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Video - US Voices Against the Blockade | Episode 3: Justine Medina
https://peertube.world/w/2S27HG4E8Mih59hNA9Hh4N
Duration - 2:06

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Justine Medina is a barista and Cuban-American activist opposed to the embargo imposed by the #US government on Cuba, the island she considers her other homeland.

After multiple visits to Cuba, she says conditions have worsened: food shortages, scarcity of medicine and constant blackouts that make daily life harder.

According to Justine, this war, which has lasted 66 years and has intensified over time, only causes more suffering for the people.

“I grew up hearing criticism of the Cuban government,” says Justine, who was raised in Florida. “But I also learned that the #embargo should end.”

#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

What We Saw in Cuba Shocked Us
Opinion - Guest Essay
By Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan L. Jackson
Ms. Jayapal, of Washington’s Seventh Congressional District, and Mr. Jackson, of Illinois’s First Congressional District, are Democrats in the House of Representatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/cuba-us-blockade.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.cjPw.LF0lWJnJpgOD&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[shareable 30-day gift article]

May 11, 2026

The #US #blockade of fuel to #Cuba, on top of the longest embargo in modern US history, defies the norms of international law that provide for state sovereignty, nonintervention in domestic affairs and the right of nations to trade freely. It amounts to an economic assault on the basic infrastructure of Cuba, designed to inflict collective punishment on the civilian population by manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in which #HealthCare, running water, agriculture and transportation are no longer available.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#news #politics #USpol

Emergency Speak-out Saturday Night in #LosAngeles, CA, #USA - No War on #Cuba

[update: #JewishVoiceForPeace - #JVP in Los Angeles just endorsed the speak-out.]

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
@cuba

Video - Vic Mensa Documents Cuba Under Blockade
https://peertube.world/w/jmnhGX7oaN8MQk4w3WCpPF

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Duration - 3:00

Vic Mensa traveled to Cuba with the Nuestra América Convoy, not as an artist, but as a witness.What he found in the streets of Old Havana moved him to his core.

Join Patreon to watch full interview! By becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon, you gain early access to selected videos and documentaries and can attend a monthly live briefing with a Belly of the Beast journalist.

More importantly, your membership also helps support our on-the-ground reporting that you won’t find anywhere else!

#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

#Video - US Voices Against the Blockade Episode 2: Imani Bashir
https://peertube.world/w/oBRgayfhyQKmpGizL1YXZj

[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Duration - 2:02

#ImaniBashir is a Black American activist from Washington D.C. She visited to #Cuba following a radical political tradition, one that includes Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, and Kwame Ture, figures who understood the #CubanRevolution as part of a broader struggle for liberation.

For Bashir, visiting Cuba wasn't just political, it was personal. Seeing #AfroCuban people, she says, was seeing people who look like her, who share her history, who have maintained their culture and dignity under decades of sanctions.

Her argument on the #blockade is straightforward: Cuba has never been a threat to the US. It has never put #US safety, its food supply, or resources at stake. "It has only been the other way around," she says.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

#Video - US Voices Against the Blockade Episode 2: Imani Bashir
https://peertube.world/w/oBRgayfhyQKmpGizL1YXZj

[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Duration - 2:02

#ImaniBashir is a Black American activist from Washington D.C. She visited to #Cuba following a radical political tradition, one that includes Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, and Kwame Ture, figures who understood the #CubanRevolution as part of a broader struggle for liberation.

For Bashir, visiting Cuba wasn't just political, it was personal. Seeing #AfroCuban people, she says, was seeing people who look like her, who share her history, who have maintained their culture and dignity under decades of sanctions.

Her argument on the #blockade is straightforward: Cuba has never been a threat to the US. It has never put #US safety, its food supply, or resources at stake. "It has only been the other way around," she says.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

#Video - US Voices Against the Blockade Episode 2: Imani Bashir
https://peertube.world/w/oBRgayfhyQKmpGizL1YXZj

[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Duration - 2:02

#ImaniBashir is a Black American activist from Washington D.C. She visited to #Cuba following a radical political tradition, one that includes Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, and Kwame Ture, figures who understood the #CubanRevolution as part of a broader struggle for liberation.

