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Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
Duration - 2:45[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.
Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.
We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol -
Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
Duration - 2:45[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.
Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.
We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol -
Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
Duration - 2:45[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.
Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.
We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol -
Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
Duration - 2:45[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.
Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.
We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol -
Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
Duration - 2:45[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.
Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.
We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
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Video - What Cubans Want to Say About Life in Cuba Today
https://peertube.world/w/vra3kseN9RJCERZqgH2Z5H
Duration - 5:16[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
What does this moment in Cuba mean to the people living through it?
For photographer Moník Molinet, the answer begins with a pause: asking people to stop, reflect, and write down the words that honestly describe their lives. In #Havana, amid an increasingly severe social and economic crisis fueled by suffocating #US sanctions, she invited people to put their own words to the moment they are living through.
These are their words. Their voices. Their moment.
Words for This Moment is a photographic project by Moník Molinet, created in Havana in July, 2026. The project is a series of 50 portraits, created in collaboration with Belly of the Beast.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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CUBA UNDER SIEGE: A Roundtable Discussion
Sunday 6 September, at 12:00 pm Central Time (1:00 pm ET, 6:00 pm UK time)
Join Helen Yaffe and three other speakers (Reed Lindsey from Belly Of The Beast, Justine Medina, from Cuban Americans for Cuba and analyst and author Peter Kornbluh) for this panel, #Cuba Under Siege, at the Haymarket Socialist Conference in #Chicago, #Illinois, #USA.https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hEGZs63wRAW284LNLt74dw#/registration
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #US #BellyOfTheBeast #CubanAmericansForCuba
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Video - "Solidarity Is Not a Crime" [Cuba]
https://peertube.world/w/kn365P9Et6nKCQxiA3NKye
Duration - 27:00[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US State Department’s latest report on Cuba revives allegations against US #solidarity activists that were made by the FBI and CIA in the 1960s and 1970s — claims historian Teishan Latner says were never proven.
In this interview with BotB journalist Yohan Rodríguez, Latner discusses the history of US-Cuba solidarity, the #VenceremosBrigade, the #BlackPantherParty and growing pressure on people in the US who oppose Washington’s policy toward Cuba.
He also examines whether the report is helping lay the groundwork for military action against Cuba.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol #USA -
Video - U.S. Sabotages Cuba’s Hospitals — Then Calls Universal Healthcare a Failure
https://peertube.world/w/vNxwt6wKcW8FqzTVMApdh3
Duration - 1:47[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-FL) says Cuba’s healthcare system “sucks” and “doesn’t work,” pointing to hospitals without #medicine and deteriorating conditions.
But this criticism leaves out a major part of the story: the policies Giménez has championed are the reason why Cuba’s #hospitals are collapsing. #US #EconomicWarfare has restricted Cuba’s ability to obtain medicines, #medical equipment, fuel and other resources needed to keep its #healthcare system running.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol #USA -
A History Professor Graded Rubio's Cuba Report. He Got an F.
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/a-history-professor-graded-rubio-s-cuba-report-he-got-an-fAugust 27, 2026
[from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]#MarcoRubio's State Department accuses Cuba of fueling "far-left terror" in the US and recruiting solidarity activists to "turn America against itself."
According to Teishan Latner, a leading scholar of US-Cuba left solidarity, the claims are the same ones the FBI and CIA made in the 1960s and 1970s. They were as spurious then, he says, as they are now.
...how the State Department twisted his scholarship into a sweeping conspiracy theory to criminalize #US social justice movements and justify possible military action against #Cuba.
Also:
- Trump Renews World War I Law to Sanction Cuba
- Cubans Caught in #Trump's #Deportation Machine
- Giménez Blames Free #Healthcare, Ignores #Sanctions
- Rubio Targets #Solidarity, #Mining and Construction
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Havana’s Solar-Powered Answer to the Garbage Crisis
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/havana-s-solar-powered-answer-to-the-garbage-crisisAugust 20, 2026
[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]Trash is piling up across #Havana because the city’s garbage trucks have run out of fuel.
