Category: Cuba News & Analysis

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

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.

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

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.

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.

A video about the love story between Gerardo Hernández, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, and Adriana Pérez O’Conor, who endured more than 16 years of Gerardo’s unjust imprisonment in the United States together with his four brothers of the Cuban Five, is a possible nominee for the Latin Grammys. Like the video to help promote it getting nominated!