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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. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  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 - 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  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. '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

  13. 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

  14. Video - Why Students From the U.S. and Around the World Study Medicine in Cuba
    peertube.world/w/fgrZp872rz9ZR
    Duration - 6:01

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

    For decades, the #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (ELAM) in Cuba has trained tens of thousands of students from more than 100 countries, including hundreds from the #US and across the #GlobalSouth.

    Rooted in the idea that #healthcare is a human right, Cuba’s #medical education system seeks to train doctors who are both scientifically skilled and socially committed. Many #ELAM students do not wait until graduation to put those values into practice.

    In this video, we hear from two #doctors from the US who studied at ELAM and last year led a brigade of mostly #African medical students to #GuineaBissau to provide health education and medical consultations.

    #NoWarOnCuba
    #OilForCuba!
    #CubaIsNotAlone
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #CubaSolidarity
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #politics #PublicHealth

  15. ‘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

  16. ‘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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. ‘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

  22. ‘Cuban People Act with Creative Resistance’ (II)
    Cuban President Lays Out Plans for Countering U.S. Blockade
    world-outlook.com/2026/03/25/c

    from #WorldOutlook
    March 25, 2026

    This is the second of two parts with major excerpts from the transcript of a press conference #Cuban president #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez gave on March 13, 2026.

    The excerpts are selected from the original Spanish-language transcript as it appeared in the Cuban daily Granma; photos are also from Granma. The translation, breakers, and notes are by World-Outlook.

    The full introduction to it can be found in Part I - expressional.social@Peter_Link/116297642519581820

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