Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
The Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee will be leading an educational and solidarity visit to Cuba, starting Friday, May 17 and returning Sunday, May 26. Participants will also help deliver vital medical supplies for Cuban children with cancer, purchased by The Hatuey Project.
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After three and a half years in U.S. detention for attempting to procure food, fuel and medicine for Venezuela, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab is free and has returned to Venezuela. A government statement declared that his freedom “… is a triumph for the Bolivarian peace diplomacy and the solidarity expressed from around the world.”
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Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, in the presentation of Draft Resolution A/RES/78/l.5 entitled “Need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, November 2, 2023. Immediately following this presentation, the UNGA voted 187-2-1 for the 31st consecutive time to condemn the U.S. blockade, with only the U.S. and Israel voting “no” and Ukraine abstaining.
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Stand with Alex Saab and the Venezuelan people and demand his immediate release!
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Fidel Castro expresses his thoughts about a previous Israeli assault on Gaza.
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The Cuban Five were released not because the US somehow had a change of heart but rather through popular struggle. It was because of the unbendable bravery of the Cuban Five in deplorable US prisons, It was because of the relentless determination of their families who travelled the world as active agents in the battle for their freedom, it was because of the unwavering support of the Cuban people through all those years and it was also because of the strength of a worldwide solidarity movement that kept growing calling for their release.
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Cuban Ambassador to the United States José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez shares his memories of visiting the Cuba Five Heroes during their unjust imprisonment in the United States.
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Cuba has strongly rejected charges that it is involved with human trafficking for military purposes, and is in fact investigating 17 people for involvement in the recruitment of mercenaries for the war in Ukraine. Cuba categorically affirmed that it is not part of the conflict in Ukraine.
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Cuba exported almost as many COVID vaccine doses as it used at home, supplying Venezuela, Mexico, Vietnam, Syria, Nicaragua, Belarus and Iran. But while many countries in Africa and South Asia also desperately needed vaccines, they did not take advantage of Cuba’s offer. The reason — the U.S. blockade, and particularly the bogus designation of Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”. The Blockade is not just hurting Cuba. It’s hurting the world.
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Journalist Denis Rogatyuk speaks with Cuban Five Hero Gerardo Hernández, the National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs), about how the Cuban revolution is sustained at the grassroots and the attempts of the US government to break it.
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