But in one neighborhood, garbage collection now runs on #SolarPower.
As the #US #oil #blockade keeps fuel from reaching Cuba, one local business is finding a new way to keep the streets clean.
Also:
- #Hegseth Gaslights Cuba on Counternarcotics
- Saber-Rattling, Same Old Economic War
- Who's Threatening Whom?
- #DominicanRepublic Expels Cuban Diplomats
- Turkish Airlines to Resume Cuba Flights
- Anti-#Embargo Democrat Wins Florida Senate Primary
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba!#CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#PetróleoParaCuba
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#Rubio Promises Cuba a Better Future — in a Box
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/rubio-promises-cuba-a-better-future-in-a-boxAugust 13, 2026
[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]The #Trump administration is touting a $100 million aid package for Cuba, most of which is being distributed by #CatholicChurch charities.
But the aid is a drop in the bucket compared to the damage caused by #US# sanctions and an #oil #blockade that has plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis.
In our latest video, Belly of the Beast journalist Yohan Rodríguez reports from Bejucal, a town on the outskirts of Havana, where residents welcomed the food kits but questioned the policies that made the aid necessary.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
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Video - Cuba Can’t Keep the Lights On. Rubio Says It’s a Superpower
https://peertube.world/w/fJgfR2tiGPiBjtpGBeAGo6
Duration - 1:30[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
In an interview with Lara Trump, U.S. Secretary of State #MarcoRubio called Cuba a “superpower” and a threat to the #UnitedStates. Lara Trump said Cuba is trying to wipe the U.S. from the face of the earth.
So how does an island struggling with blackouts, fuel shortages and a deep economic crisis pose an existential threat to the world’s most powerful country?
Journalist Yohan Rodríguez breaks down the farcical claims by #Trump and #Rubio, which are used to justify current #US policy.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
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Video - The Contradiction Of U.S. Aid To Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/dag96EYQD3cJ96UttAmBAf
Duration - 0:47[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US is sending humanitarian aid to vulnerable Cuban families while its policies continue to deepen the crisis affecting them. We went to Bejucal to see what happened when the aid arrived.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol -
Video-In Havana, Garbage Trucks Replaced by Solar-Powered Tricycles
https://peertube.world/w/8wp9YbnSA1SJdcztWJERpi
Duration - 3:02[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#Havana has a garbage problem. El Rampeño has a #SolarPowered solution.
Meet the Cuban initiative using #RenewableEnergy to collect garbage with tricycles in the face of fuel shortages caused by the #US #oil #blockade.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol
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Goodwill or Good Marketing? The Contradiction Of U.S. Aid To Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/rWJbEPAx1eMn65mGQYNmku
Duration - 12:08[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US announced $100 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba, some of which is now being distributed to vulnerable families through the CatholicChurch.
So we went to #Bejucal, one of the towns where the aid first arrived.
In a town of 22,000 people, the Church delivered 380 boxes of aid. Those who received it expressed their gratitude. But there is a stark contradiction at the heart of the US aid effort: Washington is offering relief from a crisis its own policies have brought about.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Caritas
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Video - The Story About Cuba That No One Was Telling
https://peertube.world/w/jmVdrqortmpZosAoW7DmCc
Duration - 2:44[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Six years ago, Liz Oliva Fernández nearly walked away from journalism. Then she joined a new independent media outlet called Belly of the Beast. The rest is history.
Support the independent journalism of Belly of the Beast by subscribing to our newsletter, joining our Patreon or making a tax-deductible donation below.
•Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/BellyoftheBeastCuba
•Donate: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/help-sustain-our-work
•Newsletter: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/signup#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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Rubio’s Regime Change Plans — and the Media Selling Them
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/rubio-s-regime-change-plans-and-the-media-selling-them[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]
August 8, 2026The #Trump administration's Cuba playbook made its way into major #US media outlets this week.
