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1.3 million UK trade unionists call for action on Miami 5
Campaign News | Friday, 29 February 2008
UNISON, Britain’s second biggest trade union, has called on its 1.3 million members to “act now for the Miami Five’s families’ right to visit”.The union has just published the appeal on its website - www.unison.org.uk/international/pages_view.asp?did=6375which has reported on the case of the Cuban heroes.The article also praises the Cuba Solidarity ... read more
Cuba's aid programme in Bolivia
Campaign News | Thursday, 28 February 2008
By Hugh O'Shaughnessy, BBC News, BoliviaThough the facts are not widely reported around the world, Cuba supplies aid to a number of countries and one of the biggest aid schemes is in Bolivia."There is usually a love interest behind it all, if you ask me," says Dr Maria de los ... read more
El Commandante - Fidel Castro
Campaign News | Sunday, 24 February 2008
Writing in the Jamaica Observer, Diane Abbot MP argues that Fidel is "one of the great leaders of our time"The announcement last week that the legendary Fidel Castro is stepping down from power prompts an appraisal of his career. In Jamaica attitudes to Cuba are poisoned by over half a ... read more
TUC and British unions join campaign for better relations with Cuba
Campaign News | Friday, 22 February 2008
CSC asks supporters to increase the pressure on the government by writing to their MPsThe TUC and 22 British unions have joined the campaign to improve relations between the UK and Cuba.In a letter to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber calls for the government to ... read more
CSC responds to media comment on Fidel
Campaign News | Friday, 22 February 2008
DURING a hectic week in which Cuba has taken centre stage in the British media, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) has striven to defend the country’s achievements.Fidel Castro sparked the media feeding frenzy last Tuesday after he ruled himself out of the running for country’s presidency. His decision was later ... read more
Urgent Action: Ask your MP for improved Europe/Cuba relations today
Campaign News | Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Please help to lobby the government in advance of European vote on CubaFrom March the UK government will be reviewing its relations with Cuba in advance of the annual European vote on the “common position” later this year.We have just a few weeks to try and influence these discussions.Please write ... read more
CSC statement on Fidel’s presidential announcement
Campaign News | Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Cuban President will not seek re-electionIn a statement released today, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign called for friends of Cuba to remain vigilant following the announcement by President Fidel Castro that he will not seek re-election when the National Assembly meets later this month.CSC Director Rob Miller said: “We wish Fidel ... read more
Fidel's last laugh
Campaign News | Tuesday, 19 February 2008
By going quietly, Castro has again confounded the US and its 50-year obsession with overthrowing the Cuban revolution argues Brian WilsonWith his dignified announcement of resignation, Fidel Castro has completed the inadvertent 18-month transition through which, one last time, he has confounded the United States government and its 50-year obsession ... read more
After 49 years of Fidel, Cuba ushers in the era of Raúl
Campaign News | Monday, 18 February 2008
Defence minister wins unanimous assembly voteCuba's national assembly unanimously named Raúl Castro as head of state last night, formally ending almost half a century of Fidel Castro's rule.Watch video comment from Cubans in Havana and Miami: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/25/cubaThe 76-year-old defence minister took power in a choreographed ceremony of party unity which ... read more
Sign the new Petition for the Five
Campaign News | Sunday, 17 February 2008
THE Cuba Solidarity Campaign is launching a drive to collect 5,000 signatures in order to secure visiting rights for the families of the Miami Five.To sign the petition email you name and address to:campaigns@cuba-solidarity.org.ukor download a copy of the petition form at:http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/M5petitionjan08new.pdfBACKGROUND TO THE CASEOn top of the unjust sentences ... read more
Garden-guru heaps praise on Havana’s organic gardens
Campaign News | Friday, 15 February 2008
Monty Don, one of the main presenters of BBC television’s Gardeners World, had nothing but praise for Cuba’s organiponicos.The gardening-guru filmed in Havana for his new series ‘Around the World in 80 Gardens’, recently aired on BBC2.Speaking about Cuba’s example for an online interview this month, he said: “Climate change ... read more
Cuba Demands US Return Guantanamo Bay
Campaign News | Thursday, 14 February 2008
Wednesday, the Cuban government demanded that the United States close the "indecent Guantanamo prison" and return the territory illegally occupied to its fatherland.Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque alleged that terror suspects being held in the US naval base in the southeastern tip of Cuba have been subjected to inhuman torture ... read more
