Category: Cuba News & Analysis

“Honor and glory to our heroes. Fatherland or Death! We shall overcome! Always onward to victory!” — Cuban President Díaz-Canel, honoring the return of the 32 Cuban heroes who fell defending Venezuelan President Nocolás Maduro from US assault.

Gathered at the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) on the occasion of its 65th anniversary, 240 activists and representatives of solidarity organizations and movements with Cuba from 32 countries highlighted the internationalist thought and action of the historical leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro.

Through deliberate actions, the US government has been meticulously constructing and enforcing even greater barriers that threaten the very survival of the Cuban people.

After 3 years of limitations to mobilize en masse following the COVID pandemic, Cuba’s May Day came back stronger than ever this year. Watch video:

In the latest U.S. attempt to put an end Cuba’s international medical brigades that provide essential healthcare to millions of people across the globe, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has restricted the visas of anyone involved in Cuba’s overseas medical missions. This includes doctors, their families, and foreign officials who work with Cuban doctors. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cuba is a humanist society under brutal attack by the United States, say two recent visitors to the island as part of the Venceremos Brigade.