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  1. How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
    cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cu
    9/5/26

    How to conserve cellphone battery when recharging options are scarce; how to preserve food when the fridge isn’t working; how to cope with the heat when air-conditioners aren’t an option; how to generate power when the whole country has almost none left.

    These are the sort of tutorials that have made the Instagram feed of influencer Dayán Marrero indispensable to many Cubans as they try to adapt to the rolling electricity blackouts and fuel shortages that are increasingly part of everyday life...

    As the #US-imposed #oil #blockade that is worsening the situation bites ever deeper, Marrero and his compatriots are having to get creative. Farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires; commuters ride solar-powered Chinese tricycles; tour guides grind coffee by hand...

    #OilForCuba! #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
    #news #politics #USpol #Cuba

  2. How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
    cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cu
    9/5/26

    How to conserve cellphone battery when recharging options are scarce; how to preserve food when the fridge isn’t working; how to cope with the heat when air-conditioners aren’t an option; how to generate power when the whole country has almost none left.

    These are the sort of tutorials that have made the Instagram feed of influencer Dayán Marrero indispensable to many Cubans as they try to adapt to the rolling electricity blackouts and fuel shortages that are increasingly part of everyday life...

    As the #US-imposed #oil #blockade that is worsening the situation bites ever deeper, Marrero and his compatriots are having to get creative. Farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires; commuters ride solar-powered Chinese tricycles; tour guides grind coffee by hand...

    #OilForCuba! #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
    #news #politics #USpol #Cuba

  3. How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
    cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cu
    9/5/26

    How to conserve cellphone battery when recharging options are scarce; how to preserve food when the fridge isn’t working; how to cope with the heat when air-conditioners aren’t an option; how to generate power when the whole country has almost none left.

    These are the sort of tutorials that have made the Instagram feed of influencer Dayán Marrero indispensable to many Cubans as they try to adapt to the rolling electricity blackouts and fuel shortages that are increasingly part of everyday life...

    As the #US-imposed #oil #blockade that is worsening the situation bites ever deeper, Marrero and his compatriots are having to get creative. Farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires; commuters ride solar-powered Chinese tricycles; tour guides grind coffee by hand...

    #OilForCuba! #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
    #news #politics #USpol #Cuba

  4. How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
    cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cu
    9/5/26

    How to conserve cellphone battery when recharging options are scarce; how to preserve food when the fridge isn’t working; how to cope with the heat when air-conditioners aren’t an option; how to generate power when the whole country has almost none left.

    These are the sort of tutorials that have made the Instagram feed of influencer Dayán Marrero indispensable to many Cubans as they try to adapt to the rolling electricity blackouts and fuel shortages that are increasingly part of everyday life...

    As the #US-imposed #oil #blockade that is worsening the situation bites ever deeper, Marrero and his compatriots are having to get creative. Farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires; commuters ride solar-powered Chinese tricycles; tour guides grind coffee by hand...

    #OilForCuba! #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
    #news #politics #USpol #Cuba

  5. How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
    cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cu
    9/5/26

    How to conserve cellphone battery when recharging options are scarce; how to preserve food when the fridge isn’t working; how to cope with the heat when air-conditioners aren’t an option; how to generate power when the whole country has almost none left.

    These are the sort of tutorials that have made the Instagram feed of influencer Dayán Marrero indispensable to many Cubans as they try to adapt to the rolling electricity blackouts and fuel shortages that are increasingly part of everyday life...

    As the #US-imposed #oil #blockade that is worsening the situation bites ever deeper, Marrero and his compatriots are having to get creative. Farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires; commuters ride solar-powered Chinese tricycles; tour guides grind coffee by hand...

    #OilForCuba! #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
    #news #politics #USpol #Cuba

  6. Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
    peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gG
    Duration - 2:45

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

    Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.

    Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.

    We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.

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

  7. Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
    peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gG
    Duration - 2:45

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

    Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.

    Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.

    We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.

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

  8. Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
    peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gG
    Duration - 2:45

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

    Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.

    Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.

    We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.

