#oilforcuba — Public Fediverse posts

How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cuba-us-oil-blockade-electricity-creativity-intl-latam
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

How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cuba-us-oil-blockade-electricity-creativity-intl-latam
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

How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cuba-us-oil-blockade-electricity-creativity-intl-latam
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

How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cuba-us-oil-blockade-electricity-creativity-intl-latam
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

How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cuba-us-oil-blockade-electricity-creativity-intl-latam
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

Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
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

Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
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

Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
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

Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
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

Video - How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/vt96Xys3xa9gGf78Nh9vnu
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

Video - What Cubans Want to Say About Life in Cuba Today
https://peertube.world/w/vra3kseN9RJCERZqgH2Z5H
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

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.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hEGZs63wRAW284LNLt74dw#/registration

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

Video - "Solidarity Is Not a Crime" [Cuba]
https://peertube.world/w/kn365P9Et6nKCQxiA3NKye
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

Video - U.S. Sabotages Cuba’s Hospitals — Then Calls Universal Healthcare a Failure
https://peertube.world/w/vNxwt6wKcW8FqzTVMApdh3
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

Havana’s Solar-Powered Answer to the Garbage Crisis
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/havana-s-solar-powered-answer-to-the-garbage-crisis

August 20, 2026

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

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

#Rubio Promises Cuba a Better Future — in a Box
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/rubio-promises-cuba-a-better-future-in-a-box

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

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

Video - Cuba Can’t Keep the Lights On. Rubio Says It’s a Superpower
https://peertube.world/w/fJgfR2tiGPiBjtpGBeAGo6
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

Video - The Contradiction Of U.S. Aid To Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/dag96EYQD3cJ96UttAmBAf
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

Revolt or Die: Holding Cuba Hostage by Blockade
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/revolt-or-die-holding-cuba-hostage-by-blockade/

August 19, 2026

In 1960, Undersecretary of State Lester Mallory wrote it with a clarity his successors have never matched: the objective of the #Blockade against #Cuba is to “deny money and supplies, decrease monetary and real wages, bring about hunger, desperation and the overthrow of the government.” No ambiguity. No euphemism. Hunger and desperation are the means. Overthrow is the end.

International law calls genocide the deliberate destruction of a national group. The 1948 Convention explicitly includes “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.” Mallory described exactly that in 1960 not as a side effect...

#USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#CubaNoEstáSola #AbajoElBloqueo
#PetróleoParaCuba
#news #politics #USpol

Video-In Havana, Garbage Trucks Replaced by Solar-Powered Tricycles
https://peertube.world/w/8wp9YbnSA1SJdcztWJERpi
Duration - 3:02

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

#Havana has a garbage problem. El Rampeño has a #SolarPowered solution.

Meet the Cuban initiative using #RenewableEnergy to collect garbage with tricycles in the face of fuel shortages caused by the #US #oil #blockade.

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

Goodwill or Good Marketing? The Contradiction Of U.S. Aid To Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/rWJbEPAx1eMn65mGQYNmku
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

Video - The Story About Cuba That No One Was Telling
https://peertube.world/w/jmVdrqortmpZosAoW7DmCc
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: https://www.patreon.com/cw/BellyoftheBeastCuba
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#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#politics

Video - The Ship Bringing Aid to Power Cuba’s Hospital
https://peertube.world/w/f7yyMHzPmBWqjbv1U9bhXe
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

Video - After Visiting Cuba, Gustavo Petro Had a Message for Washington
https://peertube.world/w/aTFtzJj5uwuygYrJbSByCu
Duration - 1:02 

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

After visiting Cuba, #Colombia’s President #GustavoPetro delivered a message directed at Washington.

What did he ask the #UnitedStates? And why did he say it now?

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

#MarcoRubio's McCarthyite Manifesto
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/marco-rubio-s-mccarthyite-manifesto

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

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

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

Video - Inside Cuba’s Fuel Lines: Taxi Drivers Struggle Under U.S. Oil Blockade
https://peertube.world/w/ohzr5SRbJnC1dqDHbgKS3j
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

How a Four-Generation Cuban Family Survives on $60 a Month
The #US #oil #blockade has deepened a humanitarian crisis, forcing Cubans to lean on the island’s long tradition of community #solidarity to provide a cushion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/world/americas/cuba-power-crisis-oil-blockade.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.rwpJ.siCzOfOtEJzI&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article]
July 7, 2026

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

Video - Interview with Professor Isaac Saney on the US State Department's anti-Cuba report
https://peertube.world/w/cy2tknGWBh6dVyVvMznghu
Duration - 1:19:42

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

In this episode, co-hosts Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau speak with Professor Isaac Saney, a Black Studies and Cuba specialist, historian, professor at Dalhousie University, author of two books about Cuba, and spokesperson for the Canadian Network on Cuba, which is among many groups named in the new #US State Department report ‘Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism’.

