Viewing from October 2024
Another year of economic warfare takes its toll
Campaign News | Tuesday, 29 October 2024
On 29 October the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will vote on a resolution calling for an end to the US’s economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba. Last year’s vote saw 187 countries, including Britain, vote in support of Cuba’s motion. Just the US and Israel voted against. The overwhelming ... read more
Cuba’s economic crisis: US sanctions and the problem of overcompliance
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 29 October 2024
There are two main factors that drive overcompliance with US sanctions: the ambiguity of the regulations, and the severity of the penalties It is well known that US sanctions against Cuba in fact affect not only US nationals, but also trade between Cuba and nationals of third countries. Known as ‘extraterritoriality’, ... read more
Che’s daughter confirmed for Latin America 2025!
Campaign News | Saturday, 26 October 2024
Aleida Guevara, daughter of the Argentinian-Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, will be the headline speaker at the sold out Latin America 2025 on 8 February. Aleida is a doctor of medicine and director of the Che Guevara Studies Centre, Havana – a Cuban institution that keeps the personal archives of ... read more
Latin America Conference 2025 - Book your tickets today
Campaign News | Thursday, 24 October 2024
SOLD OUTTickets for Latin America 2025 have now sold out. If you would like to join a waiting list please email finance@cuba-solidarity.org.uk and we will let you know if any tickets become available. Come to the Latin America Conference 2025 to find out first-hand about the latest developments in the region ... read more
CUBA: BLACKOUT AND BLOCKADE
News from Cuba | Thursday, 24 October 2024
Cuba is going through its biggest energy crisis, with practically the entire island and 10 of 11 million inhabitants deprived of electricity. The blackouts that had been occurring with increasing frequency and duration for some time, became a total collapse of the electrical system following the shutdown of its main ... read more
Cuba Vive surpasses £110,000
Campaign News | Wednesday, 23 October 2024
After just nine months of fundraising the Cuba Vive medical aid appeal has raised more than £110,000, and is on course to match the £150,000 that was raised for emergency medical aid during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Cuba Solidarity Campaign is incredibly grateful to all our members, local groups, trade union ... read more
What will the next US president mean for Cuba? Keith Bolender speaking tour November 2024
Campaign News | Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Canadian author and journalist Keith Bolender will be speaking at four public meetings in November to discuss the outcome of the US presidential elections and what difference, if any, it will make for Cuba when a new US head of state takes over in January 2025. Thursday 14 Nov, LONDON, 6pmHamilton ... read more
CSC statement on power cuts in Cuba
Campaign News | Monday, 21 October 2024
The US government must end its 62-year-old blockade and additional sanctions against Cuba, which are hindering the import of fuel and parts to the country’s energy sector and exacerbating the island’s energy and economic crisis. Cuba is experiencing its largest blackout in recent years following the failure of the country’s main ... read more
Activists renew call for an end to the US blockade against Cuba as the Caribbean nation suffers electricity blackout
News from Cuba | Monday, 21 October 2024
ACTIVISTS renewed calls today for an end to the 64-year-old US blockade of Cuba after the government said that the restricitions were hampering efforts to fix a massive power cut. About half of the socialist island was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening, followed by all of it the following morning, ... read more
US complicity with violent acts against Cuba is strongly rejected - Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
News from Cuba | Monday, 7 October 2024
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba strongly rejects a new US act complicit with terrorist violence against Cuba. The US judicial authorities have decided to release Alexander Alazo, the individual who, on April 30, 2020, stood in the middle of the street and shot 32 rounds with a machine gun ... read more
Israeli Aggression in the Middle East Must Stop - Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
News from Cuba | Monday, 7 October 2024
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba expresses deep concern over the unfolding events in the Middle East, driven by the aggressive policies of the State of Israel, with military, logistical, and political support from the U.S. government. These actions have led to a dangerous escalation, further ... read more
Cuba vive y la lucha sigue - Labour Party Conference fringe meeting
Campaign News | Friday, 4 October 2024
At the Labour Party’s first conference in government since 2009, CSC hosted a successful fringe meeting, ‘Cuban Workers Under Blockade, in the conference venue, with Unite Assistant General Secretary Steve Turner chairing. “Health workers struggle with medical shortages, transport workers without fuel, energy workers fight to keep the country’s lights ... read more
Latin America 2025 date announced
Campaign News | Thursday, 3 October 2024
Tickets are now on sale for the 19th annual Latin America Conference which takes place on Saturday 8 February at Hamilton House, London. The conference is the biggest of its kind in Europe, bringing together academics, trade unionists, politicians, and activists from the UK, Europe and Latin America. The event ... read more
A Blockade on Cuba: Persistent and Pervasive
Campaign News | Tuesday, 1 October 2024
In a declassified government file from 1960, Lestor Mallory proposes the idea of a blockade on Cuba. He argues that this would be achieved through “denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of the government.” The ultimate goal ... read more
