Category: Cuba News & Analysis

Painting itself as a grassroots collective of artists fighting for freedom of expression, the San Isidro Movement has become a key weapon in the US government’s assault on the Cuban revolution.

René González is one of the Cuban Five, long jailed in the US for their intelligence work combating far-right Miami terrorist groups. In this interview he speaks about the events of July 11, about the blockade, and about what his trial told him about the US’s concern for human rights in Cuba.

An eyewitness view of events in Cuba on July 11 and afterwards, written by a Canadian women who was in Cuba at the time, explaining the context of what was happening in Cuba (and outside of Cuba!) that led up to the protests, and what followed.

The United States, a country with a $20 trillion economy, is waging a full-scale economic war against an island whose economy equals half of one percent of that — Cuba. The war has been going on for 60 years.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel calls on revolutionary Cubans to take to the streets to counter the counterrevolutionary actions taking place there, and explains the full context of current events in Cuba, including the effects of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic on supplies of medicine and electricity which are affecting ordinary Cubans.

Statement of support for the Cuban government in its confrontation with counterrevolutionary groups, and for the unconditional lifting of the U.S. blockade of Cuba from the Alianza Martiana.

For the 29th consecutive year, the United Nations overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning the U.S. blockade of Cuba. 184 nations joined together to say “Yes” to the resolution and “No” to the blockade, while only the United States and Israel voted against the resolution.

There is a worldwide effort to raise money to help Cuba pay for the 30 million syringes it needs to vaccinate its entire population against COVID-19, using the vaccines that were developed by the Cubans themselves. Please give generously to this important campaign!

From a few months after his inauguration until literally five days before he left office, Donald Trump and his Administration were responsible for at least 84 different expansions of the 60-year U.S. blockade of Cuba.

“Our people, who take pride in our history and are committed to the ideals and achievements of the Revolution, will resist and triumph.” — President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly