#letcubalive — Public Fediverse posts

Video - Inside the Cuban Café Where People With Autism and Down Syndrome Work
https://peertube.world/w/696hHN82o8to8pzQcaG5DE
Duration - 4:40

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

When a mother couldn’t find a place willing to employ her son Liván, who has #DownSyndrome, she decided to create one.

Liva Café in Havana employs people with intellectual disabilities and #autism, with support from specialists in #psychology and #SpecialEducation. For workers like Livan, Karel and Richard, it’s a place to earn experience, build relationships and show what they can do.

Cuba has long had policies aimed at integrating people with #disabilities into the workspace. But as the people in Liva’s story explain, significant barriers remain — particularly when it comes to finding employers willing to give them an opportunity.

#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#CubaNoEstáSola #CubaSí

Video - Inside the Cuban Café Where People With Autism and Down Syndrome Work
https://peertube.world/w/696hHN82o8to8pzQcaG5DE
Duration - 4:40

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

When a mother couldn’t find a place willing to employ her son Liván, who has #DownSyndrome, she decided to create one.

Liva Café in Havana employs people with intellectual disabilities and #autism, with support from specialists in #psychology and #SpecialEducation. For workers like Livan, Karel and Richard, it’s a place to earn experience, build relationships and show what they can do.

Cuba has long had policies aimed at integrating people with #disabilities into the workspace. But as the people in Liva’s story explain, significant barriers remain — particularly when it comes to finding employers willing to give them an opportunity.

#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#CubaNoEstáSola #CubaSí

Video - Inside the Cuban Café Where People With Autism and Down Syndrome Work
https://peertube.world/w/696hHN82o8to8pzQcaG5DE
Duration - 4:40

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

When a mother couldn’t find a place willing to employ her son Liván, who has #DownSyndrome, she decided to create one.

Liva Café in Havana employs people with intellectual disabilities and #autism, with support from specialists in #psychology and #SpecialEducation. For workers like Livan, Karel and Richard, it’s a place to earn experience, build relationships and show what they can do.

Cuba has long had policies aimed at integrating people with #disabilities into the workspace. But as the people in Liva’s story explain, significant barriers remain — particularly when it comes to finding employers willing to give them an opportunity.

#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#CubaNoEstáSola #CubaSí

Video - Inside the Cuban Café Where People With Autism and Down Syndrome Work
https://peertube.world/w/696hHN82o8to8pzQcaG5DE
Duration - 4:40

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

When a mother couldn’t find a place willing to employ her son Liván, who has #DownSyndrome, she decided to create one.

Liva Café in Havana employs people with intellectual disabilities and #autism, with support from specialists in #psychology and #SpecialEducation. For workers like Livan, Karel and Richard, it’s a place to earn experience, build relationships and show what they can do.

Cuba has long had policies aimed at integrating people with #disabilities into the workspace. But as the people in Liva’s story explain, significant barriers remain — particularly when it comes to finding employers willing to give them an opportunity.

#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#CubaNoEstáSola #CubaSí

Video - Inside the Cuban Café Where People With Autism and Down Syndrome Work
https://peertube.world/w/696hHN82o8to8pzQcaG5DE
Duration - 4:40

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

When a mother couldn’t find a place willing to employ her son Liván, who has #DownSyndrome, she decided to create one.

Liva Café in Havana employs people with intellectual disabilities and #autism, with support from specialists in #psychology and #SpecialEducation. For workers like Livan, Karel and Richard, it’s a place to earn experience, build relationships and show what they can do.

Cuba has long had policies aimed at integrating people with #disabilities into the workspace. But as the people in Liva’s story explain, significant barriers remain — particularly when it comes to finding employers willing to give them an opportunity.

#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#CubaNoEstáSola #CubaSí

US Economic War Can’t Stop Cuba’s First Day of School
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/u-s-economic-war-can-t-stop-cuba-s-first-day-of-school

Sept. 3, 2026
[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

Nearly 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school Tuesday after a long, sweltering summer.

Parents rose before dawn, packed lunches and ironed school uniforms while navigating shortages and hours-long blackouts caused by the #Trump administration’s oil blockade.

This week, we take you inside Cuba’s first day of school-and the extraordinary effort families and teachers are making to keep children learning.

Also:

• Portraits of Life in a Country Under #Blockade
• #Bahamas Won't Renew Contracts of 31 Cuban Teachers
• Expedia Beats Another Title III Lawsuit
• Cuba Says There Are No Talks With #US

#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#politics #USpol #USA

Video - This Russian Spy Base In Cuba Is Spying On You
https://peertube.world/w/cfgLyc5L8UHDdjfd8qtw8P
Duration - 21:31

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

Is #Russia operating a spy base in Cuba again?

Donald #Trump, #MarcoRubio and major #US. media outlets like The #NewYorkTimes and The #WallStreetJournal all say so.

But none of them bothered to go to the alleged site of this spy base. We did — and here’s what we found.

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

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

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

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

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

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 - Cuban Americans Join Convoy to Support Families in Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/4uwj68zhUX5W3jSD5Xm9Ze
[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
March 21, 2026

#CubanAmericans, #US activists, and organizations like #CodePink are going to Cuba together for a shared mission: bring humanitarian aid to the island and support the people amid a devastating US #oil #blockade.

As part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy, participants are traveling with medical supplies and essential goods, while also calling for the #Trump administration to end its siege on Cuba.

For years, Cuba has suffered the consequences of the US economic war, a policy that restricts trade and access to basic goods. In recent years, inflation, mass migration and widespread shortages have further worsened the situation on the island.

#OilForCuba
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#AbajoElBloqueo
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

Inside the #US deportation flights to Cuba

Last Thursday, #Cuba received a deportation flight from the #UnitedStates, and our team was at the airport in #Havana to film its arrival and to talk to some of the 161 people deported.

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Other articles

• The #MiamiHerald lays the groundwork for more sanctions
• Pacemakers campaign saves lives in Cuba
• Cuba’s president visits East Asian allies

https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/42775

#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USA #USpol
@cuba

from #ResponsibleStatecraft

'Watching US Cuba policy in the theater of the absurd'
Cuban-American lawmakers slipped new sanctions into a bill designed to keep the federal government open. The White House is no better.

#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #LatinAmerica #news #Biden
@cubainfo

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/congress-cuba/

from #ResponsibleStatecraft

'Watching US Cuba policy in the theater of the absurd'
Cuban-American lawmakers slipped new sanctions into a bill designed to keep the federal government open. The White House is no better.

#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #LatinAmerica #news #Biden
@cubainfo

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/congress-cuba/