Viewing from May 2022
AGM and Solidarity Rally with Elizabeth Ribalta and guests
Campaign News | Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Saturday 4 June Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD All are invited to attend the CSC AGM and Solidarity Rally this Saturday with special guest speakers from Cuba and Britain and films from Cuba. You are welcome to attend the whole, day or just part of it. Special guest speakers ... read more
UK Government presses the US to do more to end their unilateral Blockade of Cuba
Campaign News | Friday, 27 May 2022
British Foreign Office Under-Secretary Vicky Ford welcomed (24 May) the recent limited easing of US sanctions against Cuba announced by the Biden administration, calling the measures to allow family remittances and increased US-Cuba flight routes “a first step towards encouraging economic growth, especially in support of the private sector, and ... read more
Joe Biden accused of damaging regional relations over exclusions from Summit of the Americas
News from Cuba | Monday, 23 May 2022
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden was accused on Friday of damaging relations with Latin America after he excluded Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from a key regional summit next month.The countries — labeled the “troika of tyranny” by the Trump administration — have not been invited to the Summit of the Americas ... read more
Biden Administration lifts some Trump-era restrictions on Cuba
News from Cuba | Friday, 20 May 2022
On 16 May the U.S. State Department announced that it would restore some areas of engagement with Cuba, The New York Times reports. The measures include restarting the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program (CFRP) and continuing to increase visa processing at the U.S. Embassy in Havana; reauthorizing charter flights to ... read more
Biden Administration lifts some Trump-era restrictions on Cuba
News from Cuba | Friday, 20 May 2022
On 16 May the U.S. State Department announced that it would restore some areas of engagement with Cuba, The New York Times reports. The measures include restarting the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program (CFRP) and continuing to increase visa processing at the U.S. Embassy in Havana; reauthorizing charter flights to ... read more
Train drivers's union ASLEF sends solidarity to Cuba
Campaign News | Friday, 20 May 2022
CSC Director Rob Miller addressed the national conference of ASLEF, the train drivers' union, in Bournemouth on 18 May. He discussed the latest developments on the situation in Cuba, the ongoing US blockade, and the relationship with the United States. He thanked ASLEF members for their long standing support ... read more
Mexico Advocates for the End of the US Blockade Against Cuba
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 18 May 2022
During his morning press briefing on 17 May, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that President Joe Biden should end the US the blockade against Cuba and described it as a genocidal and medieval policy which violated human rights. He welocmed recent changes to US sanctions against Cuba but said ... read more
US makes welcome but "limited" changes to Trump Cuba policies
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Cuba has described recent measures anounced by the US government which would revise some of the Trump era policies on Cuba as "a limited step in the right direction." On 16 May, the Biden administration said that it would litt some restrictions on travel to the island and family remittances as ... read more
New US government measures do not end blockade
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 18 May 2022
The Cuban Foreign Ministry said the U.S. government's move regarding the new measures on Cuba "is a limited step in the right direction." The U.S. government on May 16 announced new measures on Cuba concerning the granting of visas, regular migration, flights to Cuban provinces, ... read more
CSC National Secretary pays respects to Cuban diplomat
Campaign News | Monday, 16 May 2022
CSC National Secretary Bernard Regan recently signed the book of condolences at the Cuban Embassy which was opened to mark the passing of Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada. The Cuban diplomat who spent many years as Cuba's permanent representative to the United Nations and also a President of the Cuban National ... read more
FBU sends solidarity to Hotel Saratoga rescue workers
Campaign News | Monday, 16 May 2022
On 14 May, when the CSC fringe at the Fire Brigades Union conference was taking place, emergency services in Cuba were still working to save lives following the explosion on 6 May (see page 6). Les Skarratts, chair of the FBU International Committee, sent a message of condolence and solidarity ... read more
Hotel Saratoga appeal raises almost £9,000 in three weeks
Campaign News | Monday, 16 May 2022
The Hotel Saratoga appeal launched by CSC to raise money for those affected by the gas explosion at the Havana landmark hotel on 6 May has raised almost £9,000 in three weeks. Forty six people died in the accident and a further 100 were injured, 12 of whom remain in hospital ... read more
Death toll rises to 40 in Havana hotel blast
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 10 May 2022
It said 54 people were injured in the blast last week, including six that are still in critical condition. The death toll Monday morning had been 35. Crews continued to comb through the rubble of the Saratoga five-star hotel, which was being renovated and had no guests at the time of ... read more
Condolences and love to families of hotel explosion victims
News from Cuba | Friday, 6 May 2022
The Cuba Solidarity Campaign sends its deepest condolences and love to the families of the dead and injured following the gas explosion at the Saratoga Hotel on Friday 6 May. Our solidarity and strength goes out to the emergency and health services working to find survivors and treat the injured. Latest ... read more
Borders are not barriers to solidarity for the CWU
Campaign News | Friday, 6 May 2022
CSC’s fringe meeting ‘End the US Blockade – 60 Years too Long’ at CWU conference was one of largest at the communications workers’ gathering for many years. More than 80 delegates packed the room to hear from CWU General Secretary Dave Ward, Michel Rodríguez of the Cuban Embassy, and Natasha ... read more
Condolences on the passing of Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
News from Cuba | Thursday, 5 May 2022
The Cuba Solidarity Campaign sends its profound condolences to the Cuban people and the friends and family of Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada who died on 30 April aged 84. From a young age Alarcon participated in the 26 July Movement and was a former leader of the University Student Federation and ... read more
