Michael Laxer
The 17th Chess Olympiad, Havana 1966
The International Chess Federation's (FIDE) 17th Chess Olympiad was held in Havana, Cuba between October 23 and November 20, 1966. 52...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 191 min read
Daily LIFT #1472
Fidel Castro speaks beneath the iconic Heroic Guerilla portrait of Che -- Daily LIFT #1472
Michael Laxer
Oct 1818 min read
Farewell to Che - Fidel Castro
On October 18, 1967, Fidel Castro gave a stirring, powerful and deeply moving speech in memory of his friend and comrade, Che Guevara,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 161 min read
History Will Absolve Me! -- Fidel Castro's iconic speech, October 16, 1953
On October 16, 1953 Fidel Castro gave his iconic History Will Absolve Me speech before a Cuban court. He was on trial for his leading...
Michael Laxer
Oct 103 min read
Cuban President Díaz-Canel receives Vietnamese Colonel General Trinh Van Quyet
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic of Cuba highlighted the ties of...
Michael Laxer
Oct 81 min read
Daily LIFT #1463
Fidel Castro beneath the iconic Guerrillero Heroico photographic portrait of Che taken by Alberto Korda in 1960 -- Daily LIFT #1463 Today...
Michael Laxer
Oct 71 min read
Daily LIFT #1462
Fidel addresses a mass rally in the 1960s -- Daily LIFT #1462
Michael Laxer
Oct 41 min read
Daily LIFT #1459
Fidel speaks shortly after the triumph of the Revolution -- Daily LIFT #1459
Michael Laxer
Oct 311 min read
Fidel speaks and Che's Farewell Letter: October 3, 1965
Fidel reads Che's letter The historic first Central Committee meeting of the newly formed Communist Party of Cuba was held in Havana on...
Michael Laxer
Oct 33 min read
United for the Revolution: 59th anniversary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
On October 3, 1965, the first Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba was established in an historic event that marked the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 286 min read
Díaz-Canel: Cuba and Vietnam are an example of comradeship that time has strengthened
Image via the PCC Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party...
Michael Laxer
Sep 261 min read
General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Vietnam, To Lam, in Cuba
To Lam and Roberto Morales Ojeda - all images via the PCC By Dayán González Ramírez, translated from the Spanish With a warm greeting, at...
Michael Laxer
Sep 251 min read
Daily LIFT #1452
"The duty of every revolutionary is to make revolution." - Fidel! -- Daily LIFT #1452
Michael Laxer
Sep 111 min read
Daily LIFT #1442
Vietnamese Revolutionary Hero General Võ Nguyên Giáp and Fidel Castro meeting in Cuba -- Daily LIFT #1442
Michael Laxer
Sep 73 min read
Cuba and Vietnam: Ties of friendship and solidarity
Marydé Fernández López, member of the CC PCC and deputy head of its Ideological Department, received at the headquarters of the Central...
Michael Laxer
Sep 32 min read
Romárico Vidal Sotomayor García, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, dies in Havana
Via the Communist Party of Cuba, lightly edited and translated from the Spanish In the early morning hours of September 1, Hero of the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 118 min read
OCLAE: 58 years of solidarity, struggle and commitment
A look at the Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students (OCLAE) on the 58th anniversary of its founding. By...
Michael Laxer
Jul 304 min read
Frank País and Raúl Pujol live on the Day of the Martyrs of the Revolution
Perhaps the most horrendous toll of Fulgencio Batista's tyranny was the death that his henchmen caused to more than 20,000 people who...
Michael Laxer
Jul 263 min read
The legacy of July 26 is one of hope and struggle
By Marlen Carrasco Barrientos, translated from the Spanish Much more remains of that glorious July 26, 1953 than the marks of the bullets...
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