Idaho bill proposes renewed trade with Cuba
Campaign News | Wednesday, 13 February 2008
By Scott LoganCastro's revolution in the late 1950s put an end to once booming trade with Idaho."In 1959, Cuba was our largest buyer of Idaho peas and lentils," said Rep. Tom Trail, (R) Moscow. "Once Castro came into power that all got shut off with the embargo which is still ... read more
UNESCO official sees Cuban university system as a model
Campaign News | Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Cuban universities are a model for developing nations, said Georges Haddad, director of UNESCO’s Higher Education Division, as he attended an international congress on higher education underway in the Cuban capital.Dr. Haddad is one of the figures taking part in “University 2008,” thesixth international conference on education, which has brought ... read more
Cuban literacy method used in Spain
Campaign News | Monday, 11 February 2008
The Cuban literacy method ‘Yo si puedo’ (Yes, I Can) is being used in the Spanish city of Seville, the Director of Youth and Sports of the local government, Manuel Silva, announced on Saturday.According to Granma news daily, thus far, 75 out of 100 people havelearned to read and write ... read more
President of Mali thanks Cuba for medical assistance
Campaign News | Thursday, 7 February 2008
The President of the Republic of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, praised the results of the Operation Miracle free eye-surgery program through which some 5,000 people of this African nation have recovered their sight thanks to the work of Cuban specialists.Toumani Toure met on Wednesday with the Cuban ambassador in Mali, ... read more
Sunday Herald comment on Lloyds bank and Cuba
Campaign News | Thursday, 7 February 2008
Joanna Blythman on US interferenceNo cigar as banks cut off CubaJoanna Blythman on US interferenceSunday HeraldSunday 29th June 2008IT SEEMS that our banks are doing the United States's dirty work these days. Lloyds TSB and Barclays have been telling British customers who have financial dealings with Cuba to take their ... read more
Sunday Herald comment on Lloyds bank and Cuba
Campaign News | Thursday, 7 February 2008
Joanna Blythman on US interferenceNo cigar as banks cut off CubaJoanna Blythman on US interferenceSunday HeraldSunday 29th June 2008IT SEEMS that our banks are doing the United States's dirty work these days. Lloyds TSB and Barclays have been telling British customers who have financial dealings with Cuba to take their ... read more
Sunday Herald on Lloyds withdrawal from Cuba
Campaign News | Thursday, 7 February 2008
Joanna Blythman writes in the Sunday Herald on US interferenceNo cigar as banks cut off CubaIT SEEMS that our banks are doing the United States's dirty work these days. Lloyds TSB and Barclays have been telling British customers who have financial dealings with Cuba to take their business elsewhere. Why? ... read more
Connect joins union affiliates in support of Cuba
Campaign News | Tuesday, 5 February 2008
CONNECT has become the 24th national Trade Union to join the Cuba Solidarity Campaign and to work “in defence of Cuba and its people’s rights”.The Campaign is now supported by unions that represent more than six million workers across the UK - equivalent to more than 92 per cent of ... read more
Sustainability Policies á la Cubano
Campaign News | Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Beyond the mainstream cliché of an old and non-innovative system in Cuba one can discover astonishing activities for a sustainable society on that “red island”.For instance, as early as 1996 Cuban authorities started to exchange usual light bulbs with power-saving bulbs to households on very low prices. In the meantime, ... read more
Cuba arranges State Council election
Campaign News | Monday, 4 February 2008
Cuban electoral authorities continue Monday arrangements to elect on February 24 the Council of State, which is the island's top state representation.The recently elected 614 delegates for the National Assembly of the Peoples' Power will elect 31 members to the Council of State, led by Fidel Castro since its creation ... read more
Carlos Lage welcomes European MPs
Campaign News | Monday, 4 February 2008
Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage welcomed a delegation on Monday of a European Socialist parliamentary group visiting the Island, guests of the National People's Power Assembly.In the meeting at the Ministerial Council, party president Martin Schulz explained the current main tasks of the group that includes Socialist Vice Presidents Pasqualina ... read more
Germany's Fanz to coach Cuban football squad free of charge
Campaign News | Monday, 4 February 2008
Cuba will not pay their new soccer coach, Reinhold Fanz of Germany, as he takes on the daunting task of leading them to the 2010 World Cup finals.The Cuban Soccer Association said on Monday Fanz was loaned by German lower-league side Bonner SC. Cuba will only cover his living and ... read more
