Viewing from October 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
