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  1. Why Students From the U.S. Go to Medical School in Cuba
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their #videos can be found at: peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_vid]

    June 12, 2026

    For more than 25 years, Cuba's #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (ELAM) has offered full scholarships to students from underserved communities around the world, including hundreds from the US.

    This week, we hear from two #ELAM graduates from the US who recently organized a medical solidarity brigade of mostly #African students to #GuineaBissau.

    Also:

    • Cuba’s “Astonishing” #Medical Mission in #Haiti
    • #UN Rights Commissioner: "Children Are Dying"
    • Rubio Tightens the #Oil #Blockade
    • Hegseth Pumps Up “Donroe Doctrine” at Guantanamo
    • What Do Cubans Think About #Trump?
    • Sanctions Target Cuban Gold
    • Cuba Announces Major #Economic Reforms
    • Shut Out by #US, Cuba's #Biotech Turns to #Russia

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LetCubaLive
    #politics

  2. Why Students From the U.S. Go to Medical School in Cuba
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their #videos can be found at: peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_vid]

    June 12, 2026

    For more than 25 years, Cuba's #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (ELAM) has offered full scholarships to students from underserved communities around the world, including hundreds from the US.

    This week, we hear from two #ELAM graduates from the US who recently organized a medical solidarity brigade of mostly #African students to #GuineaBissau.

    Also:

    • Cuba’s “Astonishing” #Medical Mission in #Haiti
    • #UN Rights Commissioner: "Children Are Dying"
    • Rubio Tightens the #Oil #Blockade
    • Hegseth Pumps Up “Donroe Doctrine” at Guantanamo
    • What Do Cubans Think About #Trump?
    • Sanctions Target Cuban Gold
    • Cuba Announces Major #Economic Reforms
    • Shut Out by #US, Cuba's #Biotech Turns to #Russia

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LetCubaLive
    #politics

  3. Why Students From the U.S. Go to Medical School in Cuba
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their #videos can be found at: peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_vid]

    June 12, 2026

    For more than 25 years, Cuba's #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (ELAM) has offered full scholarships to students from underserved communities around the world, including hundreds from the US.

    This week, we hear from two #ELAM graduates from the US who recently organized a medical solidarity brigade of mostly #African students to #GuineaBissau.

    Also:

    • Cuba’s “Astonishing” #Medical Mission in #Haiti
    • #UN Rights Commissioner: "Children Are Dying"
    • Rubio Tightens the #Oil #Blockade
    • Hegseth Pumps Up “Donroe Doctrine” at Guantanamo
    • What Do Cubans Think About #Trump?
    • Sanctions Target Cuban Gold
    • Cuba Announces Major #Economic Reforms
    • Shut Out by #US, Cuba's #Biotech Turns to #Russia

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LetCubaLive
    #politics

  4. Why Students From the U.S. Go to Medical School in Cuba
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their #videos can be found at: peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_vid]

    June 12, 2026

    For more than 25 years, Cuba's #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (ELAM) has offered full scholarships to students from underserved communities around the world, including hundreds from the US.

    This week, we hear from two #ELAM graduates from the US who recently organized a medical solidarity brigade of mostly #African students to #GuineaBissau.

    Also:

    • Cuba’s “Astonishing” #Medical Mission in #Haiti
    • #UN Rights Commissioner: "Children Are Dying"
    • Rubio Tightens the #Oil #Blockade
    • Hegseth Pumps Up “Donroe Doctrine” at Guantanamo
    • What Do Cubans Think About #Trump?
    • Sanctions Target Cuban Gold
    • Cuba Announces Major #Economic Reforms
    • Shut Out by #US, Cuba's #Biotech Turns to #Russia

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LetCubaLive
    #politics

  5. Why Students From the U.S. Go to Medical School in Cuba
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their #videos can be found at: peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_vid]

    June 12, 2026

    For more than 25 years, Cuba's #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (ELAM) has offered full scholarships to students from underserved communities around the world, including hundreds from the US.

    This week, we hear from two #ELAM graduates from the US who recently organized a medical solidarity brigade of mostly #African students to #GuineaBissau.

    Also:

    • Cuba’s “Astonishing” #Medical Mission in #Haiti
    • #UN Rights Commissioner: "Children Are Dying"
    • Rubio Tightens the #Oil #Blockade
    • Hegseth Pumps Up “Donroe Doctrine” at Guantanamo
    • What Do Cubans Think About #Trump?
    • Sanctions Target Cuban Gold
    • Cuba Announces Major #Economic Reforms
    • Shut Out by #US, Cuba's #Biotech Turns to #Russia

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LetCubaLive
    #politics

  6. Cuba Street: A Model of Community Hygiene in Old Havana’s Heart
    world-outlook.com/2026/05/08/c

    from #WorldOutlook
    May 8, 2026

    The article below was published on October 10, 2025, ...by a website of #Havana’s city government. It describes a concerted effort by local residents, the city administration, and private businesses to end the problem of trash accumulation in that part of #Cuba’s capital city.

    Since then, this problem has become more acute and widespread in Havana as a consequence of the #US #oil #blockade, which, since January 3, has stopped virtually all #petroleum shipments from reaching Cuba. The resulting fuel shortage has... made it difficult to almost impossible for garbage trucks to operate and regularly collect trash.

