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The National Network on Cuba denounces U.S. announcement increasing sanctions on Cuba

October 1, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

The latest U.S. sanctions on Cuba has been widely reported as a prohibition on the importation of rum and cigars as well as increasing the number of hotels in which U.S. travelers are not allowed […]

60th anniversary of President Fidel Castro’s historic New York visit

September 29, 2020 Gloria Verdieu

Sixty years have passed since Fidel Castro’s historic 1960 visit to the United Nations General Assembly and electrifying welcome in Harlem. The 1990 commemoration of these events in Havana is captured in Rosemari Mealy’s book […]

On its 60th Anniversary: Reviewing ‘Fidel and Malcolm X: Memories of a meeting’

September 29, 2020 Gloria Verdieu

On Sept. 19, 1960, thousands of New Yorkers embraced 125th Street and Seventh Avenue to greet Premier Fidel Castro’s arrival. For 24 hours that day, Harlem’s streets were carpeted by the energy and warmth […]

Universal collaboration is needed to end this pandemic

September 28, 2020 Saving Lives Campaign

Cuba, battling successfully to contain COVID-19 at home, also provides medical internationalism and solidarity abroad. While Cuba dispatches the Henry Reeve Brigade to countries requesting health care assistance, Donald Trump’s administration escalates the anti-Cuba economic, […]

Speech by the president of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at the General Debate of the 75th session of the UNGA

September 22, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

The attempts at imposing neocolonial domination on Our America by publicly declaring the present value of the Monroe Doctrine contravene the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace Mr. Secretary […]

The United States is the world’s major violator of human rights

September 5, 2020 Walkiria Juanes Sánchez

“The United States is the world’s major violator of human rights,” stated Jorge Valero, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council. “The United States is the world’s major violator […]

Celebrating the Life of Fidel Castro Ruz – on his 94th birthday

August 28, 2020 Gloria Verdieu

On Aug. 13, 2020, the U.S.-Cuba Normalization International Conference webinar celebrated and honored the life and legacy of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz on his 94th birthday. This historic event was attended by hundreds on […]

Solidarity with Cuban Women Federation in their 60th Anniversary

August 27, 2020 Berta Joubert-Ceci

Just eight months after the victory of the Cuban Revolution, on Aug. 23, 1960, the Federation of Cuban Women was founded. At that meeting, Fidel Castro remembered the historic contributions of Cuban women, including mothers […]

60 aniversario: Una mensaje a Federación de Mujeres Cubanas

August 27, 2020 Berta Joubert-Ceci

Apenas ocho meses después del triunfo de la Revolución Cubana el 23 de agosto de 1960, se fundó la Federación de Mujeres Cubanas. En esa reunión Fidel Castro recordó las contribuciones históricas de las mujeres cubanas, […]

‘Fidel has a presence among young people who firmly believe that a better world is possible’

August 25, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

On Aug. 13, 2020, the Organizing Committee of the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations, the Saving Lives Campaign U.S.-Canada-Cuba Cooperation, and the New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition held a webinar paying […]