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

  9. Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
    peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gG
    Duration - 2:45

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

    Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.

    Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.

    We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.

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

  10. Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
    peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gG
    Duration - 2:45

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

    Despite a U.S. #oil #blockade and #sanctions, 1.4 million Cuban students returned to school this week after a long, sweltering summer.

    Families rose before dawn, prepared uniforms and packed school bags while navigating hours-long blackouts and shortages.

    We take you inside Cuba’s first day of school — and the extraordinary effort families and teachers make to keep children learning.

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

  11. Video - What Cubans Want to Say About Life in Cuba Today
    peertube.world/w/vra3kseN9RJCE
    Duration - 5:16

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

    What does this moment in Cuba mean to the people living through it?

    For photographer Moník Molinet, the answer begins with a pause: asking people to stop, reflect, and write down the words that honestly describe their lives. In #Havana, amid an increasingly severe social and economic crisis fueled by suffocating #US sanctions, she invited people to put their own words to the moment they are living through.

    These are their words. Their voices. Their moment.

    Words for This Moment is a photographic project by Moník Molinet, created in Havana in July, 2026. The project is a series of 50 portraits, created in collaboration with Belly of the Beast.

    #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #politics

  12. CUBA UNDER SIEGE: A Roundtable Discussion
    Sunday 6 September, at 12:00 pm Central Time (1:00 pm ET, 6:00 pm UK time)
    Join Helen Yaffe and three other speakers (Reed Lindsey from Belly Of The Beast, Justine Medina, from Cuban Americans for Cuba and analyst and author Peter Kornbluh) for this panel, #Cuba Under Siege, at the Haymarket Socialist Conference in #Chicago, #Illinois, #USA.

    us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist

    #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
    #PetróleoParaCuba
    #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
    #news #politics #USpol #US #BellyOfTheBeast #CubanAmericansForCuba
    @cuba

  13. Video - "Solidarity Is Not a Crime" [Cuba]
    peertube.world/w/kn365P9Et6nKC
    Duration - 27:00

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

    The #US State Department’s latest report on Cuba revives allegations against US #solidarity activists that were made by the FBI and CIA in the 1960s and 1970s — claims historian Teishan Latner says were never proven.

    In this interview with BotB journalist Yohan Rodríguez, Latner discusses the history of US-Cuba solidarity, the #VenceremosBrigade, the #BlackPantherParty and growing pressure on people in the US who oppose Washington’s policy toward Cuba.

    He also examines whether the report is helping lay the groundwork for military action against Cuba.

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

  14. Video - U.S. Sabotages Cuba’s Hospitals — Then Calls Universal Healthcare a Failure
    peertube.world/w/vNxwt6wKcW8Fq
    Duration - 1:47

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

    U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-FL) says Cuba’s healthcare system “sucks” and “doesn’t work,” pointing to hospitals without #medicine and deteriorating conditions.

    But this criticism leaves out a major part of the story: the policies Giménez has championed are the reason why Cuba’s #hospitals are collapsing. #US #EconomicWarfare has restricted Cuba’s ability to obtain medicines, #medical equipment, fuel and other resources needed to keep its #healthcare system running.

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

  15. Havana’s Solar-Powered Answer to the Garbage Crisis
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    August 20, 2026

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

    Trash is piling up across #Havana because the city’s garbage trucks have run out of fuel.

    But in one neighborhood, garbage collection now runs on #SolarPower.

    As the #US #oil #blockade keeps fuel from reaching Cuba, one local business is finding a new way to keep the streets clean.

    Also:

    • #Hegseth Gaslights Cuba on Counternarcotics
    • Saber-Rattling, Same Old Economic War
    • Who's Threatening Whom?
    • #DominicanRepublic Expels Cuban Diplomats
    • Turkish Airlines to Resume Cuba Flights
    • Anti-#Embargo Democrat Wins Florida Senate Primary

    #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba!#CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #PetróleoParaCuba
    #politics #USpol #Sustainability#RenewableEnergy

  16. #Rubio Promises Cuba a Better Future — in a Box
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    August 13, 2026
    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_vid]

    The #Trump administration is touting a $100 million aid package for Cuba, most of which is being distributed by #CatholicChurch charities.