    ... this article describes an example of the initiatives ordinary Cubans take to improve their daily lives in the middle of extreme adversities caused by Washington’s decades-old economic war.

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #environment

  7. Cuba Street: A Model of Community Hygiene in Old Havana’s Heart
    world-outlook.com/2026/05/08/c

    from #WorldOutlook
    May 8, 2026

    The article below was published on October 10, 2025, ...by a website of #Havana’s city government. It describes a concerted effort by local residents, the city administration, and private businesses to end the problem of trash accumulation in that part of #Cuba’s capital city.

    Since then, this problem has become more acute and widespread in Havana as a consequence of the #US #oil #blockade, which, since January 3, has stopped virtually all #petroleum shipments from reaching Cuba. The resulting fuel shortage has... made it difficult to almost impossible for garbage trucks to operate and regularly collect trash.

    ... this article describes an example of the initiatives ordinary Cubans take to improve their daily lives in the middle of extreme adversities caused by Washington’s decades-old economic war.

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #environment

  8. Cuba Street: A Model of Community Hygiene in Old Havana’s Heart
    world-outlook.com/2026/05/08/c

    from #WorldOutlook
    May 8, 2026

    The article below was published on October 10, 2025, ...by a website of #Havana’s city government. It describes a concerted effort by local residents, the city administration, and private businesses to end the problem of trash accumulation in that part of #Cuba’s capital city.

    Since then, this problem has become more acute and widespread in Havana as a consequence of the #US #oil #blockade, which, since January 3, has stopped virtually all #petroleum shipments from reaching Cuba. The resulting fuel shortage has... made it difficult to almost impossible for garbage trucks to operate and regularly collect trash.

    ... this article describes an example of the initiatives ordinary Cubans take to improve their daily lives in the middle of extreme adversities caused by Washington’s decades-old economic war.

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #environment

  9. Cuba Street: A Model of Community Hygiene in Old Havana’s Heart
    world-outlook.com/2026/05/08/c

    from #WorldOutlook
    May 8, 2026

    The article below was published on October 10, 2025, ...by a website of #Havana’s city government. It describes a concerted effort by local residents, the city administration, and private businesses to end the problem of trash accumulation in that part of #Cuba’s capital city.

    Since then, this problem has become more acute and widespread in Havana as a consequence of the #US #oil #blockade, which, since January 3, has stopped virtually all #petroleum shipments from reaching Cuba. The resulting fuel shortage has... made it difficult to almost impossible for garbage trucks to operate and regularly collect trash.

    ... this article describes an example of the initiatives ordinary Cubans take to improve their daily lives in the middle of extreme adversities caused by Washington’s decades-old economic war.

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #environment

  10. Cuba Street: A Model of Community Hygiene in Old Havana’s Heart
    world-outlook.com/2026/05/08/c

    from #WorldOutlook
    May 8, 2026

    The article below was published on October 10, 2025, ...by a website of #Havana’s city government. It describes a concerted effort by local residents, the city administration, and private businesses to end the problem of trash accumulation in that part of #Cuba’s capital city.

    Since then, this problem has become more acute and widespread in Havana as a consequence of the #US #oil #blockade, which, since January 3, has stopped virtually all #petroleum shipments from reaching Cuba. The resulting fuel shortage has... made it difficult to almost impossible for garbage trucks to operate and regularly collect trash.

    ... this article describes an example of the initiatives ordinary Cubans take to improve their daily lives in the middle of extreme adversities caused by Washington’s decades-old economic war.

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #environment

  11. US Officials Visited Havana to Lay Out Proposals for Cuban Reforms
    The delegation told Cuba’s leadership that it had only a narrow window of time to make the economic and political changes demanded by the Trump administration.
    nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/a

    [Imperialist vultures circling around Cuba - drive them out!]

    from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
    [shareable 30-day gift article]
    April 18, 2026

    The US delegation last week proposed bringing Starlink satellite internet to the island and allowing free connectivity. It also urged the Cuban regime to make economic changes to attract foreign capital, grow the private sector and transition to a market-based economy.

    These economic changes, the State Department official said, would also need to include ways to compensate #US citizens and corporations that had assets and properties confiscated in the 1960s.

    #Cuba would also need to release political prisoners...and allow greater political freedom.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  12. US Officials Visited Havana to Lay Out Proposals for Cuban Reforms
    The delegation told Cuba’s leadership that it had only a narrow window of time to make the economic and political changes demanded by the Trump administration.
    nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/a

    [Imperialist vultures circling around Cuba - drive them out!]

    from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
    [shareable 30-day gift article]
    April 18, 2026

    The US delegation last week proposed bringing Starlink satellite internet to the island and allowing free connectivity. It also urged the Cuban regime to make economic changes to attract foreign capital, grow the private sector and transition to a market-based economy.

    These economic changes, the State Department official said, would also need to include ways to compensate #US citizens and corporations that had assets and properties confiscated in the 1960s.

    #Cuba would also need to release political prisoners...and allow greater political freedom.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  13. US Officials Visited Havana to Lay Out Proposals for Cuban Reforms
    The delegation told Cuba’s leadership that it had only a narrow window of time to make the economic and political changes demanded by the Trump administration.
    nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/a

    [Imperialist vultures circling around Cuba - drive them out!]

    from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
    [shareable 30-day gift article]
    April 18, 2026

    The US delegation last week proposed bringing Starlink satellite internet to the island and allowing free connectivity. It also urged the Cuban regime to make economic changes to attract foreign capital, grow the private sector and transition to a market-based economy.