...Saney explains that the objectives of this McCarthyite document are to justify the genocidal US #blockade and lay the groundwork for future military aggression, as well as to revive Cold War-era repression of the left domestically and beyond.

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#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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Video - How Camila Guevara Milanés Is Making Her Own Legacy in Music
https://peertube.world/w/69VA3eZMZQ5NtxuScGXBTw
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

March on Sunday in Mexico City in Defense of Cuba

from La Jornada on FB July 24, 2026
[translated from Spanish by FB]

Social organizations hope that the march in defense of #Cuba this Sunday in #MexicoCity will be massive, with a participation higher than that they have had in the mobilizations held every July 26 for decades, mainly to protest the hardening of Donald #Trump's government policy against the island and Washington's measures aimed at other countries and progressive movements.

Olivia Garza Joa, vice president of the Association of Cubans Resident in #Mexico José Martí, explained that for more than a month, solidarity organizations with Cuba, social movements, urban and popular collectives, #unions, parties and other groups have come together to organize a unitary march.

More information at: https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/07/24/politica/colectivos-marcharan-este-domingo-en-defensa-de-cuba-y-el-antimperialismo

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Syringes donated to Cuba stuck in Jamaica, because of US sanctions

from Punto y Aparte on FB July 18, 2026
[en español - https://expressional.social/@Peter_Link/116971465860466440]

⚠️ 3.5 million syringes remain in Jamaica, due to the refusal of a French shipping company to bring them to #Cuba

Due to #sanctions imposed by the #US government, the French shipping company CMA CGM recently canceled the transfer of cargo to #Cuba; and left dozens of containers in Kingston, #Jamaica, that were supposed to arrive in our country, including one with 3.5 million syringes and needles donated by the Spanish non-governmental organization SODePAZ to #PublicHealth institutions in Santiago de Cuba.

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#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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Video - State Department Makes Case for Repression and Cuba Regime Change
https://peertube.world/w/hqRPXhoJTpDDV5PFGVDPg1
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.

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#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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Video - Rep. McGovern: Cubans “Screwed Over” by “Arrogant Politicians in Washington”
https://peertube.world/w/a6wv14BSNQTixPLbBBiasp
Duration - 3:45

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

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) denounced #US #sanctions on Cuba as decades-long “human rights violations.”

Watch his speech in full.

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Video - U.S. Representative Confronts State Department Official over Embargo
https://peertube.world/w/8USaR1ciJnPnoobfa5nA1s
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.

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'Red Card for U.S. at U.N.!’
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Calls Out Hypocrisy of US Claims Over Blockade
https://world-outlook.com/2026/07/12/red-card-for-u-s-at-u-n/

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.

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#CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
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Video - #Trump’s #Sanctions Disrupt #UNICEF Aid for Newborns and Mothers
https://peertube.world/w/41pXGpeygccjfHSAatyJse
Duration - 2:56

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

UNICEF has $630,000 in #humanitarianAid that can’t reach Cuba. Emergency #medical kits, newborn supplies, and nutrition support for pregnant #women are stuck as shipping companies and banks avoid doing business with the island. #UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba Francisco Pichón explains why.

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#USHandsOffCuba
#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#CubaNoEstáSola
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
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Video - Why this Cuban American Returned to Cuba After 20 Years Away | #US Voices Against the Blockade
https://peertube.world/w/dJUzxtjwbzwEb8NTTY54gi
Duration - 3:23

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

After more than two decades away, #CubanAmerican teacher and activist Lavender returned to #Cuba, the place her family always considered home.

Walking through Havana, she reflected on identity, belonging and the complicated relationship many Cuban Americans have with the island.

She spoke about the changes she has witnessed in Cuba, including the evolution of attitudes toward #LGBTQ+ people, and why she believes listening to ordinary Cubans is essential.

“I stand proud, and I stand tall because that’s what Cuba taught me,” she said.

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

National Nurses United in #USA demands end to the US blockade of fuel entering Cuba

from #NationalNursesUnited (on FB)

#Nurses save lives! That's why we're in D.C. demanding the #US end the #blockade of fuel entering #Cuba. This is fuel that powers water pumps and #hospitals that 11 million people depend on. Surgeries postponed. Essential #medicines gone. Infant mortality doubled. Enough!

