Viewing from May 2018
Cubans concerned about damages left by heavy rains, floods
News from Cuba | Thursday, 31 May 2018
HAVANA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- After a severe drought lasting more than three years, Cuba now faces a new climate challenge. Over the last week, intense rains from subtropical storm Alberto have saturated the soil while dams in the central zone of the country are close to overflowing. This situation has killed ... read more
Arnold August tour opens in London
Campaign News | Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Over 100 people crowded into Bolivar Hall to hear Arnold August, Canadian author of ‘Cuba-US Relations: Obama and Beyond’ talk, together with UK academic Dr Lauren Collins and Cuban ambassador Teresita Vicente Sotolongo on a hot bank holiday evening. Arnold opened with the statement that the idea that the US and ... read more
Terrorist Posada Carrilles dies without paying his debts to justice
News from Cuba | Thursday, 24 May 2018
The most infamous terrorist in the Western Hemisphere, Luis Posada Carriles, died on May 23 in Miami, without paying his debts to justice or reparations to a single one of his victims. The United States protected Posada Carriles until his final days, training him to plant bombs and carry out terrorist ... read more
World leaders congratulate Nicolás Maduro for his reelection
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez noted the continuity of the Bolivarian Revolution initiated by Comandante Hugo Chávez, and reiterated Cuba’s solidarity with Venezuela. CARACAS.– As soon as the final results of this Sunday’s elections in Venezuela were announced, with President Nicolás Maduro’s winning more than six million votes, leaders around the world applauded ... read more
Cuba united in grief
News from Cuba | Monday, 21 May 2018
The Cuban people and authorities have mobilised to provide victims’ loved ones with all the support at this difficult time - Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, participated in the last day of the Response to Disasters Popular Exercise, Meteoro 2018. - The Cuban President recognized the ... read more
British activist guest of honour at LGBT events in Havana
News from Cuba | Monday, 21 May 2018
The Cuba Solidarity Campaign arranged for British activist, Mike Jackson, portrayed in the film 'Pride', to particpate in events to mark Cuba's 11th annual celebration of the International Day against Homophobia (IDAHO) this May. Mike was a founder member of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, established to support striking mining ... read more
Messages of condolence after Cuban air tragedy
News from Cuba | Monday, 21 May 2018
The Cuba Solidarity Campaign sends its condolences, love and solidarity to the Cuban people and all those who have lost loved ones in the tragic plane crash of Cubana flight DMJ 0972 which occurred on Friday 18 May. Members of the 2018 May Day brigade have also sent a message of ... read more
Talks between Cuba and EU offer hope for closer relationship
News from Cuba | Thursday, 17 May 2018
Talks in Brussels between Cuba and the European Union will help to develop a closer relationship, both sides agreed on Tuesday.The first Cuba-European Union joint council between Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and EU Foreign Affairs head Federica Mogherini discussed potential co-operation in the agricultural and tourism sectors.They signed an ... read more
Cuba condemns new attacks by Israel on the Palestinian people
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 16 May 2018
The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba vehemently condemns the criminal attack on the defenseless Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip, by the Israeli Army which has killed at least 52 people and left over 2,400 injured. This act constitutes another serious and flagrant violation of the UN Charter and ... read more
CSC Director speaks at Havana’s International Solidarity with Cuba Conference
Campaign News | Thursday, 10 May 2018
Rob Miller, Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) Director, was invited as a keynote speaker at the annual International Solidarity with Cuba Conference at the Convention Centre in Havana on May 2nd. The annual conference was attended by over 1,400 international guests and also featured contributions from Ulises Guilarte, CTC General Secretary and ... read more
Díaz-Canel receives UN Secretary General
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, yesterday afternoon, May 7, received his Excellency António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, who is on an official visit to our country, on the occasion of the 37th Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ... read more
Cuba a model of South-South cooperation, says UN agency
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 8 May 2018
HAVANA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Cuba is a model of South-South cooperation to promote equality and development, the head of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said on Monday. "Cuba is a relevant example of how much can be done in favour of South-South cooperation," ... read more
Cuba rejects attacks by Mike Pence in the OAS
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 8 May 2018
On Monday, May 7, the Cuban Foreign Ministry rejected the “aggressive and untrue” remarks made by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, in Washington. Director General for the United States at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, warned that such actions only serve to remind Latin Americans that the Monroe ... read more
Special guest speakers for RMT Garden Party for Cuba revealed
Campaign News | Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Miami Five hero Fernando Gonzalez Llort are amongst the special guest speakers. The RMT Garden Party for Cuba is a highlight in the calendar year for many in the trade union and labour movement. Special guest speakers for this year's Garden Party, the 16th annual ... read more
Unity, Commitment and Victory: CTC General Secretary May Day speech
News from Cuba | Thursday, 3 May 2018
Speech by Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento CTC General Secretary (Cuba's TUC) commemorating International Worker’s Day, May 1, 2018, in the Plaza de la Revolución Compañero Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Compañero Miguel Díaz Canel-Bermúdez, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, Distinguished ... read more
Images of May Day celebrations in Havana
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 2 May 2018
"Thousands of Cubans came together in Havana, under the banner of Unity, Commitment and victory, to celebrate International Workers’ Day this May 1 in an event marked by expressions of joy and support for the Revolution", wrote Granma following the 2018 International Workers' Day. Cuba Solidarity Campaign had two groups attend ... read more