For Bashir, visiting Cuba wasn't just political, it was personal. Seeing #AfroCuban people, she says, was seeing people who look like her, who share her history, who have maintained their culture and dignity under decades of sanctions.

Her argument on the #blockade is straightforward: Cuba has never been a threat to the US. It has never put #US safety, its food supply, or resources at stake. "It has only been the other way around," she says.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

#Video - US Voices Against the Blockade Episode 2: Imani Bashir
https://peertube.world/w/oBRgayfhyQKmpGizL1YXZj

[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Duration - 2:02

#ImaniBashir is a Black American activist from Washington D.C. She visited to #Cuba following a radical political tradition, one that includes Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, and Kwame Ture, figures who understood the #CubanRevolution as part of a broader struggle for liberation.

For Bashir, visiting Cuba wasn't just political, it was personal. Seeing #AfroCuban people, she says, was seeing people who look like her, who share her history, who have maintained their culture and dignity under decades of sanctions.

Her argument on the #blockade is straightforward: Cuba has never been a threat to the US. It has never put #US safety, its food supply, or resources at stake. "It has only been the other way around," she says.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

#Video - US Voices Against the Blockade Episode 2: Imani Bashir
https://peertube.world/w/oBRgayfhyQKmpGizL1YXZj

[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Duration - 2:02

#ImaniBashir is a Black American activist from Washington D.C. She visited to #Cuba following a radical political tradition, one that includes Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, and Kwame Ture, figures who understood the #CubanRevolution as part of a broader struggle for liberation.

For Bashir, visiting Cuba wasn't just political, it was personal. Seeing #AfroCuban people, she says, was seeing people who look like her, who share her history, who have maintained their culture and dignity under decades of sanctions.

Her argument on the #blockade is straightforward: Cuba has never been a threat to the US. It has never put #US safety, its food supply, or resources at stake. "It has only been the other way around," she says.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

Video - Why This Renowned Cuban Violinist Keeps Returning Home
https://peertube.world/w/cgbGCpLh7NS8nd9qZ1jJ2B
Duration - 1:40 

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Renowned Cuban-born #violinist #YilianCañizares has been described as one of the most incredible talents of her generation. She tells us why, despite building a hugely successful career in Europe, she still feels Cuba is her real home.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #music #news #politics

Video - Why This Renowned Cuban Violinist Keeps Returning Home
https://peertube.world/w/cgbGCpLh7NS8nd9qZ1jJ2B
Duration - 1:40 

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Renowned Cuban-born #violinist #YilianCañizares has been described as one of the most incredible talents of her generation. She tells us why, despite building a hugely successful career in Europe, she still feels Cuba is her real home.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #music #news #politics

Video - Why This Renowned Cuban Violinist Keeps Returning Home
https://peertube.world/w/cgbGCpLh7NS8nd9qZ1jJ2B
Duration - 1:40 

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Renowned Cuban-born #violinist #YilianCañizares has been described as one of the most incredible talents of her generation. She tells us why, despite building a hugely successful career in Europe, she still feels Cuba is her real home.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #music #news #politics

Video - Why This Renowned Cuban Violinist Keeps Returning Home
https://peertube.world/w/cgbGCpLh7NS8nd9qZ1jJ2B
Duration - 1:40 

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Renowned Cuban-born #violinist #YilianCañizares has been described as one of the most incredible talents of her generation. She tells us why, despite building a hugely successful career in Europe, she still feels Cuba is her real home.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #music #news #politics

Video - Why This Renowned Cuban Violinist Keeps Returning Home
https://peertube.world/w/cgbGCpLh7NS8nd9qZ1jJ2B
Duration - 1:40 

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Renowned Cuban-born #violinist #YilianCañizares has been described as one of the most incredible talents of her generation. She tells us why, despite building a hugely successful career in Europe, she still feels Cuba is her real home.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #music #news #politics

Video - Renowned Violinist Yilian Cañizares Made the World Listen. Now She Plays for Cuba.
https://peertube.world/w/hgfSLPPPhmEhyJuGZMYpx8
Duration - 13:39

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

#YilianCañizares stands out as one of the extraordinary talents of the new generation of Cuban musicians. She conquers international stages, taking traditional Cuban #violin beyond the boundaries of #ClassicalMusic.