#NoWarOnCuba
#USHandsOffCuba
#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
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Video - "We Can Do Terrorism — Just Don't Say It In Public"
https://peertube.world/w/1QmQZT2a3Kv3GXfNsjqEsF
Duration - 2:51

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

#RaúlCastro was indicted for the shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue planes 30 years ago. The group’s leader was a former #CIA #terrorist who claimed to have renounced violence, but never did according to former #Cuban intelligence agent René González.

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

‘Only a Country Like Cuba Can Resist Such a Brutal #Blockade’ (II)
Interview with Cuban Leader Ernesto Limia Díaz
https://world-outlook.com/2026/06/07/only-a-country-like-cuba-can-resist-such-a-brutal-blockade-ii/

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

‘Only a Country Like Cuba Can Resist Such a Brutal Blockade’ (I)
Interview with Cuban Leader #ErnestoLimiaDíaz
https://world-outlook.com/2026/06/06/only-a-country-like-cuba-can-resist-such-a-brutal-blockade-i/

[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

Video - How U.S. Sanctions Affect Pregnant Women and Newborns in Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/cx4rvNyGxnwWSDXone8A2M
Duration - 1:23

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

In recent days, #Cuban civil society organizations have denounced the devastating impact of the #US government’s economic war on the Cuban people.

Dr. Dayana Couto Núñez, president of the Cuban Society of #Gynecology and #Obstetrics, says shortages of medicines, medical supplies, technology and fuel are affecting surgeries, ultrasounds, diagnostic tests and maternal care.

According to Couto, the situation is making it harder to detect congenital malformations early and to care for premature and low-birth-weight babies, who often require specialized medication and high-tech equipment.

“Neither our women nor our children are to blame,” she said. “They need #medical care, #medicines and quality resources.”

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#OilForCuba!
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#politics #USpol

Video - Why is the #US Indicting Raúl Castro 30 Years After the Fact?
https://peertube.world/w/7oTaQKVNf4YBYRYhsbBQhd
Duration - 3:41

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

The Justice Department has indicted #RaúlCastro for something that occurred three decades ago — and the Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says he’s not sure why.

The reason the #Trump administration is targeting Castro 30 years after the shooting down of the #BrothersToTheRescue planes has little to do with the pursuit of justice and everything to do with the pursuit of regime change in Cuba.

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#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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Video - Why Only Miami Celebrates Cuba’s “Independence Day”
https://peertube.world/w/im6s6weUkCjczX4UVBnh4f
Duration - 2:46

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

May 20 is celebrated in Miami as Cuba’s “Independence Day.” In Cuba, people don’t care about the date because it wasn’t really about Cuban independence. It was about #US control over Cuba.

On May 20, 1902, a four-year US military occupation ended and Cuba officially became a republic. But Cuba was still controlled by the United States. For example, Cuba’s Constitution allowed the US to invade militarily whenever it wanted. It’s no surprise then that the #Trump administration chose May 20 to announce an indictment against Cuba’s former President #RaúlCastro, which could be used as a pretext to try to take control of Cuba, just as it did more than a century ago.

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#OilForCuba!
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#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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They Delivered Medicine to Children in Cuba — Now They're Under Investigation
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/they-delivered-medicine-to-children-in-cuba-now-they-re-under-investigation

May 29, 2026
[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

Also:

• “#Sanctions Kill. I Have Watched Them Do It.”
• Congressional Black Caucus: “Enough is Enough”
• China Delivers Aid in Boatloads; #US in “Wheelbarrows”
• Ex-Intelligence Officials Reject Cuba Threat Narrative
• Ex-NATO Analyst: "Absurd” to Claim Cuba Would Attack US
• Cuba’s Top Diplomat Calls Out #MarcoRubio on Fox News
• This Week in Cuba Collapse Forecasting
• #CubanAmerican Hardliners Obsess about Cuba, Ignore Constituents
• Thousands March in #Havana to Support #RaúlCastro
• “You Can’t Run a Society Without #Oil”
• Cuba Publishes Holy Week Amnesty List
• Join Us for Our June 4 #NYC Premiere!

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#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#politics #USpol

Cuba Street: A Model of Community Hygiene in Old Havana’s Heart
https://world-outlook.com/2026/05/08/cuba-street-a-model-of-community-hygiene-in-old-havanas-heart/

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

Cuba: Millions March on May Day, Denounce Threats of US Invasion
https://world-outlook.com/2026/05/04/cuba-millions-march-on-may-day-denounce-threats-of-u-s-invasion/

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

Cuban Gov’t: ‘Bay of Pigs Is Today and Forever!’
[statement]
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/17/cuban-govt-bay-of-pigs-is-today-and-forever/

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

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 .
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/03/refuting-slanders-against-nuestra-america-convoy-to-cuba/

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