Viewing from May 2008
University lecturers reaffirm solidarity with Cuba
Campaign News | Friday, 30 May 2008
Stuart Watkin reports for the UCU conference in ManchesterDelegates at the University and Colleges Union(UCU) conference in Manchester overwhelmingly passed a motion on 28 May praising the work of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign and reaffirming the unions support for Cuba. The motion tabled by Northumbria University UCU branch agreed "to ... read more
Join online discussion with family of Che
Campaign News | Friday, 30 May 2008
Contemporary vision of Che Guevara in his 80 birth anniversaryThe "Che Guevara" Center of Studies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba call to the Forum Debate: "Contemporary vision of Che Guevara in his 80 birth anniversary".The online discussion will take place on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 from 3pm-5pm ... read more
Changes in Cuba?
Campaign News | Thursday, 29 May 2008
Salim Lamrani provides an alternative to the western media's reporting on recent changes in CubaThe Western press has been untiring with respect to the changes happening in Cuba after Raúl Castro's election as president of the Republic and celebrated a possible liberalization of the island's economy. (1)But, as always when ... read more
More doctors ready for China quake aid
Campaign News | Thursday, 29 May 2008
Fidel Castro has expressed Cuba's readiness to send additional medical personnel for earthquake relief efforts in China, adding to the three dozen doctors dispatched there earlier this month, official media reported Wednesday."Cuba has medical workers who are well-trained, and eager to help the Chinese people ... if the government of ... read more
New website on Che Guevara launched
Campaign News | Thursday, 29 May 2008
The Che Studies Center launched a new website dedicated to Argentinean-Cuban Ernesto “Che” Guevara in commemorationof the 80th anniversary of the birth of the guerrilla fighter.The website, www.che80.co.cu, was presented on Thursday in Havana at apress conference by members of the Che Studies Center, the Pablo de LaTorriente Brau Center ... read more
Urge your MP to sign EDM 1405 on Cuba
Campaign News | Wednesday, 28 May 2008
The UK Government will vote on whether to eliminate sanctions against Cuba at the forthcoming Council of Europe meeting in June.An Early Day Motion No.1405 has been tabled in parliament calling on the British government to play a constructive role at the meeting and vote to end sanctions.Please contact your ... read more
US diplomat accused as link between dissidents
Campaign News | Wednesday, 28 May 2008
The United States' top diplomat in Havana allegedly delivered private funds from a Miami exile jailed on weapons charges to a leading dissident on the island, Cuban officials said Monday.Cuban state security officials released a series of emails at a new conference purporting to show that dissident Martha Beatriz Roque ... read more
Miami 5 prisoner speaks to CSC
Campaign News | Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Father Geoff Bottoms reports on prison visit and meeting with one of the Five Cuban heroesFernando Gonzalez is one of the Miami Five. He is presently serving nineteen years for conspiracy, false identity, and failure to disclose himself as a foreign agent following a flawed trial in Miami where the ... read more
May Day delegation is largest ever
Campaign News | Wednesday, 28 May 2008
More than 140 British trade unionists took part in Havana’s inspirational May Day celebrations this year. According to the CTC (Cuba’s equivalent to the TUC) the UK contingent was the largest international union delegation ever to attend Havana’s 1st May celebrations.Among the British trade unionists who watched half million Cubans ... read more
Medical aid arrives in China
Campaign News | Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Some 4.5 tons of Cuban medical aid arrived in Chengdu City, capital of the Chinese province of Sichuan to help treat the victims of last May 12 earthquake.The donation, consisting of serums and other medications was transferred to the local People?s Hospital “Number One” in Chengdu by members of one ... read more
Cuba supports press freedom
Campaign News | Tuesday, 27 May 2008
By Peter Phillips*“You cannot kill truth by murdering journalists,” said Tubal Paez, president of the Cuban Journalists Union. One hundred and fifty Cuban and South American journalists, ambassadors, politicians, and foreignguests gathered at the Jose Marti International Journalist Institute tohonor the 50th anniversary of the death of Carlos Bastidas Arguello ... read more
European Commissioner advocates normalising relations
Campaign News | Tuesday, 27 May 2008
The European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Assistance, Louis Michel, advocated on Monday the normalization of relations between the European Union and Cuba.According to Granma news daily, Michel , who participated in a debate at the venue of the European Parliament in Brussels, insisted on the need to eliminate the ... read more
Del Toro dedicates award to 'Che'
Campaign News | Monday, 26 May 2008
Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro, who won the Cannes award for Best Actor for his interpretation of “Che” Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's film with the same name, said the prize belonged to Ernesto Guevara."All the awards belong to Che? this is Che’s project and history,” said the actor at ... read more
Monty Don returns in revolutionary mood
Campaign News | Monday, 26 May 2008
Writer, broadcaster and national treasure Monty Don was in revolutionary mood as he made his first public appearance since a stroke led to his retiring as presenter of Gardeners' World.Of his health, Don said: "I'm fine. I'm recovering well. I can't do regular TV -you know what it's like, 12 ... read more