Yillian was born in #Havana and later settled in #Switzerland. On her return to Cuba for this year’s #JazzPlazaFestival, she shares her vision: “Cuban music has virtuosity, flavor, and cubanía, and I come to add a little sweetness, my feminine perspective.”

For Yilian, Jazz Plaza is a place where dreams turn into music, and where roots, friendship and dedication are celebrated. A space that inspires new generations, especially #women who want to leave their mark on #music.

#OilForCuba!
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#VivaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean

‘No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,’ President Warns Trump
After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only “find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-responds-to-trump-invasion-threat

from #CommonDreams
May 02, 2026

President #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez of #Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from #US President Donald #Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country.

“The President of the #UnitedStates escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” said Díaz-Canel in a statement.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

‘No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,’ President Warns Trump
After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only “find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-responds-to-trump-invasion-threat

from #CommonDreams
May 02, 2026

President #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez of #Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from #US President Donald #Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country.

“The President of the #UnitedStates escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” said Díaz-Canel in a statement.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

‘No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,’ President Warns Trump
After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only “find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-responds-to-trump-invasion-threat

from #CommonDreams
May 02, 2026

President #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez of #Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from #US President Donald #Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country.

“The President of the #UnitedStates escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” said Díaz-Canel in a statement.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

‘No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,’ President Warns Trump
After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only “find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-responds-to-trump-invasion-threat

from #CommonDreams
May 02, 2026

President #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez of #Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from #US President Donald #Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country.

“The President of the #UnitedStates escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” said Díaz-Canel in a statement.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

‘No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,’ President Warns Trump
After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only “find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-responds-to-trump-invasion-threat

from #CommonDreams
May 02, 2026

President #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez of #Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from #US President Donald #Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country.

“The President of the #UnitedStates escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” said Díaz-Canel in a statement.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

Video - In the face of U.S. aggression, Cubans march on May Day
https://peertube.world/w/fjfMzj22AzifnEqDtgCvZk
Duration - 1:06 

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Thousands of Cubans marched this Friday to the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana, in front of the #US Embassy, as well as to squares and parks across the rest of the country, to celebrate #MayDay.

“Cuba defends itself” was the slogan of the marches, as thousands took to the streets in support of the Cuban Revolution and rejection of U.S. economic warfare and military.

This year’s May Day marches take place amid a deepening economic crisis marked by shortages of medicine, food and fuel that have been brought about in large part by U.S. sanctions.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics

With the US blockade cutting off oil, Cuba’s healthcare has been wrecked, access to clean water lost and babies put at risk, writes Francisco Pichón

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/30/cuba-energy-crisis-us-blockade-fuel-humanitarian-disaster-healthcare-water

#Cuba #USterror #USimperialism #USpol #USBigBully #sanctions #CubaSolidarity #USterroristState #blockade #USpolitics

😡🤬

US Senate blocks bid to stop Trump using military against Cuba. Senator ​Tim Kaine says if anyone did to the US ‘what we are doing to Cuba’, it would be considered ‘an act of war’

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/29/us-senate-blocks-bid-to-stop-trump-using-military-against-cuba

#USterror #USmilitary #USpol #Cuba #USterroristState #USimperialism #CubaSolidarity #USblockadeOnCuba

Video - How Cuba’s Free Public Music Schools Produce World-Class Musicians
https://peertube.world/w/pX1QpauRMfQpUieHrMTHyv
Duration - 1:28

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Returning to Havana to perform at the International #Jazz Plaza Festival, renowned Cuban-born violinist Yilian Cañizares explains why Cuban musicians have had such a huge impact on the global music scene.

“There’s a kind of magic formula in Cuba,” she says.

Part of that magic formula is the rigorous musical education Cuban musicians receive from an early age, trained not only in their instruments, but also in the theory, history and #culture of music.