    These economic changes, the State Department official said, would also need to include ways to compensate #US citizens and corporations that had assets and properties confiscated in the 1960s.

    #Cuba would also need to release political prisoners...and allow greater political freedom.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  14. US Officials Visited Havana to Lay Out Proposals for Cuban Reforms
    The delegation told Cuba’s leadership that it had only a narrow window of time to make the economic and political changes demanded by the Trump administration.
    nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/a

    [Imperialist vultures circling around Cuba - drive them out!]

    from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
    [shareable 30-day gift article]
    April 18, 2026

    The US delegation last week proposed bringing Starlink satellite internet to the island and allowing free connectivity. It also urged the Cuban regime to make economic changes to attract foreign capital, grow the private sector and transition to a market-based economy.

    These economic changes, the State Department official said, would also need to include ways to compensate #US citizens and corporations that had assets and properties confiscated in the 1960s.

    #Cuba would also need to release political prisoners...and allow greater political freedom.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  15. US Officials Visited Havana to Lay Out Proposals for Cuban Reforms
    The delegation told Cuba’s leadership that it had only a narrow window of time to make the economic and political changes demanded by the Trump administration.
    nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/a

    [Imperialist vultures circling around Cuba - drive them out!]

    from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
    [shareable 30-day gift article]
    April 18, 2026

    The US delegation last week proposed bringing Starlink satellite internet to the island and allowing free connectivity. It also urged the Cuban regime to make economic changes to attract foreign capital, grow the private sector and transition to a market-based economy.

    These economic changes, the State Department official said, would also need to include ways to compensate #US citizens and corporations that had assets and properties confiscated in the 1960s.

    #Cuba would also need to release political prisoners...and allow greater political freedom.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  16. Video - Why Cuban Women Say the #Blockade Hits Them First
    peertube.world/w/1dFMD9p3AorrL

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

    Hundreds of Cuban #women gathered at Mariana Grajales Park in Havana to denounce the #Trump administration’s intensification of the #US government 60-year economic war on Cuba.

    For women, the impact is felt both in their professional and personal lives, as many bear the primary responsibility for running households and caring for children and the sick, tasks that have become increasingly difficult under the tightened #embargo. This is the case of Cecilia Valdés, a caregiver daughter who explains that her mother has been unable to access #medication due to restrictions caused by the #embargo.

    Tuesday’s gathering also paid tribute to the 96th anniversary of Vilma Espín, the late leader of the organization, who devoted much of her life’s work to the empowerment of women within the #CubanRevolution.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  17. Video - Why Cuban Women Say the #Blockade Hits Them First
    peertube.world/w/1dFMD9p3AorrL

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

    Hundreds of Cuban #women gathered at Mariana Grajales Park in Havana to denounce the #Trump administration’s intensification of the #US government 60-year economic war on Cuba.

    For women, the impact is felt both in their professional and personal lives, as many bear the primary responsibility for running households and caring for children and the sick, tasks that have become increasingly difficult under the tightened #embargo. This is the case of Cecilia Valdés, a caregiver daughter who explains that her mother has been unable to access #medication due to restrictions caused by the #embargo.

    Tuesday’s gathering also paid tribute to the 96th anniversary of Vilma Espín, the late leader of the organization, who devoted much of her life’s work to the empowerment of women within the #CubanRevolution.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  18. Video - Why Cuban Women Say the #Blockade Hits Them First
    peertube.world/w/1dFMD9p3AorrL

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

    Hundreds of Cuban #women gathered at Mariana Grajales Park in Havana to denounce the #Trump administration’s intensification of the #US government 60-year economic war on Cuba.

    For women, the impact is felt both in their professional and personal lives, as many bear the primary responsibility for running households and caring for children and the sick, tasks that have become increasingly difficult under the tightened #embargo. This is the case of Cecilia Valdés, a caregiver daughter who explains that her mother has been unable to access #medication due to restrictions caused by the #embargo.

    Tuesday’s gathering also paid tribute to the 96th anniversary of Vilma Espín, the late leader of the organization, who devoted much of her life’s work to the empowerment of women within the #CubanRevolution.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  19. Video - Why Cuban Women Say the #Blockade Hits Them First
    peertube.world/w/1dFMD9p3AorrL

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

    Hundreds of Cuban #women gathered at Mariana Grajales Park in Havana to denounce the #Trump administration’s intensification of the #US government 60-year economic war on Cuba.

    For women, the impact is felt both in their professional and personal lives, as many bear the primary responsibility for running households and caring for children and the sick, tasks that have become increasingly difficult under the tightened #embargo. This is the case of Cecilia Valdés, a caregiver daughter who explains that her mother has been unable to access #medication due to restrictions caused by the #embargo.

    Tuesday’s gathering also paid tribute to the 96th anniversary of Vilma Espín, the late leader of the organization, who devoted much of her life’s work to the empowerment of women within the #CubanRevolution.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  20. Video - Why Cuban Women Say the #Blockade Hits Them First
    peertube.world/w/1dFMD9p3AorrL

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

    Hundreds of Cuban #women gathered at Mariana Grajales Park in Havana to denounce the #Trump administration’s intensification of the #US government 60-year economic war on Cuba.