    But the aid is a drop in the bucket compared to the damage caused by #US# sanctions and an #oil #blockade that has plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis.

    In our latest video, Belly of the Beast journalist Yohan Rodríguez reports from Bejucal, a town on the outskirts of Havana, where residents welcomed the food kits but questioned the policies that made the aid necessary.

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

  17. Video - Cuba Can’t Keep the Lights On. Rubio Says It’s a Superpower
    peertube.world/w/fJgfR2tiGPiBj
    Duration - 1:30

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

    In an interview with Lara Trump, U.S. Secretary of State #MarcoRubio called Cuba a “superpower” and a threat to the #UnitedStates. Lara Trump said Cuba is trying to wipe the U.S. from the face of the earth.

    So how does an island struggling with blackouts, fuel shortages and a deep economic crisis pose an existential threat to the world’s most powerful country?

    Journalist Yohan Rodríguez breaks down the farcical claims by #Trump and #Rubio, which are used to justify current #US policy.

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

  18. Video - The Contradiction Of U.S. Aid To Cuba
    peertube.world/w/dag96EYQD3cJ9
    Duration - 0:47 

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

    The #US is sending humanitarian aid to vulnerable Cuban families while its policies continue to deepen the crisis affecting them. We went to Bejucal to see what happened when the aid arrived.

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

  19. Goodwill or Good Marketing? The Contradiction Of U.S. Aid To Cuba
    peertube.world/w/rWJbEPAx1eMn6
    Duration - 12:08

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

    The #US announced $100 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba, some of which is now being distributed to vulnerable families through the CatholicChurch.

    So we went to #Bejucal, one of the towns where the aid first arrived.

    In a town of 22,000 people, the Church delivered 380 boxes of aid. Those who received it expressed their gratitude. But there is a stark contradiction at the heart of the US aid effort: Washington is offering relief from a crisis its own policies have brought about.

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

  20. Video - The Story About Cuba That No One Was Telling
    peertube.world/w/jmVdrqortmpZo
    Duration - 2:44

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

    Six years ago, Liz Oliva Fernández nearly walked away from journalism. Then she joined a new independent media outlet called Belly of the Beast. The rest is history.

    Support the independent journalism of Belly of the Beast by subscribing to our newsletter, joining our Patreon or making a tax-deductible donation below.

    •Patreon: patreon.com/cw/BellyoftheBeast
    •Donate: bellyofthebeastcuba.com/help-s
    •Newsletter: bellyofthebeastcuba.com/signup

    #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #politics

  21. Video - The Ship Bringing Aid to Power Cuba’s Hospital
    peertube.world/w/f7yyMHzPmBWqj
    Duration - 3:27

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

    Open Arms @openarmsong set sail across the Atlantic carrying seven tons of #SolarPanels, batteries and #medical supplies bound for a children’s #hospital thousands of miles away.

    This hospital, which treats children with cancer, neurological conditions and severe burns, is facing its biggest challenge: a lack of electricity.

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

  22. #MarcoRubio's McCarthyite Manifesto
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    July 24, 2026
    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_vid]

    The State Department released a 100-page report Monday accusing Cuba of influencing virtually every major progressive movement, organization, protest and activist in the United States over the last 65 years.

    Media outlets, including Belly of the Beast, are also implicated in the vast conspiratorial screed, which one member of Congress has called the “stupidest” thing he’s ever read.

    Also:

    • Ramped Up Sanctions Target #Doctors, Ports and Oil
    • #US Economic War Drives Hotel Chains Out of Cuba
    • Congressional Democrats Push Back
    • No Electricity, Garbage Everywhere
    • First Shipment of US Aid Arrives to Cuba

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

  23. Video - Inside Cuba’s Fuel Lines: Taxi Drivers Struggle Under U.S. Oil Blockade
    peertube.world/w/ohzr5SRbJnC1d
    Duration - 2:53

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

    Since January, the U.S. oil blockade has worsened the living conditions of the Cuban people.