Yilian says #music in Cuba is not just studied - it’s lived. It’s part of everyday life, woven into the culture, the streets, and the rhythms people grow up with. That constant presence shapes #musicians in a way that’s unique to the island.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean

Action Alert - Call US Senators to vote Yes on the War Powers Resolution - Hands Off Cuba!
[taken from a post on a WhatsApp group chat]

The Cuba War Powers resolution is coming to the floor Tuesday the 28th. Call your Senators and tell them to vote YES on S.J. Res 124, to prevent war on Cuba (202) 224-3121. This is the single most important thing you can do for Cuba. Even if you have a Republican Senator, please please call: this is a winnable vote and I don’t think I have to tell you how bad it would be if the #US invades #Cuba.

Spread this to your chapter, to your caucus, your normie friends, all your group chats. All hands on deck!

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/124

#HandsOffCuba!
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #Trump #Rubio #USSenate #Alt4Me
@cuba

A sudden gap’: poorest to suffer from #Trump’s drive to stop Cuba sending doctors to its neighbours
People across Latin America and the Caribbean find themselves without care as countries bow to US pressure
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/26/poorest-to-suffer-trump-drive-to-stop-cuba-sending-doctors-to-its-neighbours/

from #TheGuardian
April 26, 2026

In recent months, many people across #LatinAmerica and the #Caribbean have suddenly found themselves without #healthcare, as nearly a dozen countries acquiesce to pressure from the US to end #medical agreements with the Cuban government.

The #US claims that the programme amounts to “forced labour” for #doctors, who have most of their salaries withheld by the Cuban government.

#Cuba acknowledges the retention but denies any human rights violations, saying the allegation is merely a pretext for the White House’s efforts to economically strangle the island and force regime change, which include the now months-long blockade of oil shipments.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#news #politics #USpol

[#Cuba]From the working-class heart of the United States: voices in search of truth and solidarity
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/52475

article from #Trabajadores, offical organ of the Cuban Workers' Federation (CTC)
April 26, 2026

The presence of the United States delegation at the Union Internship organized annually by the Cuban Workers' Federation (CTC) takes on special significance in the context of the May Day celebrations. Coordinated by activist Mark Friedman, founder of the #HandsOffCubaCommittee, some fifty visitors have arrived with a clear purpose: to understand the Cuban reality, to exchange ideas with its people, and to take back a perspective that is certainly different from the one that prevails in their own country.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #US #USA
@cuba

Cuban faith community reiterates condemnation of #US escalation of violence
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/52436
April 26, 2026

[translated from #CUBADEBATE by Walter Lippmann for CubaNews]

The Interreligious Dialogue Platform in #Cuba once again raised its voice and prayers to express the concern and rejection of the island's #religious community regarding the current escalation of violence that undermines the self-determination and sovereignty of peoples.

The statement emphasized that, as men and women of #faith, we understand that peace is not simply the absence of war, but the presence of justice and sacred respect for life.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba #religion
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #Alt4Me
@cuba

Video - What’s Behind Cuba’s Economic Crisis? Economist Emily Morris Breaks It Down
https://peertube.world/w/6GhTaaHVjDqrxdJgEKvfjK
Duration - 2:39

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the #Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” economist Emily Morris says in an interview with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández. Morris breaks down the roots of Cuba’s crisis and the devastating impact of #US policy.

To watch the full interview:
https://peertube.world/w/pJMa4hUoQ3DSVKPtYjzD7j
Duration - 1:05:08

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #EconomicCrisis

Video - What’s Behind Cuba’s Economic Crisis? Economist Emily Morris Breaks It Down
https://peertube.world/w/6GhTaaHVjDqrxdJgEKvfjK
Duration - 2:39

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the #Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” economist Emily Morris says in an interview with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández. Morris breaks down the roots of Cuba’s crisis and the devastating impact of #US policy.

