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  1. Video - Interview with anti-imperialist journalist and filmmaker, Abby Martin
    peertube.world/w/nXF5KLcQM94i3
    Duration - 58:38

    [A #video #podcast about #Cuba from the podcast team #CubaAnalysisPodcast]

    In this episode of the Cuba Analysis Podcast, #HelenYaffe and #NinaBlodau speak to #radical #journalist and filmmaker #AbbyMartin from The Empire Files about the intensifying #US war on Cuba, the human cost of the decades-long blockade, political consciousness and how Cuba has resisted US #imperialism. Abby tells us about her first experience of visiting Cuba and, more recently, of interviewing Cuban President #MiguelDiazCanel for the new documentary Cuba After Castro, which undermines US propaganda aimed at manufacturing consent for an attack. Abby draws the connections between Cuba, #Palestine, and #Venezuela, and underscores the importance of #solidarity for all those struggling against US imperialism, including domestically.

    #USHandsOffCuba
    #OilForCuba
    #CubaSí
    #news #politics

  2. Video - Interview with Cuba’s Ambassador to the UK
    peertube.world/w/uTVn1x2FUM3gi

    [A #video #podcast about #Cuba from the podcast team #CubaAnalysisPodcasts]

    Duration - 1:05:51

    In this episode of Cuba Analysis, #HelenYaffe sits down with Cuban Ambassador Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter to discuss recent and escalating threats from the #US government under #Trump. These include the designation of Cuba as a threat to US national security, the imposition of an #oil #blockade, and the threat of military aggression to enforce regime change. The conversation explores the human cost of these measures, from energy shortages and blackouts to the damage inflicted on Cuba’s public #healthcare and #education systems. These coercive measures expose the real strategy behind US policy towards since 1960, as outlined in a secret memo written by US diplomat Lester Mallory advocating #EconomicWarfare to provoke “hunger, desperation and overthrow of government”.

    #OilForCuba
    #News #politics #USpol

  3. What’s next for Cuba? Trump turns the screws as the island runs out of jet fuel
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    from #CNBC via CubaNews
    Feb. 14, 2026

    #Cuba’s emergency measures should be seen as crucial test for the #BRICS bloc of developing nations, according to #HelenYaffe, a Cuba expert and professor of #LatinAmerica political economy at the University of Glasgow.

    “This is probably the most important test now for BRICS … If BRICS cannot protect, defend and rally around a member, then what is it worth?” Yaffe told CNBC.

    Cuba acquired “partner country” status of the BRICS group in January last year, bolstering its ties with the likes of #Brazil, #Russia and #China. Indeed, each of these three countries have sought to offer support to Cuba in recent days.

    “The Cuban government is not going to submit,” Yaffe said. “The fact is, [the #US is] going to keep squeezing and the Cubans are going to keep resisting and there’s going to be a lot of unnecessary suffering.”

    #news #politics

  4. #Video - Thousands Gather in Havana to Honor 32 Cubans Killed During US Invasion in Venezuela
    from #CubaAnalysisPodcasts
    peertube.wtf/w/feLLj41q1ov8j5G

    Thousands of Cubans rose early this morning to honor the 32 compatriots killed by #US troops during the violent abduction of Venezuelan President #NicolásMaduro on January 3, 2026. Their remains were flown into #Havana, and honoured with a ceremony there before being carried along Boyeros Avenue—lined with mourners—to the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. People waited for hours to pay tribute to the fallen Cubans, despite the heavy rain which swept in, filing past the coffins in silence and sorrow.

    Cuba Analysis co-host #HelenYaffe was there as the procession passed and spoke with attendees about why they had participated and what this moment means for them and for #Cuba.

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

  5. On a new PeerTube.wtf channel - Podcasts from "Cuba Analysis"

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    🎙️ We are excited to announce the launch of Cuba Analysis 🇨🇺, a new podcast hosted by #NinaBlodau and #HelenYaffe which goes beyond the headlines to explore #Cuba’s development...

    We speak to experts you rarely hear from and draw on sources you never see. On #CubaAnalysis podcast we dissect facts, provide context, challenge assumptions, and get to the root of issues shaping the island today. Join us for honest conversations and fresh perspectives.

    peertube.wtf/w/9pjqYSAnazFFEvU

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    🇨🇺 #CubaAnalysis #CubaPodcast #CubanNews #CubaInPerspective #CubanFacts #CubaSolidarity #CubaStudies #CubaHistory #ecology #news #politics #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #SustainableDevelopment #PeerTube

  6. Cuba Sends #Doctors, the US Sends #Sanctions

    The #UnitedStates calls #Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the #GlobalSouth.

    from #Jacobin
    By #HelenYaffe
    March 8, 2025

    On February 25, #US secretary of state #MarcoRubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s overseas #medical-assistance programs. A #USStateDepartment statement clarified that the sanction extends to “current and former” officials and the “immediate family of such persons.”

    jacobin.com/2025/03/cuba-medic

    #CubanMedicalInternationalism
    #VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #news #press #politics #healthcare #embargo
    @cubainfo