Viewing from October 2018
Cuba is not alone: Nations of the world highlight the absurdity of the U.S. blockade against Cuba in the UN
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Once again, the UN General Assembly debated the draft resolution presented by Cuba calling for an end to the U.S. blockade. Despite U.S. attempts to sabotage the annual debate and pressure other nations to vote against Cuba - through the submission of eight ridiculous amendments to the text - this ... read more
Declaration of the Cuban Workers Central against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US government
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 30 October 2018
In advance of the 27th consecutive annual United Nations vote on Cuba’s resolution against the US blockade, the Cuban Workers Central (CTC) and national trade union affiliates call on workers around the world to condemn this cruel and genocidal policy imposed by the US on Cuba, which impedes production, services ... read more
Bruno Rodríguez: “We are certain that the amendments will be rejected”
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 30 October 2018
He explained that the U.S. State Department originally presented a document consisting of eight paragraphs of amendments to the draft resolution “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.” However, the text was hastily divided into eight separate amendments that will be ... read more
Urgent Action: Stop US attempts to sabotage the UN blockade vote
Campaign News | Monday, 29 October 2018
Please ensure that the British government maintains it vote against the US blockade of Cuba at the United Nations on Wednesday. Write to the Foreign Office now The US government is attempting to sabotage the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) vote on the blockade of Cuba, due to take place this ... read more
The US blockade is the main obstacle to Cuba's development
Campaign News | Monday, 29 October 2018
On 31 October, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on Cuba’s annual resolution calling for an end to the US blockade. Resolution 72/4, ‘Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba’, has been presented annually to the UN body since ... read more
US government steps up its culture war against Cuba
Campaign News | Sunday, 28 October 2018
At a time when Cuban artists have a growing presence on the world stage, the United States has stepped up its culture war against Cuba, claiming that the government stifles the creativity of the island’s artists and their freedom of expression. Cuba’s artistic successes and the emergence of world class ... read more
Meet Cuba's machete-wielding freedom fighter
News from Cuba | Friday, 26 October 2018
The discovery of the young woman’s corpse on the Triunvirato estate, a sugar mill in Cuba’s Matanzas province, was gruesome, but not surprising. Not only was Triunvirato a property where many enslaved people were housed and maltreated, but the early morning hours of Nov. 6, 1843, when the body was ... read more
The world's largest Che Guevara mural has appeared on social housing blocks in Naples
News from Cuba | Friday, 26 October 2018
Dutch-Neapolitan artist Jorit Agoch has painted an enormously impressive mural of the revolutionary legend, Che Guevara, which he has painted across the facades of two social housing blocks in the easterly outskirts of Naples. Emblazoned on the westerly walls of housing estate Taverna del Ferro, in the working class San Giovanni ... read more
Cuban Foreign Minister denounces U.S. maneuver to undermine international support for an end to the blockade
News from Cuba | Thursday, 25 October 2018
Yesterday afternoon (October 25), the United States permanent mission at the UN began circulating eight amendments to the Cuban resolution calling for an end to the blockade, reported Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla during a press conference at the ministry in Havana. He reported that the amendments basically address aspects ... read more
Sanchez to pay first visit to Cuba by Spanish PM in over 30 years
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 23 October 2018
The Spanish prime minister’s visit was agreed upon at the meeting he held with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in New York on September 25 The prime minister of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, will pay an official visit to Cuba on November 22 and 23, local media reported Sanchez’s trip was agreed ... read more
Beat the blockade by supporting the Braille machines for Cuba appeal
Campaign News | Tuesday, 16 October 2018
On 31 October, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on Cuba’s annual resolution calling for an end to the US blockade. In advance of the vote, Cuba sent a report summarising the impact of the inhumane US policy against the island during the last year, including its impact on special ... read more
Machinations in the US’s back yard
Campaign News | Friday, 12 October 2018
BERNARD REGAN looks at Donald Trump’s neoliberal vision for the Americas ahead of this year’s crucial Latin America Conference On September 25, President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations general assembly. In his speech he invoked the 19th-century doctrine of president James Monroe which asserted that the United States had a right ... read more
150 years of revolution in Cuba
Campaign News | Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Today Cuba celebrates a century and a half since the start of its revolutionary process against slavery and colonialism, writes OLLIE HOPKINS On October 10 1868, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, an educated, wealthy lawyer, sugar mill and slave owner, called for an uprising against Spanish colonial rule, the “Grito de Yara” ... read more
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister reiterates interest in improved relations with the United Kingdom
News from Cuba | Friday, 5 October 2018
The Deputy Foreign Minister met with the Cuba Solidarity Campaign during her UK visit Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Teresita González spoke September 27 in London, alongside David Maxim Triesman, a member of the House of Lords since 2004, and co-chairman of the Cuba Initiative. The Cuba Initiative was founded more than ... read more
RMT provide temporary home for ballet shoes donation
Campaign News | Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Over 1000 pairs of ballet shoes have been donated to the Play For Cuba Appeal to be sent to the island in Spring 2019. Play for Cuba is collecting new and second hand musical instruments as well as dance and arts equipment for use in schools across the blockaded island. The ballet ... read more
British award winning scriptwriter denounces US blockade of Cuba as “a disgrace that must end
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Paul Laverty denounced the US blockade of Cuba as “a disgrace that must end” The British scriptwriter Paul Laverty denounced the US blockade of Cuba upon winning the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The scriptwriter won the award for the film Yuli, a ... read more
