Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
While Cuba has 2000 medical personnel fighting COVID-19 in 26 countries all around the world, the U.S. has intensified its attacks not just on Cuba, but on those very doctors and nurses. Meanwhile the movement to nominate those heroes for the Nobel Peace Prize continues to pick up steam.
Read moreMay 25, 2020 by Gloria La Riva reprinted from Liberation News The enhanced U.S. military presence in Caribbean waters did not deter Iran as the first of its five giant tankers full of gasoline and refinery supplies reached Venezuela’s waters late Saturday, May 23. It docked today in the port of the El Palito refinery, 100 miles west of Caracas.
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Too many days have passed since the terrorist attack against the Cuban embassy building in Washington, which occurred in the early hours of April 30, and the United States government still has had no official contact about this hateful act with Cuban authorities in both Washington and Havana. The Alianza Martiana calls on the State Department and the White House to condemn this terrorist act
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Venezuelan forces have repelled at least two armed invasions of the country in recent days. “We have defeated them in the street, we have defeated them electorally, we have defeated them militarily… Because of this, they have left all their hope in a military intervention of the highest level… Our answer is this: Bolivarian Fury.” — President of the Constituent Assembly Diosdado Cabello.
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The ANSWER Coalition, of which the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee is a part, condemns the latest acts of aggression against the government of President Nicolás Maduro and people of Venezuela, attempted by paramilitaries on May 3 near the coastal town of Macuto, and another thwarted infiltration today of eight terrorists, May 4, 40 miles west of Macuto, in Chuao near the sea. The Venezuelan authorities as of the evening of Monday, May 4, indicate that more plots may be unfolding, calling for maximum alert.
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Cuba has several advantages over many states, including free universal healthcare, the world’s highest ratio of doctors to population, and positive health indicators, such as high life expectancy and low infant mortality. Also, with a centrally planned, state-controlled economy, Cuba’s government can mobilize resources quickly. But Cuba faces problems as well, including the fact that COVID-19 tests cost around $50 each.
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President Nicolás Maduro has issued a second urgent declaration to denounce the U.S. government’s increased aggression against Venezuela, this one addressed specifically to the people of the United States. Please read the letter and share it widely.
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President Nicolás Maduro has issued an urgent declaration to denounce the U.S. government’s increased aggression against Venezuela, and to call for international solidarity in the face of that aggression. Please read the letter and share it widely.
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While the U.S. (via the IMF) denies a $5 billion emergency loan to Venezuela to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and tightens sanctions on Iran, the corporate media does its best to rally Americans behind the cruel, inhumane, and illegal policies of the U.S. government.
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Cuba’s early entry into the biotech industry allowed it to harness international expertise and develop medicines to fight dengue fever and meningitis. One of these, Interferon Alfa-2B, is now being used to combat the effects of COVID-19, writes Helen Yaffe.
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