Viewing News From Cuba from October 2025
Cuba accuses US of pressuring other nations ahead of UN vote on the blockade
News from Cuba | Thursday, 23 October 2025
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has accused the United States of exerting “gross pressure” on other countries to dissuade them from voting against the US economic blockade of Cuba at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly.Rodríguez said Washington is running a “campaign of misinformation and intimidation,” claiming the State ... read more
More than 100,000 Cubans rally in solidarity with Palestine
News from Cuba | Friday, 10 October 2025
More than 100,000 Cubans gathered at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana on Thursday 9 October for a mass rally to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza. The huge demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, which took place in front of the United States Embassy on the Cuban capital’s Malecón, was one ... read more
Cuba condemns US military aggression against Venezuela
News from Cuba | Friday, 19 September 2025
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinRex) released the following statement condemning US military aggression against Venezuela The Revolutionary Government condemns the escalation of actions perpetrated by the government of the United States to justify a military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The accumulation and increase of military troops and material ... read more
Cuba's latest report on the impact of the blockade published
News from Cuba | Friday, 19 September 2025
On 17 September, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla presented Cuba's annual report on the damage caused by the blockade. The report has been published in advance of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 79/7, titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba", ... read more
The US increases pressure on Cuba by targeting its medical brigades
News from Cuba | Thursday, 21 August 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that he will sanction officials who have facilitated the implementation of the Cuban brigade program. Cuba has asserted the program will continue. On August 13, the United States launched another attack on Cuba. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that his country would impose visa restrictions ... read more
Against Cuba, a Fetid, Arbitrary, and Despotic Obsession
News from Cuba | Thursday, 31 July 2025
In the port of Havana, there is a ship with tons of rice, anchored and waiting to unload. It may not get to unload, because in order to do so, it must receive a signal from the commercial center that hired it, indicating that it has received $60,000 in payment. ... read more
Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.)
News from Cuba | Thursday, 31 July 2025
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared upon taking office that the Americas were the United States’ sphere of influence and they would ratchet up pressure on a symbol of resistance to that view, socialist Cuba, already reeling from harsh sanctions imposed during the president’s previous term, ... 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
Life-saving medical aid arrives in Cuba
News from Cuba | Thursday, 24 April 2025
Rob Miller, CSC director, reports on the latest delivery of Cuba Vive medical aid, and plans for future shipments Two consignments of Cuba Vive medical aid have now arrived in Cuba. An emergency delivery of urgent paediatric supplies, which was sent by plane in January, is already in use in ... read more
Naval blockade of Cuba
News from Cuba | Monday, 14 April 2025
No shipping company was willing to make the direct voyage to the port of Mariel in Cuba for fear of US sanctions, according to a report published by the daily Granma which addressed specific examples of the US blockade of the island. A test container was sent to evaluate the ... read more