    Lines of taxis stretch for hours outside Cuba’s gas stations — when fuel is even available.

    Even when it is, they struggle to find clients due to the lack of tourists.

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

  24. Video - How Camila Guevara Milanés Is Making Her Own Legacy in Music
    peertube.world/w/69VA3eZMZQ5Nt
    Duration - 2:56

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

    Camila Guevara Milanés carries two legendary last names. But she wants to be known for her #music. The #Cuban singer-songwriter talks about how she's forging her own #artistic identity.

    #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList

    #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
    #PetróleoParaCuba

    #culture #art

  25. Video - State Department Makes Case for Repression and Cuba Regime Change
    peertube.world/w/hqRPXhoJTpDDV
    Duration - 1:53

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

    The #US State Department just released a 100-page report accusing Cuba of influencing virtually every major progressive movement, organization, protest and activist over the last 65 years.

    Amidst a hodgepodge of distorted history and sweeping, conspiratorial conclusions, the #Trump administration uses the report for two purposes: to justify repression at home and regime change in Cuba.

    Watch Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández break down what the report says — and what it means.

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

  26. Video - U.S. Representative Confronts State Department Official over Embargo
    peertube.world/w/8USaR1ciJnPno
    Duration - 1:50

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

    Rep. #PramilaJaypal challenged a State Department official over whether decades of #US #sanctions on Cuba amount to collective punishment prohibited under the Fourth Geneva Convention. Watch the exchange.

    #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  27. Video - U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Trump’s Claims About Cuba After Visiting the Island
    peertube.world/w/ru66TuzjNGXDt
    Duration - 20:10

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

    US lawmakers Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), and Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) gave an exclusive interview to BotB during their recent visit to Havana.

    Their trip to Cuba comes as the #Trump administration ramps up its #oil #blockade and economic war on the island, which it has justified by claiming that Cuba poses a threat to #US national security.

    After meeting with doctors, farmers, entrepreneurs, diplomats and ordinary Cubans, the lawmakers accused Donald Trump and #MarcoRubio of pushing a “false narrative.”

    “Walking through a #hospital that is dark and empty because we've cut off energy, we’ve cut off fuel,” said Leger Fernández. “Why would Americans support that?”

    #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  28. 'Red Card for U.S. at U.N.!’
    Cuba’s Foreign Minister Calls Out Hypocrisy of US Claims Over Blockade
    world-outlook.com/2026/07/12/r

    from #WorldOutlook
    July 12, 2026

    UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, July 7, 2026 — In a diplomatic offensive aimed at challenging the #US economic war against #Cuba, Cuba’s foreign minister #BrunoRodríguezParilla requested a session of the #UNGeneralAssembly to re-open debate on ending the US blockade of the island. US secretary of state #MarcoRubio actively and aggressively opposed the proposal. But an overwhelming majority of #UN member states approved Cuba’s request to hold the debate. 136 voted in favor, 9 against, and 30 abstained. A win for Cuba! This is an eyewitness report on the debate that followed.

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

  29. U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light.
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    July 10, 2026
    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective]

    Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island.

    But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark.

    Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes.

    Also:

    • MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity Homes
    • Despite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #Embargo
    • How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
    • We Found the “Russian Spy Base” in Cuba
    • Second Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  30. Video - Cuba Calls Out Mike Waltz at the UN With ICE Photos
    peertube.world/w/5WRUkCRRUKiT9
    Duration - 1:23

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

    Cuba’s FM #BrunoRodríguez confronted #US Amb. Mike Waltz at the #UN on Tuesday, after Waltz accused Cuba of human rights abuses, holding photos of people detained and killed by #ICE.

    “This did not happen in Cuba,” said Rodriguez.

    #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #AbolishICE
    #politics #Uspol

  31. Video - How Cubans Are Surviving Endless #Blackouts
    peertube.world/w/bQRSHMmPe4wDE
    Duration - 1:58

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

    As Cuba’s fuel crisis deepens under the U.S. oil blockade, elderly Cubans are being forced to: cook with charcoal and sit in the dark as they wait for the lights to return.