Anonymous US officials detailed intelligence operations, possible military action and the "hunt" for Cuba's next leader.
The articles read less like journalistic scoops than messages Secretary of State #MarcoRubio wants delivered, with the reporters serving as couriers. As one anonymous official told Axios about a leak, the administration is simply “letting the regime know we’re watching.”
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When entire civilizations have been consumed and reside in the _Belly of the Beast_, your survival depends on how far you can **reach** into the bowels of the World Eater to scavenge. Mechanical instincts push characters to better rewards in deeper, worse, places.
https://www.sigilstonepublishing.com/belly-of-the-beast-rpg/
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Video - The Ship Bringing Aid to Power Cuba’s Hospital
https://peertube.world/w/f7yyMHzPmBWqjbv1U9bhXe
Duration - 3:27[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Open Arms @openarmsong set sail across the Atlantic carrying seven tons of #SolarPanels, batteries and #medical supplies bound for a children’s #hospital thousands of miles away.
This hospital, which treats children with cancer, neurological conditions and severe burns, is facing its biggest challenge: a lack of electricity.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #SolarPower
#SustainableEnergy #RenewableEnergy
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Video - After Visiting Cuba, Gustavo Petro Had a Message for Washington
https://peertube.world/w/aTFtzJj5uwuygYrJbSByCu
Duration - 1:02[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
After visiting Cuba, #Colombia’s President #GustavoPetro delivered a message directed at Washington.
What did he ask the #UnitedStates? And why did he say it now?
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #US #USA -
#MarcoRubio's McCarthyite Manifesto
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/marco-rubio-s-mccarthyite-manifestoJuly 24, 2026
[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]The State Department released a 100-page report Monday accusing Cuba of influencing virtually every major progressive movement, organization, protest and activist in the United States over the last 65 years.
Media outlets, including Belly of the Beast, are also implicated in the vast conspiratorial screed, which one member of Congress has called the “stupidest” thing he’s ever read.
Also:
- Ramped Up Sanctions Target #Doctors, Ports and Oil
- #US Economic War Drives Hotel Chains Out of Cuba
- Congressional Democrats Push Back
- No Electricity, Garbage Everywhere
- First Shipment of US Aid Arrives to Cuba
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba!#CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
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#Trump and #NYT Say There's a Russian Spy Base in Cuba. Turns Out, It's a School
https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/trump-nyt-russian-spy-base-cuba-school[An article about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
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Video - This Russian Spy Base In Cuba Is Spying On You
https://peertube.world/w/cfgLyc5L8UHDdjfd8qtw8P
Duration - 21:31[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Is #Russia operating a spy base in Cuba again?
Donald #Trump, #MarcoRubio and major #US. media outlets like The #NewYorkTimes and The #WallStreetJournal all say so.
But none of them bothered to go to the alleged site of this spy base. We did — and here’s what we found.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol -
Video - Inside Cuba’s Fuel Lines: Taxi Drivers Struggle Under U.S. Oil Blockade
https://peertube.world/w/ohzr5SRbJnC1dqDHbgKS3j
Duration - 2:53[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Since January, the U.S. oil blockade has worsened the living conditions of the Cuban people.
Lines of taxis stretch for hours outside Cuba’s gas stations — when fuel is even available.
Even when it is, they struggle to find clients due to the lack of tourists.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol -
Video - How Camila Guevara Milanés Is Making Her Own Legacy in Music
https://peertube.world/w/69VA3eZMZQ5NtxuScGXBTw
Duration - 2:56[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Camila Guevara Milanés carries two legendary last names. But she wants to be known for her #music. The #Cuban singer-songwriter talks about how she's forging her own #artistic identity.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
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Video - State Department Makes Case for Repression and Cuba Regime Change
https://peertube.world/w/hqRPXhoJTpDDV5PFGVDPg1
Duration - 1:53[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US State Department just released a 100-page report accusing Cuba of influencing virtually every major progressive movement, organization, protest and activist over the last 65 years.