    For women, the impact is felt both in their professional and personal lives, as many bear the primary responsibility for running households and caring for children and the sick, tasks that have become increasingly difficult under the tightened #embargo. This is the case of Cecilia Valdés, a caregiver daughter who explains that her mother has been unable to access #medication due to restrictions caused by the #embargo.

    Tuesday’s gathering also paid tribute to the 96th anniversary of Vilma Espín, the late leader of the organization, who devoted much of her life’s work to the empowerment of women within the #CubanRevolution.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  21. Video - The Human Cost of US Sanctions
    peertube.world/w/7Li2JGyMsh5FF
    Duration - 8:28

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

    BotB's Liz Oliva and Drop Site’s Ryan Grim recently visited the William Soler Pediatric #Hospital in #Havana where they spoke with the chief anesthesiologist, Alioth Fernández, and the parents of some of his patients.

    Cuba's public and free #healthcare system was long considered one of the best in the world. Its doctors are top-notch, dedicated and caring. This is a story about what happens when the most powerful country in the world uses economic warfare to deprive a smaller country from obtaining the #medicine it needs to save lives.

    The #Cuban government cannot access the international financial system, cannot import freely, cannot buy what its children need — not because of indifference, but because #US sanctions have destroyed the country’s economy and drained the #PublicHealth budget.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  22. Video - The Human Cost of US Sanctions
    peertube.world/w/7Li2JGyMsh5FF
    Duration - 8:28

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

    BotB's Liz Oliva and Drop Site’s Ryan Grim recently visited the William Soler Pediatric #Hospital in #Havana where they spoke with the chief anesthesiologist, Alioth Fernández, and the parents of some of his patients.

    Cuba's public and free #healthcare system was long considered one of the best in the world. Its doctors are top-notch, dedicated and caring. This is a story about what happens when the most powerful country in the world uses economic warfare to deprive a smaller country from obtaining the #medicine it needs to save lives.

    The #Cuban government cannot access the international financial system, cannot import freely, cannot buy what its children need — not because of indifference, but because #US sanctions have destroyed the country’s economy and drained the #PublicHealth budget.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  23. Video - The Human Cost of US Sanctions
    peertube.world/w/7Li2JGyMsh5FF
    Duration - 8:28

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

    BotB's Liz Oliva and Drop Site’s Ryan Grim recently visited the William Soler Pediatric #Hospital in #Havana where they spoke with the chief anesthesiologist, Alioth Fernández, and the parents of some of his patients.

    Cuba's public and free #healthcare system was long considered one of the best in the world. Its doctors are top-notch, dedicated and caring. This is a story about what happens when the most powerful country in the world uses economic warfare to deprive a smaller country from obtaining the #medicine it needs to save lives.

    The #Cuban government cannot access the international financial system, cannot import freely, cannot buy what its children need — not because of indifference, but because #US sanctions have destroyed the country’s economy and drained the #PublicHealth budget.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  24. Video - The Human Cost of US Sanctions
    peertube.world/w/7Li2JGyMsh5FF
    Duration - 8:28

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

    BotB's Liz Oliva and Drop Site’s Ryan Grim recently visited the William Soler Pediatric #Hospital in #Havana where they spoke with the chief anesthesiologist, Alioth Fernández, and the parents of some of his patients.

    Cuba's public and free #healthcare system was long considered one of the best in the world. Its doctors are top-notch, dedicated and caring. This is a story about what happens when the most powerful country in the world uses economic warfare to deprive a smaller country from obtaining the #medicine it needs to save lives.

    The #Cuban government cannot access the international financial system, cannot import freely, cannot buy what its children need — not because of indifference, but because #US sanctions have destroyed the country’s economy and drained the #PublicHealth budget.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  25. Video - The Human Cost of US Sanctions
    peertube.world/w/7Li2JGyMsh5FF
    Duration - 8:28

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

    BotB's Liz Oliva and Drop Site’s Ryan Grim recently visited the William Soler Pediatric #Hospital in #Havana where they spoke with the chief anesthesiologist, Alioth Fernández, and the parents of some of his patients.

    Cuba's public and free #healthcare system was long considered one of the best in the world. Its doctors are top-notch, dedicated and caring. This is a story about what happens when the most powerful country in the world uses economic warfare to deprive a smaller country from obtaining the #medicine it needs to save lives.

    The #Cuban government cannot access the international financial system, cannot import freely, cannot buy what its children need — not because of indifference, but because #US sanctions have destroyed the country’s economy and drained the #PublicHealth budget.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  26. Video - Nuestra América Convoy: Why Hundreds Are Traveling to Cuba
    peertube.world/w/dyZN8hoW1ZEkV

    March 20, 2026
    from #BellyOfTheBeast

    Hundreds of people from across the US and around the world are traveling to Cuba as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy. At a time when the island is facing one of its deepest economic crises in decades, marked by fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, and growing hardship, these travelers arrive with a clear message: #solidarity.

    For years, Cuba has endured the effects of the US economic war, a policy that restricts trade, limits access to essential goods, and complicates daily life for millions. In recent years, the situation has deteriorated further, with inflation, migration, and widespread shortages affecting nearly every aspect of life on the island.

