Under the title “A sinister ghost is haunting the world,” Casa de las Américas issued a statement on Monday denouncing a new and threatening neo-fascist offensive, from which not even the World Cup has escaped.
Due to its importance, ACN reproduces the Declaration in its entirety:
A sinister ghost is haunting the world
Casa de las Américas Declaration
A sinister ghost is haunting the world: the ghost of neo-fascism. Not even what we assumed would be a great sporting event, which should have put the world’s conflicts on hold — albeit artificially and temporarily — has escaped its reach.
Omar Artan, the first Somali referee appointed to officiate a World Cup, learned this early on when he was denied entry to the United States, one of the host countries. This was just a prelude to the visa restrictions imposed on the Iranian team, as well as the racism suffered by footballers and teams, which has reached the absurd point that France is now suffering racist attacks from the international right wing because its players represent the cultural and ethnic diversity of contemporary French society.
The United States government hasn’t waited for the tournament to end before announcing that, during the final matches, an anti-terrorism summit will take place to confront the “resurgence of transnational political extremism and violent far-left networks.” Convened by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the meeting will reportedly include representatives from more than sixty countries.
The primitive fascist tactic of stoking fear of a supposed “red menace” has resurfaced to justify repression and barbarity, precisely at a time when our region is witnessing victories for far-right candidates willing not only to dismantle progressive programs but also to serve as henchmen for the imperial agenda.
The definition of terrorism used by the State Department spokesperson for the rally seems, more than anything, a description of the covert or overt work of their own government: “murders, kidnappings, threats against facilities and law enforcement agencies, as well as attacks on critical infrastructure, military personnel, and the civilian population.”
We must take this very seriously. When the rulers of the United States and their henchmen speak of democracy and human rights, what usually follows is an atrocity disguised as good manners. When they speak of terrorism, what follows is Operation Condor, torture, and disappearances by the thousands, as Latin America knows all too well. or bombings and chaos, like those suffered by other parts of the world.
Cuba, which has been a victim of terrorism and has paid for it with a painful number of dead and maimed, and with incalculable material damage, knows where cynical Yankee strategies and accusations lead.
It falls to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, to the American people themselves, to their intellectuals, to social movements, and to sectors identified with the most basic rights to dignity, sovereignty, and justice, to confront the new and threatening neo-fascist offensive.
July 13, 2026
IMAGE CREDIT: ACN | Photo: Taken from the Casa de las Américas Facebook Page
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