Amidst a hodgepodge of distorted history and sweeping, conspiratorial conclusions, the #Trump administration uses the report for two purposes: to justify repression at home and regime change in Cuba.
Watch Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández break down what the report says — and what it means.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
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Video - Rep. McGovern: Cubans “Screwed Over” by “Arrogant Politicians in Washington”
https://peertube.world/w/a6wv14BSNQTixPLbBBiasp
Duration - 3:45[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) denounced #US #sanctions on Cuba as decades-long “human rights violations.”
Watch his speech in full.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba #PetróleoParaCuba
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Video - U.S. Representative Confronts State Department Official over Embargo
https://peertube.world/w/8USaR1ciJnPnoobfa5nA1s
Duration - 1:50[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Rep. #PramilaJaypal challenged a State Department official over whether decades of #US #sanctions on Cuba amount to collective punishment prohibited under the Fourth Geneva Convention. Watch the exchange.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
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Members of Congress: "No Proof" of Trump’s Claims on Cuba
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/members-of-congress-no-proof-of-trump-s-claims-on-cuba[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their #videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]
June 16, 2026Four Democratic lawmakers traveled to Cuba last week to see for themselves the impact of the #Trump administration's economic war on the island.
They returned with firsthand evidence of its devastating consequences, but none to support the claims used by Donald Trump and #MarcoRubio to justify an #oil #blockade and maximum pressure sanctions.
BotB journalist Liz Oliva Fernández sat down with the lawmakers to discuss what they witnessed and what Congress can do to push back against the administration's policy toward Cuba.
Also:
- Inside Cuba’s Alleged #Russian Spy Base
- Rubio Targets #Tourism Industry and Fuel — Again
- #Sanctions Reportedly Leave #Medical Supplies Stuck in Jamaica
- Cuba Goes Dark For Fifth Time Since Blockade
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Video - U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Trump’s Claims About Cuba After Visiting the Island
https://peertube.world/w/ru66TuzjNGXDtVQP2rVMPp
Duration - 20:10[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
US lawmakers Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), and Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) gave an exclusive interview to BotB during their recent visit to Havana.
Their trip to Cuba comes as the #Trump administration ramps up its #oil #blockade and economic war on the island, which it has justified by claiming that Cuba poses a threat to #US national security.
After meeting with doctors, farmers, entrepreneurs, diplomats and ordinary Cubans, the lawmakers accused Donald Trump and #MarcoRubio of pushing a “false narrative.”
“Walking through a #hospital that is dark and empty because we've cut off energy, we’ve cut off fuel,” said Leger Fernández. “Why would Americans support that?”
#USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
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U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light.
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/u-s-blockade-cut-the-power-u-s-citizens-brought-the-lightJuly 10, 2026
[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective]Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island.
But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark.
Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes.
Also:
- MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity Homes
- Despite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #Embargo
- How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
- We Found the “Russian Spy Base” in Cuba
- Second Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer
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Video - Cuba Calls Out Mike Waltz at the UN With ICE Photos
https://peertube.world/w/5WRUkCRRUKiT9n7F7vGhCD
Duration - 1:23[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Cuba’s FM #BrunoRodríguez confronted #US Amb. Mike Waltz at the #UN on Tuesday, after Waltz accused Cuba of human rights abuses, holding photos of people detained and killed by #ICE.
“This did not happen in Cuba,” said Rodriguez.
#USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #AbolishICE
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Video - How Cubans Are Surviving Endless #Blackouts
https://peertube.world/w/bQRSHMmPe4wDEUhAhR7BWJ
Duration - 1:58[a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
As Cuba’s fuel crisis deepens under the U.S. oil blockade, elderly Cubans are being forced to: cook with charcoal and sit in the dark as they wait for the lights to return.
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Video - How U.S. Sanctions Affect Pregnant Women and Newborns in Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/cx4rvNyGxnwWSDXone8A2M
Duration - 1:23[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
In recent days, #Cuban civil society organizations have denounced the devastating impact of the #US government’s economic war on the Cuban people.