Monty Don returns in revolutionary mood
Campaign News | Monday, 26 May 2008
Writer, broadcaster and national treasure Monty Don was in revolutionary mood as he made his first public appearance since a stroke led to his retiring as presenter of Gardeners' World.Of his health, Don said: "I'm fine. I'm recovering well. I can't do regular TV -you know what it's like, 12 ... read more
Hurricane preparedness drills begin
Campaign News | Sunday, 25 May 2008
Cuba will carry out the civil defense exercise Meteoro 2008 this weekend, to test the preparation of the country for the upcoming hurricane season starting June 1.In statements published on Granma newspaper today, Colonel Jose ErnestoBetancourt Lavastida explained some of the preventive measures to be taken during and after the ... read more
Energy revolution shows results
Campaign News | Sunday, 25 May 2008
By Orfilio PelaezIn less than three years, Cuba has saved 961,419 tons of fuel directly resulting from measures adopted in the different programs comprising what is called the Energy Revolution, said Vicente de la O, director of the state-run Union Electrica power company.Speaking with legislators on the recently seated Energy ... read more
Highest rate of over 100-year-olds
Campaign News | Saturday, 24 May 2008
About 1,800 Cubans are over 100 years old, making it the country with the highest rate of centenarians, an expert said Saturday.Eugenio Selman-Housein, chairman of the 120 Years Club and previously head of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's medical team, also said "life expectancy has gone up to almost 80 ... read more
Dialing for dollars in Cuba
Campaign News | Saturday, 24 May 2008
By MacheteraThere are so many things wrong with this story that it would be hard to know where to begin, so let’s start with Tuesday’s headline in El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish language fiefdom of the Miami Herald, which says “Dissident Cuban Woman Says Government Hounds but Doesn’t Allow a ... read more
Green stories video links
Campaign News | Saturday, 24 May 2008
A clip from the BBC's Around the World in 80 Gardens (2008) introduces the urban organic food gardening revolution in Havana, Cuba. Also athree-part talk by Cuban permaculturist Roberto Perez that delves deeper into Cuba's green revolution, and an interview with the makers of The Power of Community: How Cuba ... read more
Indonesia to issue Castro, Che Guevara stamps
Campaign News | Friday, 23 May 2008
Indonesia will issue stamps depicting revolutionaries Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to commemorate a visit made by the Southeast Asian nation's founding president to Cuba 48 years ago.One edition of the stamps, which will be released next week, shows then president Castro holding a traditional Indonesian dagger as his visiting ... read more
'Camello' says goodbye to Havana
Campaign News | Wednesday, 21 May 2008
The infamous but necessary humped-backed publicbuses which locals dubbed “camellos” in Havana say good bye to thestreets of the capital after Chinese and Russian made buses came in onrelief.For thirteen consecutive years, the camellos have been the only choicefor average people among the 2.5 million inhabitants in Havana back andforth ... read more
Cuba proves links US diplomats and terrorists
Campaign News | Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Cuba denounced on Monday the scandalous links between US diplomats based in Havana and terrorists resident in theUnited States, by means of which Cuban counterrevolutionaries receivefinancial and material support.Over a dozen e-mails and a video recording were presented as proof bythe Director of the State Security Historic Investigations Department,Manuel Hevia, ... read more
FBU conference report
Campaign News | Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Luis Marron, Political Counsellor at the Cuban Embassy spoke at a fringe meeting organised by CSC and VIC at the FBU conference in Southport.Delegates heard Luis Marron explain that change had been going on in Cuba since 1959 and there will continue to be changes for the better for the ... read more
Cuban government backs calls to combat homophobia
Campaign News | Sunday, 18 May 2008
By Andrea Rodriguez, Associated PressCuba's gay community celebrated unprecedented openness - and high-ranking political alliances - with a government-backed campaign against homophobia on Saturday.The meeting at a convention center in Havana's Vedado district may have been the largest gathering of openly gay activists ever on the communist-run island. President Raul ... read more
Cuban workers campaign to Free the Five
Campaign News | Thursday, 15 May 2008
Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon spoke Tuesday in Havana about the importance of taking advantage of the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC) labor relations, contacts andinternational events to generate support for the cause of the Cuban Five.Alarcon attended the meeting of leaders of the CTC presided over by General Secretary Salvador ... read more
Terror suspect honoured in Miami
Campaign News | Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Luis Posada Carriles, a terror suspect abroad, enjoys a 'coming-out' in MiamiBy Carol J. Williams for the Los Angeles TimesA dinner with 500 fellow Cuban exiles honors the militant and former CIAoperative, now 80 and still wanted in Venezuela on terrorism charges.The dapper octogenarian in a crisp blue suit, his ... read more
Cuba accentuates freeing the Five
Campaign News | Saturday, 3 May 2008
World urged to renew solidarity with Cuban FiveThe President of the Cuban Parliament, RicardoAlarcon de Quesada, said on Friday that the world should renew its solidarity with five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States.Speaking at an International Solidarity Conference that is taking place at Havana’s ... read more
