Cuba
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Whose news is it — and who decides what we see?
Fidel Castro was one of the great communicators. He focused on the problems of raising the cultural level so that people could gain control of their own destiny. Continue reading
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Genocide by Blockade: How the U.S. Empire Wages War on Cuba’s Right to Live
They call it an embargo. We call it what it is—economic warfare, a colonial siege dressed up as policy, and proof that the crisis of imperialism has become a war against life itself. Continue reading
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A meeting in Harlem: Malcolm X, Fidel Castro, and the struggle for Palestine
In September 1960, in the heart of Black America, Harlem’s Hotel Theresa became the stage for one of the world’s most monumental encounters. Continue reading
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Cuban days against homophobia and transphobia have begun
The National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) launched the 18th edition of the Cuban Days Against Homophobia and Transphobia on Monday. Under the slogan “Love is the law,” the event will run until May 18 in the largest of the Antilles. Continue reading
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Life in Cuba under the US blockade
18 November 2024 My friend Blanca sent me this from Havana: Here with a NY artist friend for the Havana Biennial. Amazing the spirit of the people, this is the healthiest country I’ve ever been in, spiritually and from the heart. People of color especially are empowered, comfortable in their own skins, no internalized oppression. Continue reading
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Putin Approves Supply of 80,000 Tons of Fuel to Cuba
Russia has announced a $60 million diesel shipment to Cuba during bilateral meeting in Havana.The Russian assistance, authorized directly by President Vladimir Putin, represents an international effort to help stabilize Cuba’s energy sector. Continue reading
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Why Cuba Hasn’t Adjusted to US Sanctions after Six Decades
Now is an historical moment for recognition of not what Cuba has failed to do, but for appreciation of how much it has achieved with so little and under such adverse circumstances not of its making. Continue reading
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Let Cuba Live: Donate for Urgent Humanitarian Aid
Right now, Cuba is facing a severe moment of crisis. Amidst a devastating electrical blackout, a hurricane, and the ongoing brutal U.S. blockade, the Cuban people are facing urgent, life-threatening conditions. As neighbors, we have a responsibility to act and support the Cuban people in this moment of crisis. We aim to raise $100,000 to… Continue reading
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Donate now! Bread For Our Neighbors in Cuba
What would you do if your neighbor was starving? This is not a hypothetical. Right now the U.S. government is deliberately starving the Cuban people 90 miles to our South. We all must act now. Continue reading
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Cuba: Watch Carnival ’62
Sunday, 24 March 2024 — Jazz on the Tube Like New Orleans and Brazil and other places with Catholic cultural roots, Cuba has a vibrant Carnival culture. Continue reading
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Cuban Foreign Minister calls for return of Guantanamo
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez called for the US to return Guantanamo Bay to Cuban sovereignty on Thursday. Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @60: POSTMORTEMS
Washington, D.C., December 13, 2022 – In the immediate aftermath of the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev met with the Czechoslovakian Communist Party leader, Antonin Novotny, and told him that “this time we really were on the verge of war,” according to minutes of their October 30, 1962, meeting posted today… Continue reading
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Putin invokes Castro’s legacy
A three-meter-tall bronze statue of Fidel Castro was unveiled on Tuesday in the Fidel Castro Square in Moscow’s Sokol District by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in memory of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution. Continue reading
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The Real Reason The US Is Against The Entire World on Cuba
This week Lee Camp examines the cruelty and futility of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 Getting to Know the Cubans: Part 2
Washington, D.C., November 3, 2022 – As Cuban-Soviet ties grew stronger from late 1960 through early 1961, the Cubans repeatedly asked for military assistance and security guarantees from the Soviets and expressed growing concern about the threat of a U.S. intervention, according to Russian archival documents published today by the National Security Archive. The Cubans… Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up
DOCUMENTS RECORD HOW KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION BURIED QUID PRO QUO THAT RESOLVED MISSILE CRISIS LETTERS IMPLICATE PRESIDENT KENNEDY AS AUTHOR OF POLITICAL ATTACK ON U.N. AMBASSADOR ADLAI STEVENSON Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 The Most Dangerous Day
Washington, D.C., October 27, 2022 – The most dangerous 24 hours of the Cuban Missile Crisis came on Saturday, October 27, 1962, 60 years ago today, as the U.S. moved closer to attacking Cuba and nuclear-armed flashpoints erupted over Siberia, at the quarantine line, and in Cuba itself—a rapid escalation that convinced both John Kennedy and… Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 Briefing NATO Allies
Washington, D.C., October 21, 2022 – President John F. Kennedy made unilateral decisions to impose a naval blockade and approve other military moves, but winning the support of European allies remained central to U.S. policy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to declassified records of briefings delivered to NATO leaders shortly before Kennedy announced the… Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 How John F. Kennedy Sacrificed His Most Consequential Crisis Advisor
Washington D.C., October 17, 2022 – In a secret “eyes only” memorandum for John F. Kennedy, written 60 years ago today at the outset of the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson admonished the president to abandon his initial plan to attack Cuba and to consider, instead, the diplomatic option of dismantling U.S. missile… Continue reading
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Getting to Know the Cubans: Khrushchev Meets the Castro Brothers
Washington, D.C., October 14, 2022 – Today the National Security Archive publishes for the first time in any language a translation of the first meeting between Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro on July 18, 1960. The newly available transcript helps explain Khrushchev’s 1962 determination that defending Cuba from U.S. intervention would… Continue reading
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