To watch the full interview:
https://peertube.world/w/pJMa4hUoQ3DSVKPtYjzD7j
Duration - 1:05:08

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #EconomicCrisis

Video - What’s Behind Cuba’s Economic Crisis? Economist Emily Morris Breaks It Down
https://peertube.world/w/6GhTaaHVjDqrxdJgEKvfjK
Duration - 2:39

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the #Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” economist Emily Morris says in an interview with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández. Morris breaks down the roots of Cuba’s crisis and the devastating impact of #US policy.

To watch the full interview:
https://peertube.world/w/pJMa4hUoQ3DSVKPtYjzD7j
Duration - 1:05:08

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #EconomicCrisis

Video - What’s Behind Cuba’s Economic Crisis? Economist Emily Morris Breaks It Down
https://peertube.world/w/6GhTaaHVjDqrxdJgEKvfjK
Duration - 2:39

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the #Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” economist Emily Morris says in an interview with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández. Morris breaks down the roots of Cuba’s crisis and the devastating impact of #US policy.

To watch the full interview:
https://peertube.world/w/pJMa4hUoQ3DSVKPtYjzD7j
Duration - 1:05:08

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #EconomicCrisis

Video - What’s Behind Cuba’s Economic Crisis? Economist Emily Morris Breaks It Down
https://peertube.world/w/6GhTaaHVjDqrxdJgEKvfjK
Duration - 2:39

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the #Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” economist Emily Morris says in an interview with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández. Morris breaks down the roots of Cuba’s crisis and the devastating impact of #US policy.

To watch the full interview:
https://peertube.world/w/pJMa4hUoQ3DSVKPtYjzD7j
Duration - 1:05:08

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #EconomicCrisis

Despite Trump's threats, a US-Cuba deal is taking shape
Talks in Havana are starting to deliver results even as Washington prepares for the possibility of war
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-cuba-deal/

from #ResponsibleStatecraft
April 23, 2026

While the US says it has no “specific, imminent operations against #Cuba under consideration,” USA Today reported last week that the White House ordered the #Pentagon and other agencies to expedite preparations for #military action on the island. Last Thursday, a #USNavy surveillance drone conducted an unusual reconnaissance mission around Cuba.

Cuban President #MiguelDiazCanel, meanwhile, has repeatedly promised to resist any US attack through guerrilla warfare.

In an effort to pre-empt a #US attack, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is teeing up a war powers resolution vote for early next week, according to congressional aides who spoke with RS.

#OilForCuba
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

Video - More Than a Sanda Fighter
https://peertube.world/w/8AZPy2zDpmK9rCfNVZMdXs
Duration - 3:00

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Being a #trans #athlete means carrying more than gloves. It means carrying expectations, fear and responsibility. Malik speaks openly about facing #transphobia and machismo in Sanda’s sport, being pushed past ethical boundaries and the pressure of being the first, knowing that others will come after him. Malik reminds us that trans people don’t need to prove anything. Their existence is already enough.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #sports #LGBTQ+

From beauty to transportation, a lack of water and power forces Cubans to change their routines
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-power-water-routines-trump-us-government-c4e85c4a9236b881667c0e931b2b5576

from #AssociatedPress #AP
April 23, 2026 [with video]

Severe shortages of water, power and money combined with a #US #energy #blockade have deepened poverty and increased hunger across the island as severe blackouts persist. Even those who are more affluent are now eliminating long-established and often beloved routines as they adapt to increasingly dire realities.

#Cuba’s government has said that the elimination of the U.S. energy #embargo was a top priority for its delegation, calling it an “act of economic coercion” and “unjustified punishment.”

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

Video - Two #Solidarity Projects Bypassing The #Blockade
https://peertube.world/w/wiZCRrJaMmFEtNqfKVBP9p

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Duration - 2:59

Musa Alves, a #NewOrleans designer, and Carolina Leyva, a #CubanAmerican med student in Havana, built a direct aid network for Cuba. They donate solar panels, #medicine and food directly to Cubans amid an economic crisis exacerbated by #US #sanctions.