    Now, activists, organizers, and ordinary citizens are choosing to witness these realities firsthand and to challenge #US restrictions on #oil shipments to #Cuba.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol #news

  27. Video - Nuestra América Convoy: Why Hundreds Are Traveling to Cuba
    peertube.world/w/dyZN8hoW1ZEkV

    March 20, 2026
    from #BellyOfTheBeast

    Hundreds of people from across the US and around the world are traveling to Cuba as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy. At a time when the island is facing one of its deepest economic crises in decades, marked by fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, and growing hardship, these travelers arrive with a clear message: #solidarity.

    For years, Cuba has endured the effects of the US economic war, a policy that restricts trade, limits access to essential goods, and complicates daily life for millions. In recent years, the situation has deteriorated further, with inflation, migration, and widespread shortages affecting nearly every aspect of life on the island.

    Now, activists, organizers, and ordinary citizens are choosing to witness these realities firsthand and to challenge #US restrictions on #oil shipments to #Cuba.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol #news

  28. Video - Nuestra América Convoy: Why Hundreds Are Traveling to Cuba
    peertube.world/w/dyZN8hoW1ZEkV

    March 20, 2026
    from #BellyOfTheBeast

    Hundreds of people from across the US and around the world are traveling to Cuba as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy. At a time when the island is facing one of its deepest economic crises in decades, marked by fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, and growing hardship, these travelers arrive with a clear message: #solidarity.

    For years, Cuba has endured the effects of the US economic war, a policy that restricts trade, limits access to essential goods, and complicates daily life for millions. In recent years, the situation has deteriorated further, with inflation, migration, and widespread shortages affecting nearly every aspect of life on the island.

    Now, activists, organizers, and ordinary citizens are choosing to witness these realities firsthand and to challenge #US restrictions on #oil shipments to #Cuba.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol #news

  29. Video - Nuestra América Convoy: Why Hundreds Are Traveling to Cuba
    peertube.world/w/dyZN8hoW1ZEkV

    March 20, 2026
    from #BellyOfTheBeast

    Hundreds of people from across the US and around the world are traveling to Cuba as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy. At a time when the island is facing one of its deepest economic crises in decades, marked by fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, and growing hardship, these travelers arrive with a clear message: #solidarity.

    For years, Cuba has endured the effects of the US economic war, a policy that restricts trade, limits access to essential goods, and complicates daily life for millions. In recent years, the situation has deteriorated further, with inflation, migration, and widespread shortages affecting nearly every aspect of life on the island.

    Now, activists, organizers, and ordinary citizens are choosing to witness these realities firsthand and to challenge #US restrictions on #oil shipments to #Cuba.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol #news

  30. Video - Nuestra América Convoy: Why Hundreds Are Traveling to Cuba
    peertube.world/w/dyZN8hoW1ZEkV

    March 20, 2026
    from #BellyOfTheBeast

    Hundreds of people from across the US and around the world are traveling to Cuba as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy. At a time when the island is facing one of its deepest economic crises in decades, marked by fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, and growing hardship, these travelers arrive with a clear message: #solidarity.

    For years, Cuba has endured the effects of the US economic war, a policy that restricts trade, limits access to essential goods, and complicates daily life for millions. In recent years, the situation has deteriorated further, with inflation, migration, and widespread shortages affecting nearly every aspect of life on the island.

    Now, activists, organizers, and ordinary citizens are choosing to witness these realities firsthand and to challenge #US restrictions on #oil shipments to #Cuba.

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #politics #USpol #news

  31. Cuba rejects US Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
    An effective US #oil #blockade has worsened the island’s #energy crisis. The US Embassy in #Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

    from #WaPo
    March 20, 2026
    archive.ph/N81ly

    In a diplomatic note to the embassy, the ministry said the administration’s fuel blockade was aimed at “causing the greatest possible harm to the Cuban economy, the well-being of the people, and their standard of living.”

    “The Ministry interprets as shameless the claim by the diplomatic mission to access a good as a privilege that it denies to the Cuban people,” the ministry said, according to a State Dept. translation. The note was dated March 9...

    The #US and #Cuba have been adversaries for 65 years. Officials in Washington and Havana have held direct talks aimed at resolving differences, #DíazCanel said last week. The administration has not made its demands of Havana public.

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  32. Cuba rejects US Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
    An effective US #oil #blockade has worsened the island’s #energy crisis. The US Embassy in #Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

    from #WaPo
    March 20, 2026
    archive.ph/N81ly

    In a diplomatic note to the embassy, the ministry said the administration’s fuel blockade was aimed at “causing the greatest possible harm to the Cuban economy, the well-being of the people, and their standard of living.”

    “The Ministry interprets as shameless the claim by the diplomatic mission to access a good as a privilege that it denies to the Cuban people,” the ministry said, according to a State Dept. translation. The note was dated March 9...

    The #US and #Cuba have been adversaries for 65 years. Officials in Washington and Havana have held direct talks aimed at resolving differences, #DíazCanel said last week. The administration has not made its demands of Havana public.

