tehran to honor Sayyed Ali Khamenei, whose funeral underscores Iran's unity, resistance, and enduring alliances with countries including Cuba.

  • 08 Jul 16:04
The Empire against law, reason, and morality: A historical look at US foreign policy
Analysis

The Empire against law, reason, and morality: A historical look at US foreign policy

Can a criminal empire have the right to judge and condemn? Pedro Monzon Barata answers with a big "No" as he sums up 250 years of permanent US wars.

  • 01 Jul 21:39
Cuba is a fundamental trench in a much larger battle, and halting the aggressive and predatory advance of the empire before it engulfs the entire planet is a shared responsibility of all humanity. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab el-Hajj)
Analysis

The United States' total war against Cuba: Resistance and solidarity

In this article, Pedro Monzon Barata argues that Washington’s decades-long campaign against Cuba aims not at democracy but at regime change and recolonization, while highlighting Cuba’s legacy of international solidarity and resistance despite sanctions, pressure, and isolation.

  • 08 Jun 10:56
Governments can be neutralized or overthrown. But peoples, if they are well informed and educated, are immortal as long as they keep their historical memory and their will to fight. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab el-Hajj)
Analysis

Stopping contemporary fascism: What is to be done?

Contemporary fascism has evolved into a globalized system of authoritarian domination led by the US and its allies, combining military aggression, economic coercion, media manipulation, and institutional capture against resistance movements and sovereign states across the Global South.

  • 26 May 11:59
The woman of the Global South in the anti-Imperialist offensive: Lessons from Iran, Cuba, Palestine, and Lebanon
Opinion

The woman of the Global South in the anti-Imperialist offensive: Lessons from Iran, Cuba, Palestine, and Lebanon

The events of 2026 confirm a fundamental lesson: every imperialist escalation generates a more organized and forceful feminist response.

  • 27 Apr 00:11
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