Viewing from May 2025
Meeting with Cuban Education Minister
Campaign News | Thursday, 22 May 2025
Representatives from CSC and the National Education Union (NEU) met with the Cuban Minister of Education Dr Naima Ariatne Trujillo Barreto on 21 May while she was in London to participate in the Education World Forum. The Minister spoke about Cuba’s education priorities and the challenges of the difficult economic situation ... read more
Cuba brings hope to Alzheimer’s patients and their families
News from Cuba | Thursday, 15 May 2025
Dr Lauren Collins reports on the positive results coming from new drugs that the world hears little about because they are developed in Cuba With ageing populations increasingly common around the world, degenerative brain disease is on the increase. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, has a devastating impact ... read more
Aid cuts expose hidden US government funding
Campaign News | Thursday, 15 May 2025
“It is unusual for an official development agency to spend money to support a change of government and enrich those who see a business in the suffering of the Cuban people” Bruno Rodríguez, Cuban Foreign Minister USAID cuts may result in more funding for subversion in Cuba Earlier this year the ... read more
Alzheimer’s documentary at AGM in June
Campaign News | Friday, 9 May 2025
On Saturday 14 June, Teresita’s Dream: Cuba’s battle against Alzheimer’s will have a private screening at the CSC AGM in London. Entry is free and all are welcome. The film looks at Cuba’s scientific breakthrough in treating Alzheimer’s disease. The drug is currently going through clinical trials and has the potential ... read more
Cuba stands defiant, but the Trump menace is growing
Campaign News | Sunday, 4 May 2025
ON MAY Day over one million Cubans demonstrated in Havana in the Plaza de la Revolucion led by the trade union movement. The event was a positive reaffirmation of the values of the revolution and an expression of Cuba’s determination to resist the pressures of the blockade imposed on the island ... read more
