Viewing from April 2018
Cuba Rejects Attempts to 'Destabilize' Nicaragua
News from Cuba | Monday, 30 April 2018
Cuba “denounces the attempts aimed at destabilizing the Republic of Nicaragua..." The Cuban Foreign Ministry has denounced the “interference in internal affairs” and attempts to “destabilize” Nicaragua. The ministry says it is committed “to the principles of the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace,” signed in ... read more
CWU in solidarity with Cuba
Campaign News | Sunday, 29 April 2018
CWU Fringe Report 2018 CWU delegates attended a packed fringe meeting where speakers included Her Excellency Terestia Vicente, Cuban Ambassador and Dave Ward, CWU General Secretary, at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth. Dave Ward called for an end of the US blockade and highlighted the huge economic challenges Cuba has had ... read more
CWU general secretary pledges increased support for Cuba from the union
Campaign News | Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Morning Star: CWU general secretary Dave Ward pledged increased union support for Cuba at the union’s annual conference today. Mr Ward told a fringe meeting in Bournemouth organised by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign that, despite reorganisation within the CWU, “things like our international work aren’t going to become less important. They ... read more
TUC Black Workers in solidarity with Cuba
Campaign News | Monday, 23 April 2018
TUC Black Workers Conference 2018 Fringe Meeting Over 80 people attended a standing room-only Cuba Solidarity Campaign fringe meeting at the TUC Black Workers Conference at Congress House in central London. Julio Pujol, Cuban Embassy Political Counsellor informed delegates, "Despite the move backwards with US-Cuba from President Trump, we still want to ... read more
CSC Director Rob Miller takes part in TV debate on Cuba
Campaign News | Saturday, 21 April 2018
Cuba Solidarity Campaign Director Rob Miller was invited to speak on TRT World’s The Newsmakers programme to discuss the future of Cuba following the island’s recent general elections and election of the new President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel. The other two speakers were from Miami based anti-Cuba organisations. ... read more
Cuba's New President Vows to Defend Socialist Revolution
News from Cuba | Thursday, 19 April 2018
President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the new period would be characterised by "modernization of the economic and social model." Cuba's new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, began his term on Thursday with a promise to defend the socialist revolution led by the Castro brothers since 1959, giving a sober speech that also emphasised the ... read more
Cuba to Begin Session to Elect New President a Day Early
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Cuba is bringing forward the start of its national assembly session where a new president will be elected to succeed Raul Castro, Cuban state-run Radio Rebelde said Monday. The new assembly, selected in a March vote, had originally been set to meet Thursday but will now start its "constitutive session" ... read more
International solidarity takes centre stage at NEU (NUT Section) Conference
Campaign News | Tuesday, 10 April 2018
NEU (NUT Section) 2018 Conference Report International solidarity with Cuba took the centre stage at the NEU (NUT Section) Conference in Brighton over the Easter weekend. A new large panel display exhibition on education in Cuba greeted delegates arriving at Brighton Centre where CSC organised a packed fringe meeting featuring Cuban teaching ... read more
Minrex: Cuba expresses solidarity and support for Lula
News from Cuba | Monday, 9 April 2018
The Federal Republic of Brazil's Federal Supreme Court rejected the habeas corpus appeal presented by the defense team of the country's former President and leader of the Workers Party, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva. As has just been confirmed, this decision opens the door to Lula's possible immediate detention, an act ... read more
Cuba Condemns Israel's Killings of Palestinians
News from Cuba | Thursday, 5 April 2018
Cuba has condemned Israel's killings of unarmed Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where brutal repression by the Israeli Army left 18 dead over the weekend and over 1,400 wounded. The killing continued on Tuesday when a Palestinian from Deir Al Balah, in the center of the Gaza Strip, was shot dead ... read more
Trump approves 20 million dollars for regime change programmes against Cuba
News from Cuba | Monday, 2 April 2018
US President Donald Trump has approved $20 million in funds for subversion within Cuba as part of the US budget for the remainder of the US fiscal year which runs until October 2018. In budget proposals presented in May 2017, Trump had proposed to eliminate funding for such programmes in Cuba. ... read more