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  33. Cuba rejects US Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
    An effective US #oil #blockade has worsened the island’s #energy crisis. The US Embassy in #Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

    from #WaPo
    March 20, 2026
    archive.ph/N81ly

    In a diplomatic note to the embassy, the ministry said the administration’s fuel blockade was aimed at “causing the greatest possible harm to the Cuban economy, the well-being of the people, and their standard of living.”

    “The Ministry interprets as shameless the claim by the diplomatic mission to access a good as a privilege that it denies to the Cuban people,” the ministry said, according to a State Dept. translation. The note was dated March 9...

    The #US and #Cuba have been adversaries for 65 years. Officials in Washington and Havana have held direct talks aimed at resolving differences, #DíazCanel said last week. The administration has not made its demands of Havana public.

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  34. Cuba rejects US Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
    An effective US #oil #blockade has worsened the island’s #energy crisis. The US Embassy in #Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

    from #WaPo
    March 20, 2026
    archive.ph/N81ly

    In a diplomatic note to the embassy, the ministry said the administration’s fuel blockade was aimed at “causing the greatest possible harm to the Cuban economy, the well-being of the people, and their standard of living.”

    “The Ministry interprets as shameless the claim by the diplomatic mission to access a good as a privilege that it denies to the Cuban people,” the ministry said, according to a State Dept. translation. The note was dated March 9...

    The #US and #Cuba have been adversaries for 65 years. Officials in Washington and Havana have held direct talks aimed at resolving differences, #DíazCanel said last week. The administration has not made its demands of Havana public.

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  35. Cuba rejects US Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
    An effective US #oil #blockade has worsened the island’s #energy crisis. The US Embassy in #Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

    from #WaPo
    March 20, 2026
    archive.ph/N81ly

    In a diplomatic note to the embassy, the ministry said the administration’s fuel blockade was aimed at “causing the greatest possible harm to the Cuban economy, the well-being of the people, and their standard of living.”

    “The Ministry interprets as shameless the claim by the diplomatic mission to access a good as a privilege that it denies to the Cuban people,” the ministry said, according to a State Dept. translation. The note was dated March 9...

    The #US and #Cuba have been adversaries for 65 years. Officials in Washington and Havana have held direct talks aimed at resolving differences, #DíazCanel said last week. The administration has not made its demands of Havana public.

    #OilForCuba
    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol

  36. ‘What Did These Cuban Children Do to Trump?’: US #Embargo Blamed as Infant Mortality Soars
    “Is there anything worse than a child dying of cancer when it was preventable?” asked one observer.
    commondreams.org/news/cuba-inf

    from #CommonDrreams
    Brett Wilkins
    Feb 12, 2026

    The crisis is particularly dire among children with cancer. #Cuba’s free healthcare system—which prioritizes the health of the people instead of industry profits, as in the #US—once boasted a #pediatric cancer survival rate of 80%, on par with the world’s wealthy nations. Now that’s down to around 65% as the blockade has forced healthcare providers to modify treatment protocols and medications.

    “The situation is very serious at the moment. It was already in terms of acquiring supplies and medicines. But now it is intensifying and complicated with other aspects,” Dr. Forteza Saéz, an oncologist at Havana’s University of Medical Sciences, told La Jornada...

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #Caribbean

  37. ‘What Did These Cuban Children Do to Trump?’: US #Embargo Blamed as Infant Mortality Soars
    “Is there anything worse than a child dying of cancer when it was preventable?” asked one observer.
    commondreams.org/news/cuba-inf

    from #CommonDrreams
    Brett Wilkins
    Feb 12, 2026

    The crisis is particularly dire among children with cancer. #Cuba’s free healthcare system—which prioritizes the health of the people instead of industry profits, as in the #US—once boasted a #pediatric cancer survival rate of 80%, on par with the world’s wealthy nations. Now that’s down to around 65% as the blockade has forced healthcare providers to modify treatment protocols and medications.

    “The situation is very serious at the moment. It was already in terms of acquiring supplies and medicines. But now it is intensifying and complicated with other aspects,” Dr. Forteza Saéz, an oncologist at Havana’s University of Medical Sciences, told La Jornada...

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #Caribbean

  38. ‘What Did These Cuban Children Do to Trump?’: US #Embargo Blamed as Infant Mortality Soars
    “Is there anything worse than a child dying of cancer when it was preventable?” asked one observer.
    commondreams.org/news/cuba-inf

    from #CommonDrreams
    Brett Wilkins
    Feb 12, 2026

    The crisis is particularly dire among children with cancer. #Cuba’s free healthcare system—which prioritizes the health of the people instead of industry profits, as in the #US—once boasted a #pediatric cancer survival rate of 80%, on par with the world’s wealthy nations. Now that’s down to around 65% as the blockade has forced healthcare providers to modify treatment protocols and medications.

    “The situation is very serious at the moment. It was already in terms of acquiring supplies and medicines. But now it is intensifying and complicated with other aspects,” Dr. Forteza Saéz, an oncologist at Havana’s University of Medical Sciences, told La Jornada...

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #Caribbean

  39. ‘What Did These Cuban Children Do to Trump?’: US #Embargo Blamed as Infant Mortality Soars
    “Is there anything worse than a child dying of cancer when it was preventable?” asked one observer.
    commondreams.org/news/cuba-inf

    from #CommonDrreams
    Brett Wilkins
    Feb 12, 2026

    The crisis is particularly dire among children with cancer. #Cuba’s free healthcare system—which prioritizes the health of the people instead of industry profits, as in the #US—once boasted a #pediatric cancer survival rate of 80%, on par with the world’s wealthy nations. Now that’s down to around 65% as the blockade has forced healthcare providers to modify treatment protocols and medications.

