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Senator Cardin Must Help End the Blockade of Cuba

News from Cuba | Wednesday, 24 April 2024

AN APPEAL BY REV. DEBORAH MCEACHRAN AND REV. DR. ELIEZER VALENTÍN-CASTAÑÓN Cuba is going hungry. The costs of food and other basic necessities are skyrocketing. Rolling blackouts periodically plunge the island into darkness. Parents struggle to find milk for their children. For the first time in history, the government has asked ... read more

Why is the US still sanctioning Cuba? CSC Director Rob Miller takes part in TV debate on Cuba

Campaign News | Friday, 19 April 2024

Cuba Solidarity Campaign Director Rob Miller was invited to speak on TRT World’s The Newsmakers programme to discuss current US policy towards the island and why President Biden hasn't returned to the Obama-era policies. He was joined by Candian journalist Keith Bolender and Sebastian Arcos Associate, Director of the Cuban Research ... read more

Cuba Vive meetings at UNISON Health Conference

News from Cuba | Monday, 8 April 2024

CSC had a busy week at UNISON Health Conference from 8-9 April, speaking to delegates who work in the health sector about the Cuba Vive medical appeal. Hundreds of leaflets were given out, and CSC met with branch, regional and national union officers to discuss how to raise awareness of ... read more

Teaching fringe hears of “life changing” delegation

News from Cuba | Thursday, 4 April 2024

Cuban teachers attend education conference The NEU’s long-standing solidarity with Cuban teachers continued in the first week of April, as the union welcomed Maria Camacho Caballero, Regional Secretary for Havana, and Miroslava Pozo Pinares, National Executive Member, from Cuba’s National Union of Education, Science and Sports Workers (SNTECD) to its ... read more

CSC Statement on ongoing US attempts to destabilise Cuba, March 2024

Campaign News | Tuesday, 2 April 2024

The United States government has pursued a policy of economic warfare to generate unrest in Cuba for 64 years. If it had genuine concerns for the human rights and welfare of the Cuban people it would end the blockade and remove Cuba from the ‘State Sponsors of Terrorism’ list now. On ... read more