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Cuba braces itself for Hurricane Melissa

News from Cuba | Tuesday, 28 October 2025

Cuba is bracing itself as Hurricane Melissa, the year’s most powerful storm, is expected to make landfall on the eastern end of the island on Tuesday evening. Melissa is due to wreak havoc in Jamaica earlier in the day, with the Category 5 storm set to be the strongest to hit ... read more

Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba

Cross-party group of MPs write to UK Foreign Secretary ahead of UN vote

Campaign News | Tuesday, 28 October 2025

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba has written to UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper ahead of the annual vote at the UN General Assembly vote on ending the blockade.  The letter, signed by cross-party MPs and Peers, requests confirmation that the UK government will maintain its longstanding policy of voting in ... read more

Result of the 2024 UN vote on ending the blockade

CSC statement: The UK must continue to vote to end the US blockade of Cuba at the United Nations

Campaign News | Monday, 27 October 2025

The Cuba Solidarity Campaign has written to the UK government urging them to once again vote in favour of the United Nations General Assembly resolution, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” Over the past three decades the UK has ... read more

Two more containers of aid arrived at the port of Mariel in October

Cuba Vive – Help us reach £250,000 by the end of the year

Campaign News | Thursday, 23 October 2025

The Cuba Vive Medical Aid Appeal has exceeded expectations and raised £220,000 so far -- a testament to the depth of support for the people of Cuba from CSC members, friends and the trade union movement. Thanks to your generosity, hundreds of thousands of essential medical supplies, from syringes to ... read more

Cuba accuses US of pressuring other nations ahead of UN vote on the blockade

News from Cuba | Thursday, 23 October 2025

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has accused the United States of exerting “gross pressure” on other countries to dissuade them from voting against the US economic blockade of Cuba at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly.Rodríguez said Washington is running a “campaign of misinformation and intimidation,” claiming the State ... read more

Fidel Castro’s grandson will launch 100 years with Fidel at Latin America 2026

Campaign News | Monday, 20 October 2025

Earlier this year Cuba announced that they would be organising activities throughout 2026 to mark the centenary of the birth of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, under the banner 100 Years with Fidel. Fidel’s 100th birthday would have been on 13 August 2026 and the tenth anniversary of his passing ... read more

Bruno Rodríguez solidarity meeting on 27 September while in New York to attend the 80th UNGA

Cuba presents blockade report to the UN ahead of 33rd vote

News from Cuba | Monday, 20 October 2025

The cost of the US blockade to the Cuban economy has increased by a staggering 49 per cent on the previous twelve months, according to Cuba’s latest report to the United Nations. The 55-page document, published ahead of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) vote due to take place on ... read more

Crowds gather in solidarity with the Palestinians on the Malecón, 9 October

More than 100,000 Cubans rally in solidarity with Palestine

News from Cuba | Friday, 10 October 2025

More than 100,000 Cubans gathered at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana on Thursday 9 October for a mass rally to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza. The huge demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, which took place in front of the United States Embassy on the Cuban capital’s Malecón, was one ... read more

CSC supporters marching in London against Trump's state visit

London march against Trump

Campaign News | Wednesday, 8 October 2025

The Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) marched in London alongside the Stop Trump Coalition to oppose the state visit of Donald Trump on 17 September. The coalition – made up of more than 50 national unions, campaigning organisations and NGOs – mobilised thousands to take part in the demonstration, ending in a ... read more

Cuban Ambassador Ismara Vargas Walter at The Casa

“What more can we do to support the Cuban people?”

Campaign News | Wednesday, 8 October 2025

On 28 September, CSC hosted a Hands Off Cuba North West Rally at Liverpool’s famous trade union-supporting venue The Casa Welcoming over 100 guests to her constituency and home city, local MP for Riverside Kim Johnson said that Liverpool was defined by “community and solidarity.” Solidarity with Cuba was also “something ... read more

Steve Witherden, MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr closing the meeting

Labour Party Conference fringe

Campaign News | Tuesday, 7 October 2025

The newly elected Deputy General Secretary of the NEU, Sarah Kilpatrick, was one of the speakers at the CSC fringe meeting during Labour Party Conference. Sarah, who was part of an NEU delegation in 2024, expressed “the pride we have in our union of the work we do with CSC,” ... read more

PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote addressing the meeting, alongside Stuart Latham (Thompsons), Kevin Courtney (CSC) and Mariela Kohon (TUC)

Cuba Vive appeal promoted by TUC during Congress

Campaign News | Tuesday, 7 October 2025

During the CSC fringe meeting at TUC Congress in September, long-time Campaign supporter and PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote said that “the re-election of President Trump last November poses a renewed threat to the Cuban people.” Highlighting Cuba’s support for the Palestinians, Fran said that “even in the face of greater ... read more