    “The situation is very serious at the moment. It was already in terms of acquiring supplies and medicines. But now it is intensifying and complicated with other aspects,” Dr. Forteza Saéz, an oncologist at Havana’s University of Medical Sciences, told La Jornada...

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #Caribbean

  40. ‘What Did These Cuban Children Do to Trump?’: US #Embargo Blamed as Infant Mortality Soars
    “Is there anything worse than a child dying of cancer when it was preventable?” asked one observer.
    commondreams.org/news/cuba-inf

    from #CommonDrreams
    Brett Wilkins
    Feb 12, 2026

    The crisis is particularly dire among children with cancer. #Cuba’s free healthcare system—which prioritizes the health of the people instead of industry profits, as in the #US—once boasted a #pediatric cancer survival rate of 80%, on par with the world’s wealthy nations. Now that’s down to around 65% as the blockade has forced healthcare providers to modify treatment protocols and medications.

    “The situation is very serious at the moment. It was already in terms of acquiring supplies and medicines. But now it is intensifying and complicated with other aspects,” Dr. Forteza Saéz, an oncologist at Havana’s University of Medical Sciences, told La Jornada...

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #Caribbean

  41. Video - What 2025 Looked Like for Cuba, a Belly of the Beast Recap

    [A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    peertube.wtf/w/u44KU6kAGhpk5V3

    2025 was a defining year for Cuba. A year of intensified #US pressure and extraordinary #solidarity, inside the island and beyond.

    This Belly of the Beast 2025 News Recap brings together the moments that shaped Cuba’s year, told through the voices of those who lived it.

    This year, we covered:

    •Marco Rubio and US officials escalate rhetoric and actions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

    •Cuban athletes denied US visas, missing tournaments and #Olympics qualifiers

    •Cuba’s U-20 #soccer team makes history

    #HurricaneMelissa devastates eastern Cuba, and Cubans rally together in response

    #PublicHealth in crisis amid dengue, chikungunya and #medical shortages

    •Mass demonstrations in solidarity with #Palestine and #Venezuela

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LatinAmerica
    #politics #USpol

  42. Video - What 2025 Looked Like for Cuba, a Belly of the Beast Recap

    [A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    peertube.wtf/w/u44KU6kAGhpk5V3

    2025 was a defining year for Cuba. A year of intensified #US pressure and extraordinary #solidarity, inside the island and beyond.

    This Belly of the Beast 2025 News Recap brings together the moments that shaped Cuba’s year, told through the voices of those who lived it.

    This year, we covered:

    •Marco Rubio and US officials escalate rhetoric and actions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

    •Cuban athletes denied US visas, missing tournaments and #Olympics qualifiers

    •Cuba’s U-20 #soccer team makes history

    #HurricaneMelissa devastates eastern Cuba, and Cubans rally together in response

    #PublicHealth in crisis amid dengue, chikungunya and #medical shortages

    •Mass demonstrations in solidarity with #Palestine and #Venezuela

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LatinAmerica
    #politics #USpol

  43. Video - What 2025 Looked Like for Cuba, a Belly of the Beast Recap

    [A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    peertube.wtf/w/u44KU6kAGhpk5V3

    2025 was a defining year for Cuba. A year of intensified #US pressure and extraordinary #solidarity, inside the island and beyond.

    This Belly of the Beast 2025 News Recap brings together the moments that shaped Cuba’s year, told through the voices of those who lived it.

    This year, we covered:

    •Marco Rubio and US officials escalate rhetoric and actions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

    •Cuban athletes denied US visas, missing tournaments and #Olympics qualifiers

    •Cuba’s U-20 #soccer team makes history

    #HurricaneMelissa devastates eastern Cuba, and Cubans rally together in response

    #PublicHealth in crisis amid dengue, chikungunya and #medical shortages

    •Mass demonstrations in solidarity with #Palestine and #Venezuela

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LatinAmerica
    #politics #USpol

  44. Video - What 2025 Looked Like for Cuba, a Belly of the Beast Recap

    [A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    peertube.wtf/w/u44KU6kAGhpk5V3

    2025 was a defining year for Cuba. A year of intensified #US pressure and extraordinary #solidarity, inside the island and beyond.

    This Belly of the Beast 2025 News Recap brings together the moments that shaped Cuba’s year, told through the voices of those who lived it.

    This year, we covered:

    •Marco Rubio and US officials escalate rhetoric and actions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

    •Cuban athletes denied US visas, missing tournaments and #Olympics qualifiers

    •Cuba’s U-20 #soccer team makes history

    #HurricaneMelissa devastates eastern Cuba, and Cubans rally together in response

    #PublicHealth in crisis amid dengue, chikungunya and #medical shortages

    •Mass demonstrations in solidarity with #Palestine and #Venezuela

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LatinAmerica
    #politics #USpol

  45. Video - What 2025 Looked Like for Cuba, a Belly of the Beast Recap

    [A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    peertube.wtf/w/u44KU6kAGhpk5V3

    2025 was a defining year for Cuba. A year of intensified #US pressure and extraordinary #solidarity, inside the island and beyond.