    #OilForCuba #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  32. ‘Only a Country Like Cuba Can Resist Such a Brutal #Blockade’ (II)
    Interview with Cuban Leader Ernesto Limia Díaz
    world-outlook.com/2026/06/07/o

    from #WorldOutlook
    June 7, 2026

    DS: You made a point in a Facebook post on March 27 that “our generation may have the responsibility to defend the revolution with arms in hand.” What is the possibility of that?

    EL: Well, the risk today is very strong. On a personal level, I have the perception that they cannot venture into armed aggression against #Cuba while they focus on the Middle East, while their war on Iran is burning. [...]

    Therefore, the country is preparing. We are preparing for an armed aggression, and they will never forget our response.

    Everything points to the fact that my generation is going to have to defend the revolution with arms in hand. They will never forget the blow we are going to give them. I have no doubt it is going to be another Vietnam...

    #NoWarOnCuba
    #OilForCuba!
    #news #politics #USpol

  33. ‘Only a Country Like Cuba Can Resist Such a Brutal Blockade’ (I)
    Interview with Cuban Leader #ErnestoLimiaDíaz
    world-outlook.com/2026/06/06/o

    [has a lot of info on #Cuba's #energy transition to #renewables]

    from #WorldOutlook
    June 6, 2026

    As a result, an intensive care doctor may have no way to get to the #hospital. Can you imagine the intensive care clinic of a pediatric hospital without a doctor?

    Because doctors have no way to travel to treat people.

    The effect is brutal and can only be resisted by a country like ours, which is an organized country, with clear goals, a country where #solidarity is institutionalized. The distribution of resources, of the few resources we have, is organized, and solidarity is used to solve problems.

    For example, there are private drivers of electric motorcycles who transport #doctors for free, on their own initiative. Bus solutions are also being sought to transport doctors who are irreplaceable...

    #NoWarOnCuba
    #OilForCuba!
    #news #politics

  34. 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

  35. Cuba: Millions March on May Day, Denounce Threats of US Invasion
    world-outlook.com/2026/05/04/c

    from #WorldOutlook
    May 4, 2026

    #HAVANA, #CUBA May 1 — Beginning at 3:30am., #Cuban working people from all over this city began mobilizing to answer the growing threats of an invasion by the #US government, converging on 4 different rally sites in the country’s capital.

    Because of fuel shortages, tens of thousands walked in small groups for many miles to reach these sites...

    This time, international guests — 827, from 38 countries, representing 152 solidarity groups, trade unions, and political parties here to celebrate #MayDay with the Cuban people — were not merely observers but active participants.

    In Havana, 500,000 participated in the 4 rallies, according to the Cuban press, the reports of which are corroborated by magnificent aerial photos.

    An estimated 5.2 million people turned out in May Day rallies in cities and towns across the country...

    #OilForCuba!
    #news #politics

  36. Cuban Gov’t: ‘Bay of Pigs Is Today and Forever!’
    [statement]
    world-outlook.com/2026/04/17/c

    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

  37. 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 .
    world-outlook.com/2026/04/03/r

    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

  38. ‘Cuba Under Siege: Strategies for United Response’
    US-Cuba Normalization Conference Maps Out Action Plan
    world-outlook.com/2026/03/21/c

    from #WorldOutlook
    March 21, 2026

    NEW YORK CITY — About 225 delegates representing organizations across the US and Canada attended the conference “Cuba Under Siege: Strategies for Resistance and a United Response.” In welcoming delegates to the meeting, Ike Nahem of the NY-NJ Cuba Sí Coalition, said: “The conference is taking place at an ominous time. A time of imperialist war in the Mideast and intervention in our hemisphere, marked by the January 3 US attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of the country’s president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Celia Flores, and the siege of #Cuba under the #US blockade of #petroleum to the country.” Nahem called on delegates to focus on actions that represent a united response to this qualitative turn of events in the world situation.

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