#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

The "Punta Brava" Photovoltaic #Solar Park in #Cuba is now online
The Punta Brava Photovoltaic #SolarPark, in the municipality of Amancio, synchronized with the National Electrical System this Sunday.
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/52280

from #Granma
April 20, 2026

With a generation capacity of five megawatts, the site is the first in the province of Las Tunas equipped to store energy, which will contribute to greater stability of the electrical service during the nights and early mornings.

According to what its director, Master of Science Yurisán Bacallado Castellanos, told the press, the 348 planned tables were installed, which include nine thousand 048 panels.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #SustainableEnergy
#environment #CleanEnergy
@cuba

The "Punta Brava" Photovoltaic #Solar Park in #Cuba is now online
The Punta Brava Photovoltaic #SolarPark, in the municipality of Amancio, synchronized with the National Electrical System this Sunday.
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/52280

from #Granma
April 20, 2026

With a generation capacity of five megawatts, the site is the first in the province of Las Tunas equipped to store energy, which will contribute to greater stability of the electrical service during the nights and early mornings.

According to what its director, Master of Science Yurisán Bacallado Castellanos, told the press, the 348 planned tables were installed, which include nine thousand 048 panels.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #SustainableEnergy
#environment #CleanEnergy
@cuba

The "Punta Brava" Photovoltaic #Solar Park in #Cuba is now online
The Punta Brava Photovoltaic #SolarPark, in the municipality of Amancio, synchronized with the National Electrical System this Sunday.
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/52280

from #Granma
April 20, 2026

With a generation capacity of five megawatts, the site is the first in the province of Las Tunas equipped to store energy, which will contribute to greater stability of the electrical service during the nights and early mornings.

According to what its director, Master of Science Yurisán Bacallado Castellanos, told the press, the 348 planned tables were installed, which include nine thousand 048 panels.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #SustainableEnergy
#environment #CleanEnergy
@cuba

The "Punta Brava" Photovoltaic #Solar Park in #Cuba is now online
The Punta Brava Photovoltaic #SolarPark, in the municipality of Amancio, synchronized with the National Electrical System this Sunday.
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/52280

from #Granma
April 20, 2026

With a generation capacity of five megawatts, the site is the first in the province of Las Tunas equipped to store energy, which will contribute to greater stability of the electrical service during the nights and early mornings.

According to what its director, Master of Science Yurisán Bacallado Castellanos, told the press, the 348 planned tables were installed, which include nine thousand 048 panels.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #SustainableEnergy
#environment #CleanEnergy
@cuba

The "Punta Brava" Photovoltaic #Solar Park in #Cuba is now online
The Punta Brava Photovoltaic #SolarPark, in the municipality of Amancio, synchronized with the National Electrical System this Sunday.
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/52280

from #Granma
April 20, 2026

With a generation capacity of five megawatts, the site is the first in the province of Las Tunas equipped to store energy, which will contribute to greater stability of the electrical service during the nights and early mornings.

According to what its director, Master of Science Yurisán Bacallado Castellanos, told the press, the 348 planned tables were installed, which include nine thousand 048 panels.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #SustainableEnergy
#environment #CleanEnergy
@cuba

Video - Cuba Marks 65 Years of Socialism Amid Shortages and U.S. Threats
https://peertube.world/w/5khProaKY76tYCcFc42icT
Duration - 2:28 

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Hundreds of Cubans gathered in Havana to mark the 65th anniversary of #FidelCastro’s declaration of the #socialist character of the Cuban Revolution.

Iván Domínguez Rivera, sugar industry #union leader, described the event as an affirmation of national unity at a time of economic hardship and renewed threats from Washington.

Participants also condemned the U.S. government’s #EconomicWarfare, intensified in recent months by fuel restrictions that have deepened shortages across the island.

“No threat will prevent the unity of these people,” Domínguez said.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

Video - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA): Normalizing Relations with Cuba Would Benefit People in the US
https://peertube.world/w/7Zy9X4vtuuTLaeQzcPFob9
Duration - 2:53

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

In her visit to Cuba, Rep. #PramilaJayapal (D-WA) says dialogue and cooperation would benefit both countries.

Based on what she observed on the island, Jayapal says the #oil #blockade imposed by the #US government is contributing to a humanitarian crisis in Cuba.

