Viewing from August 2024
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez wins record fifth straight gold, and then retires
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 7 August 2024
The 41-year-old Cuban defeated Yasmani Acosta Fernandez of Chile 6-0 in the 130-kilogram final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to win his fifth consecutive gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. He’s the first Olympic athlete to win gold in the same event at five consecutive Games, and the first wrestler to ... read more
Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy
News from Cuba | Monday, 5 August 2024
As Senator Robert Menendez cleans out his desk in the Hart Senate Office Building, he leaves Congress as one of the most corrupt US legislators in modern times. The senator’s July 16 conviction on 16 counts of bribery, extortion, and acting as an unregistered foreign agent has dramatically revealed how ... read more
Cuba Denounces Irresponsible Attempts to Resort to Violence and Destabilisation Aimed at Perpetrating a Coup d'État in Venezuela
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Statement by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs On Sunday, July 28, 2024, the Venezuelan people expressed their will for Comrade Nicolás Maduro Moros to continue as their President and affirmed their commitment to defending the peace, independence, and self-determination of their Homeland. In the face of imperialist harassment, external interference, media ... read more
Cuba, the Island of Olympic Champions
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Since the advent of the Revolution in 1959, Cuba has made the development of sport a national priority, becoming a world reference. Before 1959, Cuba had a modest record of five Olympic medals, four of them gold, won in Paris in 1900, Saint-Louis in 1904 and London in 1948. At the ... read more
Experts call for removal of Cuba from US States Sponsors of Terrorism list and lifting of blockade
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 30 July 2024
“We are seriously concerned at the redesignation by the U.S. Government since 2021 of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism (SSOT). The expansion of related restrictions has reportedly deepened the country’s international isolation for over 62 years as a result of the U.S. embargo,” the experts said. They said the ... read more
Cuban Olympic athletes are in Paris, ready to continue making history
News from Cuba | Friday, 26 July 2024
The Cuban delegation participating in the upcoming Paris Olympic Games has already touched down in France. The expectations of the athletes of the Caribbean country are high; they hope to win more than 15 Olympic medals, including at least 5 gold medals. The newspaper Granma reported that “the number of athletes who will compete ... read more
End the blockade on Health - Cuba Vive North West Rally and Fundraiser
Campaign News | Thursday, 25 July 2024
Monday 23 September, 6-8pmThe Casa, 29 Hope St, Liverpool, L1 9BP with guest speakers Her Excellency Ismara Vargas Walter, Cuban ambassador Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP Richard Burgon MP Kevan Nelson, Assistant General Secretary UNISON Sarah Woolley, General Secretary, BFAWU Gawain Little, General Secretary, GFTU Micaela Tracey-Ramos, UNISON executive Roger McKenzie, International Editor, Morning Star Phil Liptrot, ... read more
RMT Cuba Garden Party full of “love and solidarity”
Campaign News | Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Mick Lynch, Ben Jamal, Diane Abbott MP, Fran Heathcote Speakers from across the trade union and Labour movement took to the platform to pledge support to the Cuba Vive appeal at the RMT Garden Party in June. Four hundred people gathered at the RMT’s Maritime House in Clapham ... read more
Cuba’s solidarity with Palestine resonates at AGM
Campaign News | Sunday, 30 June 2024
Cuba’s longstanding history of solidarity with Palestine and current support for the people of Gaza was central to the discussions at the CSC Annual General Meeting in London on 22 June. Welcoming 80 delegates to the headquarters of the National Education Union (NEU), the Chair of the union’s International Committee, Louise ... read more
Palestine thanks Cuba for joining the South African lawsuit against Israel
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Palestine has thanked Cuba for its decision to join South Africa's lawsuit at the International Court of Justice against Israel for crimes committed in Gaza over the last nine months. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed Havana's announcement to intervene in the case related to the application of the ... read more
