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The sport of marking the enemy

October 29, 2022 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

On Monday, Oct. 24, at noon Twitter users noticed a modification to the tagging policy. The social media platform began tagging a group of public media outlets as “affiliated with the Cuban government” and the […]

China and Cuba: A relationship of solidarity, friendship and cooperation

October 24, 2022 Friends of Socialist China

We are very pleased to publish below an interview with Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernández, Cuba’s ambassador to China, conducted by People’s Daily and published in Chinese on 13 October. The unabridged English translation has been provided to […]

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Cuba: 60 Years of the missile crisis

October 23, 2022 Alejandra Garcia

This October, Cuba remembers the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, a decision that triggered one of the worst crises of the so-called Cold War. For several days, the world was on the brink […]

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On Nov 3 at the UN: The people say yes, will Biden say no?

October 19, 2022 Cheryl LaBash

On Nov. 3, the United Nations General Assembly will vote YES for ending the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba. Since the resolution was first introduced in 1992, 30 years ago, the global […]

Did Marco Rubio bite off more than he can chew?

October 19, 2022 Cheryl LaBash

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio may have overstepped himself. He must have considered it a midterm election campaign stunt to rile up the rabid anti-Cuba electors in his state or to impress his benefactors. On August […]

Cuba: A tale of two hurricanes

October 18, 2022 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Ernest Hemingway learned in Cuba that the best way to get through a hurricane is to have your ears tuned to a battery-powered radio and keep your hands busy with a bottle of rum and […]

Cuba in the eye of Washington’s hurricane

October 13, 2022 Manolo De Los Santos

Hurricane Ian lashed at western Cuba on September 27, 2022. I waited desperately for a phone call from my friends in Puerto Esperanza, a small fishing village on the northern coast of Pinar del Río. Over a […]

¡PATRIA O MUERTE! Che Guevara’s 1964 UN speech

October 9, 2022 Struggle-La Lucha

Mr. President; Distinguished delegates: The delegation of Cuba to this Assembly, first of all, is pleased to fulfill the agreeable duty of welcoming the addition of three new nations to the important number of those […]

Che as minister: the promotion of science and technology for Cuba’s socialist development

October 9, 2022 Helen Yaffe

Che Guevara (14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967) was killed 55 years ago. Following is a report on Che’s legacy in socialist construction in Cuba. As Minister of Industries in Cuba between 1961 and […]

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Open letter to LGBTQ+ activists: Learn from Cuba! End the blockade!

October 9, 2022 Melinda Butterfield

In September, Serena Brennerman, a 16-year-old white trans woman, was found drowned in Salem, Oregon. Serena’s death was ruled a suicide by the police. But her friends and community don’t believe it. She was physically […]

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