    This Belly of the Beast 2025 News Recap brings together the moments that shaped Cuba’s year, told through the voices of those who lived it.

    This year, we covered:

    •Marco Rubio and US officials escalate rhetoric and actions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

    •Cuban athletes denied US visas, missing tournaments and #Olympics qualifiers

    •Cuba’s U-20 #soccer team makes history

    #HurricaneMelissa devastates eastern Cuba, and Cubans rally together in response

    #PublicHealth in crisis amid dengue, chikungunya and #medical shortages

    •Mass demonstrations in solidarity with #Palestine and #Venezuela

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LatinAmerica
    #politics #USpol

  46. Belly of the Beast videos about Cuba channel hosted on PeerTube.wtf
    is now caught up with the collection on YouTube.  From now on, new #videos from YouTube will be quickly loaded to #PeerTube as well.  [The previous Cuddly.Tube channel will be taken down soon.]

    URL: peertube.wtf/c/cuba_botb_video

    Also significant is the expansion of playlists.  BotB produces a lot of videos, and it is sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for.   I spent some time going through the collection and adding playlists. 

    If you set up a login on PeerTube.wtf, you could also develop and save your own private playlists.  But logins are not necessary to browse videos on PeerTube.wtf.

    One playlist that will probably get a lot of use is Cuba and #Palestine, which contains 17 videos.

    When you get a chance, please check them out.

    #LetCubaLive #EndTheEmbargo #Solidarity #FreePalestine
    #politics #BellyOfTheBeast #Cuba #Gaza

    @palestine

  47. Belly of the Beast videos about Cuba channel hosted on PeerTube.wtf
    is now caught up with the collection on YouTube.  From now on, new #videos from YouTube will be quickly loaded to #PeerTube as well.  [The previous Cuddly.Tube channel will be taken down soon.]

    URL: peertube.wtf/c/cuba_botb_video

    Also significant is the expansion of playlists.  BotB produces a lot of videos, and it is sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for.   I spent some time going through the collection and adding playlists. 

    If you set up a login on PeerTube.wtf, you could also develop and save your own private playlists.  But logins are not necessary to browse videos on PeerTube.wtf.

    One playlist that will probably get a lot of use is Cuba and #Palestine, which contains 17 videos.

    When you get a chance, please check them out.

    #LetCubaLive #EndTheEmbargo #Solidarity #FreePalestine
    #politics #BellyOfTheBeast #Cuba #Gaza

    @palestine

  48. Belly of the Beast videos about Cuba channel hosted on PeerTube.wtf
    is now caught up with the collection on YouTube.  From now on, new #videos from YouTube will be quickly loaded to #PeerTube as well.  [The previous Cuddly.Tube channel will be taken down soon.]

    URL: peertube.wtf/c/cuba_botb_video

    Also significant is the expansion of playlists.  BotB produces a lot of videos, and it is sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for.   I spent some time going through the collection and adding playlists. 

    If you set up a login on PeerTube.wtf, you could also develop and save your own private playlists.  But logins are not necessary to browse videos on PeerTube.wtf.

    One playlist that will probably get a lot of use is Cuba and #Palestine, which contains 17 videos.

    When you get a chance, please check them out.

    #LetCubaLive #EndTheEmbargo #Solidarity #FreePalestine
    #politics #BellyOfTheBeast #Cuba #Gaza

    @palestine

  49. Belly of the Beast videos about Cuba channel hosted on PeerTube.wtf
    is now caught up with the collection on YouTube.  From now on, new #videos from YouTube will be quickly loaded to #PeerTube as well.  [The previous Cuddly.Tube channel will be taken down soon.]

    URL: peertube.wtf/c/cuba_botb_video

    Also significant is the expansion of playlists.  BotB produces a lot of videos, and it is sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for.   I spent some time going through the collection and adding playlists. 

    If you set up a login on PeerTube.wtf, you could also develop and save your own private playlists.  But logins are not necessary to browse videos on PeerTube.wtf.

    One playlist that will probably get a lot of use is Cuba and #Palestine, which contains 17 videos.

    When you get a chance, please check them out.

    #LetCubaLive #EndTheEmbargo #Solidarity #FreePalestine
    #politics #BellyOfTheBeast #Cuba #Gaza

    @palestine

  50. Belly of the Beast videos about Cuba channel hosted on PeerTube.wtf
    is now caught up with the collection on YouTube.  From now on, new #videos from YouTube will be quickly loaded to #PeerTube as well.  [The previous Cuddly.Tube channel will be taken down soon.]

    URL: peertube.wtf/c/cuba_botb_video

    Also significant is the expansion of playlists.  BotB produces a lot of videos, and it is sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for.   I spent some time going through the collection and adding playlists. 

    If you set up a login on PeerTube.wtf, you could also develop and save your own private playlists.  But logins are not necessary to browse videos on PeerTube.wtf.

    One playlist that will probably get a lot of use is Cuba and #Palestine, which contains 17 videos.

    When you get a chance, please check them out.

    #LetCubaLive #EndTheEmbargo #Solidarity #FreePalestine
    #politics #BellyOfTheBeast #Cuba #Gaza

    @palestine