Viewing All News from July 2019
Cuba: Safest Country in Latin America to Be a Child and an Adolescent
News from Cuba | Thursday, 18 July 2019
The annual Save the Children report evaluates 176 countries using international indicators on infant mortality, access to education, nutrition, protection against harmful practices, such as child labour, child marriage, homicides and forced displacement. According to the new global report by Save the Children, today's children and adolescents are more likely to ... read more
United for Cuba
Campaign News | Monday, 8 July 2019
Dr Enmanuel Vigil Fonseca received rapturous applause when he told a Unite fringe meeting “we have an abundance of dignity and solidarity. We will never give up our rights and we will never go down on our knees to the US.” Speaking at the CSC fringe meeting during the union’s Rules ... read more
UNISON reaffirms solidarity with Cuba in 60th anniversary year
Campaign News | Monday, 8 July 2019
Unison delegates reaffirmed their support for Cuba at their annual national delegates’ conference in June. Praising the country’s achievements in health, education and internationalism, conference also voted to call on the government to ensure British companies did not succumb to US pressure to reinforce the blockade by withdrawing investment. Moving the motion, ... read more
Stand by Cuba as Trump cranks up the pressure
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 2 July 2019
The Trump administration is now ramping up aggression against Cuba, writes Ken Livingstone in the Morning Star You might not have read much about in the so-called “mainstream” media, but the increasingly hawkish Donald Trump administration has recently announced the most severe economic sanctions against Cuba since the illegal US blockade ... read more
UNISON salutes the Cuban people on the sixtieth anniversary of revolution
Campaign News | Wednesday, 19 June 2019
UNISON delegates saluted the Cuban people on the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution today, writes Marcus Barnett in the Morning Star. The trade union pledged solidarity against Donald Trump’s “cruel and illegal” blockade of Cuba at its annual conference and voted to campaign for an end to the US blockade ... read more
CSC congratulates Prensa Latina on 60th anniversary of its foundation
Campaign News | Thursday, 13 June 2019
The executive committee of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign has sent a 60th anniversary message to Prensa Latina to congratulate the Cuban and Latin American news organisation on its establishment by Che Guevara in 1959. You can read about the history and founding of the Latin American news service, and an interview ... read more
Massive show of solidarity at RMT Garden Party
Campaign News | Thursday, 13 June 2019
There was a massive show of solidarity at the annual RMT Garden Party for Cuba where almost 500 people from across the labour and trade union movement celebrated international solidarity with the island. Guest of honour and one of Cuba’s renowned international medical volunteers, Dr Enmanuel Vigil Fonseca said “I have ... read more
Around the world with socialism's medical missionaries
Campaign News | Friday, 7 June 2019
As part of the Cuba60 celebrations, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign is hosting a speaking tour by DR ENMANUEL VIGIL FONSECA, a volunteer in Cuba’s Henry Reeve emergency medical brigade FROM June 8-24, Dr Vigil Fonseca will be talking about his experiences as part of Cuba’s world renowned “Henry Reeve International Team ... read more
ICAP thanks CSC in advance of AGM
Campaign News | Friday, 7 June 2019
The Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) has sent a letter to the Cuba Solidarity Campaign in advance of our Annual General Meeting this Saturday 8 June to thank members and trade unions for all their work in solidarity with Cuba. The CSC AGM runs from 10.30am-2.30pm on Saturday, ... read more
Cuba Solidarity Campaign marches against Trump in London
Campaign News | Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Cuba Solidarity Campaign staff, Executive Committee members, friends and supporters marched in the Together against Trump demonstration in central London yesterday. CSC supporters and Cubans living in Britain marched with Cuban flags and two ‘Trump: Hands off Cuba’ banners. CSC marched against Trump’s policies of aggression, blockade and intervention in Cuba ... read more