Dr. Dayana Couto Núñez, president of the Cuban Society of #Gynecology and #Obstetrics, says shortages of medicines, medical supplies, technology and fuel are affecting surgeries, ultrasounds, diagnostic tests and maternal care.
According to Couto, the situation is making it harder to detect congenital malformations early and to care for premature and low-birth-weight babies, who often require specialized medication and high-tech equipment.
“Neither our women nor our children are to blame,” she said. “They need #medical care, #medicines and quality resources.”
#NoWarOnCuba
#OilForCuba!
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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Video - Statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba at the #UN Security Council
https://peertube.world/w/68V7f77vCxVxwLiLNxuxtz
Duration - 1:09[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
At the #UNSecurityCouncil, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs #BrunoRodriguez called on the international community to act to prevent the “human catastrophe” that could result from the ongoing energy #blockade and potential #US #military aggression.
Thousands of Cubans would die defending their homeland,” he said. “And young US citizens would also perish, without a cause or ideal worth fighting for, dragged into violence by an #imperialist, neofascist policy of domination, plunder and conquest.”
#NoWarOnCuba
#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
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#Video - What Happens When US Citizens Defy Cuba Policy? | Medea Benjamin Responds
https://peertube.world/w/hDBEgfUgfdq36Wa87d3A9E
Duration - 13:19[from #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
What happens when a US citizen tries to deliver #HumanitarianAid to #Cuba and criticizes the US government’s economic war on #Cuba?
That was what Medea Benjamin did, and now the US government is investigating and intimidating her.
Last March, #MedeaBenjamin, co-founder of #CodePink, traveled to Cuba as part of the #NuestraAmericaConvoy, amid a devastating economic crisis brought about by #US sanctions and an #oil #blockade designed to choke the island.
She came to bring food, medicines, especially to the children’s #hospitals, where the maximum pressure sanctions are killing babies.
Medea explains to BotB what the investigations really are, how she was saved by Cuban #doctors, why #HasanPiker's reach made him a target and why this won’t stop the #solidarity towards Cuba.
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The Cuban Scientist Fighting to Save the World’s Memory
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/the-cuban-scientist-fighting-to-save-the-world-s-memory[weekly newsletter about #Cuba (with YouTube #video links) from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective.]
May 15, 2026For over seven million people in the US, #Alzheimer’s is a slow erasure of memory, identity and connection. As #pharmaceutical giants charge staggering prices for treatments that offer limited results with dangerous side effects, a potential breakthrough has emerged from Cuba, a country subjected to more than six decades of #US economic warfare.
Also:
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- #Rubio's Cynical Aid Charade
- 40 Years After #JesseJackson's Havana Visit, His Son Returns
- Cuban Americans: "Rubio Doesn't Speak for Me"
- "Monsters Against Their Own People"
- Who's Spying on Whom?
- "No Military Solution": #UN Chief Slams US Sanctions
- As War on Cuba Escalates, Companies Settle Lawsuits
- Rising Gas Prices as #Russian Tanker Stalls
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#Video - Jesse Jackson Went to Cuba in 1984. His Son Returned With the Same Message
https://peertube.world/w/pJVh6DxfGgENfLa31DXFv4
Duration - 2:36[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
At a time when the US government’s economic war on #Cuba is intensifying, #US lawmakers Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Jonathan Jackson traveled to Havana in early April.
At the Martin Luther King Center, Jackson paid tribute to his father, #JesseJackson, recalling his historic 1984 visit to the island, when he met with Fidel Castro and helped usher in a rare moment of dialogue between Cuba and the #AfricanAmerican community.
Jackson spoke of a generation of people in the US shaped by the country’s continuous wars, and called for a different path forward — one rooted in dialogue, mutual respect, and human connection.
“It’s my prayer that the historical and political differences that divide us would not be used to deny our children the kind of future they deserve,” he said.