Dr. Berto Conde: The memories of Fidel's visit continue to beat in the Hospital of Sancti Spíritus

Cuba: Dr. Berto Conde – Memories of Fidel’s Visit Continue to Beat in the Hospital of Sancti Spíritus! (17.7.2026)

“He arrived in the morning, around 9 in the morning, here at the hospital, perhaps a little later. A tour was made and when we arrived at the front of the hospital, there in front of the Central Highway, there was a signpost with the name of the centre, Camino Cienfuegos provincial hospital, in front of where there is currently a CADECA facility there at the entrance of the hospital. He had covered himself with a white cloth and then symbolically removing that cloth left the hospital inaugurated. It was high and then even though the commander… Fidel Castro was a tall man, because he was not enough and there were the members of the board of directors and with our dear director, Dr. Pedro García Alfonso, whom I remember with so much affection, was his daughter, Coralita, who also died painfully for us. And then Fidel carries Coralita, lifts her up and the girl removes the sheet.

3D Reproduction of Royston Cave - Royston Council

UK: The Bell-Shaped “Royston Cave”! (17.7.2026)

The analysis found that the short male costumes and the headdresses and hairstyles of the women both point to a time between 1360-90, and the Saint Christopher carving was dated to the same era. The report concluded that it was unlikely that any of the carvings were executed before about 1350 – a century after the Templars were active in Royston, and decades after their widespread suppression. What’s more, the carvings feature Christian iconography, lacking the symbolism typically associated with the Templars – depictions of the Holy Sepulchre and Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, for example, or of two knights riding one horse.

Although the Knights Templar were known for building round churches, the circular shape of the cave does not necessitate a Templar link either – the greatest proliferation of round churches is in Scandinavia, where no Templars ever set foot. Nor is the presence of Pagan symbols such as the sheela na gig particularly mysterious; the same image appears in medieval churches across Britain and Europe.

Why, then, the supposed Templar connection? Perhaps the things that make for a good story now also made for a good story in 1742. “The risk here is people have been wanting to tell stories since day one: ‘Come and see the Templar cave!’,” said Tobit Curteis, the conservator of the cave. “Just because someone made up a story 300 years ago, it doesn’t mean it was any more true back then than it would be now.”

Kampuchea: The Narrative the US Does Not Want You To Know! (16.7.2026)

Given that the PLA had defeated the US in Korea – surely China could have defended its ancient ally of Khmer without too much difficulty? Deng Xiaoping wanted to “open-up” and make money rather than pursue or protect the old order. As a consequence, very little genuine research is carried-out in this area as China simply ignores it – and the US is quite happy to associate Socialism with mass killing – a fabrication the capitalists have perpetuated for decades (virtually no one died during the Russian Revolution – but between 1918-1921 the collective West during its invasion killed 10.5 million Soviet Russians). The US (and the West) are the mass killers – and it is their habitual crimes that they like to protect upon their ideological enemies. Ironically, since betraying Ho Chi Minh’s vision of a “New Vietnam” – that country has struggled – particularly after the fall of the USSR in 1991, being as it is estranged from China. Only very recently has Vietnam approached China for a far more profound and deep economic relationship. Cambodia is merely left to rot – with its pointless monarchy and capitalist system. Indeed, whereas Polpot declared all women and gorls equal to men – Cambodia is today the world centre for filming paedophiia and trafficking children. Of course, there are no Hollywood films about this, and no catchy soundtracks – as that would be telling the truth and not peddling mindless entertainment.

Real Football is Non-League!

Mexico: Schools for Chiapas – What Football Has United – Let No State Divide! (16.7.2026)

As the count of disappeared already surpasses 133,000, in a show of the Mexican state’s indifference, current President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo mocked, questioned, and criminalized these families’ struggle, at press conferences accusing some of these collectives of receiving funding and answering to the interests of opposition political parties.

While there is no exact figure, organizations like Amnesty International cite more than 200 collectives across the country. In this context, alleging that the movement has been co-opted functions less as fact and more as a vile tactic of delegitimization. President Sheinbaum Pardo seeks to mask a painful reality with the supposed joy that comes from soccer as a capitalist spectacle.

The sheer scope of the violence behind the disappearance crisis can be seen in the range of its victims — among them civilians disappeared by the military alongside members of the armed forces themselves; people presumably linked to the criminal economy, and many more who simply refused to pay extortion fees. “Collateral damage,” a former president once called it. All are searched for equally; no disappearance is justified, and no one deserves to disappear.

1970s South London School

UK: My Early Life in the 1970s School System! (15.7.2026)

Some Black people are like this in the UK – but not all. When stood queuing outside the London Aquarium once, a West Indian woman started racially abusing Gee and ramming a push-chair into the back of Gee’s legs – accusing her of being responsible for the queue. Being racist, she had no idea that Gee was with me. When she realised this – she looked worried and left. So, White-looking people can still be of some use to non-White people. You would be surprised at the extent of internecine in-fighting between non-White groups in the UK. Anyway, I am a proletariat “Internationalist” – Marxist-Leninist-Maoist. I was all this when I was born – but it took me years and years to work it all out. Marx was right and we will end-up living in a Communist paradise at some point in the future. This might be violent, peaceful, or quite natural. If you had told someone 500-years ago that the Catholic Church would be gone, the monarch beheaded, and society Secular today – they would have thought you made. And yet here we are.

Lao authorities are accelerating efforts to determine the cause of a land subsidence incident in Nong Kadeng village, Vilabouli District, Savannakhet Province!

Laos: Detailed Survey Launched Into Savannakhet Land Subsidence! (15.7.2026)

Lao authorities are accelerating efforts to determine the cause of a land subsidence incident in Nong Kadeng village, Vilabouli District, Savannakhet Province, with officials pledging to provide regular public updates as the investigation progresses. According to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Department of Geology and Minerals (DGM) is working with local authorities, relevant government agencies and Lane Xang Mineral Co., Ltd. to conduct a detailed geophysical survey of the affected area. While experts have preliminarily concluded that the subsidence is a natural phenomenon associated with underground limestone formations, the additional survey aims to collect comprehensive geological data to verify the cause with scientific evidence.

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