She also pointed to a new letter signed by 52 lawmakers calling for an end to the measure, arguing it reflects a failed US policy toward Cuba.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol

Cuban Gov’t: ‘Bay of Pigs Is Today and Forever!’
[statement]
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/17/cuban-govt-bay-of-pigs-is-today-and-forever/

from #WorldOutlook
April 17, 2026

#Cuba is living under the constant siege of the US government, whose escalating threats have intensified in recent months. In addition to the brutal #energy blockade, which exacerbates the genocidal policy of #embargo of the last six decades, there are the declarations by representatives of the #US government elite regarding intentions of #military aggression.

The material and human cost of this blockade is a disgrace borne by the government of the greatest empire of all time. It is an illegal and inhumane act, a violation of international law, condemned every year by almost all member states of the # UnitedNations and, as recent polls have confirmed, rejected by the majority of the people of the land of Lincoln.

#OilForCuba
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

Refuting Slanders Against #NuestraAméricaConvoy to Cuba
The media’s sleaziest propagandists are mad about the recent aid mission to #Cuba, smearing activists who brought supplies. They’re trying to distract from the real story: the inhuman denial of fuel by the #US .
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/03/refuting-slanders-against-nuestra-america-convoy-to-cuba/

From #WorldOutlook
April 3, 2026
[an article from Current Affairs with an introduction and photos from World-Outlook]

Live fish dying slowly in tanks filled with stagnant green water. Shopkeepers losing all of their refrigerated and frozen food. Taxi drivers calling out desperately for a fare, because tourism to the island has shrunk to a trickle. Restaurants having to close in the middle of a busy dinner service after losing power mid-meal. The look of worry on medical workers’ faces, as they contemplate rationing their remaining antibiotics or painkillers.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#LatinAmerica
#news #politics #USpol

Video - ‘A Loss and a Birth’: Malik on Transition, Race and Family
https://peertube.world/w/oEgsgeB6YXsLXY9rj9UYsX
Duration - 2:49 

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Ely Malik is a #trans Sanda kickboxer in Cuba who speaks about progress, shortages in #HealthCare, community survival, #race and what it means to transition in front of the people who raised you. This isn’t just a story about fighting in the ring. It’s about fighting to exist, to be respected and to live truthfully — even when the world makes that dangerous.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#LGBTQ #politics #kickboxing

Black Doctors Call Out Cuba Blockade's Human Toll
from #BellyOfTheBeast on FB
·

The #NationalMedicalAssociation (NMA), the oldest and largest organization representing #Black physicians and health professionals in the #US, released a statement last week expressing “deep concern” about the consequences of the #Trump administration’s blockade against Cuba.

“As physicians committed to #health equity and global health justice, we call for immediate removal of elements of the #blockade that have led to the humanitarian and health impacts affecting the people of #Cuba,” reads the statement.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #BlackMastodon
#news #politics #USpol @cuba

Video - As the U.S. Wages Economic War on Cuba, These Women Are Building Bridges
https://peertube.world/w/2TdLCiQDFoE79GQ5XxJAht
Duration - 5:49

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Musa Alves, a Brazilian-American designer living in New Orleans, and Carolina Leyva, a #CubanAmerican from Florida who is studying medicine in Havana, have joined forces to support the #Cuban people amid a crisis caused in large part by US economic warfare against the island.

Musa, founder of #FromNolaToCuba, and Carolina, founder of #CorazónConCuba, are building cultural bridges between the two countries and delivering aid directly to the Cuban people.

This is a story of people helping people and grassroots solidarity in the face of #US collective punishment against Cuba. Musa and Carolina talk about what it means to travel to Cuba not just as visitors, but as lifelines for families and communities.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#politics #USpol

Video - Niki Franco: The Blockade Isn’t Abstract — It’s Daily Life in Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/o66hXjxZke8sL2w3qE8Jyi
Duration - 1:30

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Niki Franco, #PuertoRican activist, traveled with the Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba to deliver aid and document daily life. She urges #US citizens to understand the real impact of their government’s policies on millions of Cubans.

#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol