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Cuba: From the Moncada to the Front Lines of the Pandemic

July 26, 2020 Alicia Jrapko

Today Cuba celebrates the 67th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks that mark the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. From this beginning, Cuba’s altruistic view of making the world […]

Strengthening cooperation between Vietnamese and Cuban women

July 18, 2020 Vietnam Women’s Union

On June 19, Vietnam Women’s Union President Ha Thi Nga had a meeting with Lianys Torres Rivera, ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Vietnam, and conferred the merit medal “For the Development of Women […]

Terrorism against Cuba is U.S. state policy

July 16, 2020 Raúl Antonio Capote

The United States government has been the main organizer and sponsor of terrorism in the world since the country’s emergence as a power with aspirations of universal hegemony. Over the course of contemporary history, this […]

El terrorismo contra Cuba es la política del estado de EE. UU.

July 16, 2020 Raúl Antonio Capote

Estados Unidos ha sido el principal organizador y patrocinador del terrorismo en el mundo, desde su surgimiento como potencia con aspiraciones de hegemonía universal. En el transcurso de la historia contemporánea, esa nación creó, estructuró […]

Cleveland City Council says: End U.S. blockade of Cuba

July 10, 2020 Cheryl LaBash

On July 1, the City Council of Cleveland in the state of Ohio unanimously adopted a resolution calling for “an end to the U.S. economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba.” The body, which represents […]

Attack on Cuban embassy in Washington brings complicit silence from U.S. government

May 15, 2020 Raúl Antonio Capote

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla discussed the April 30 attack on the country’s embassy in Washington with the press, stating: “Here is the attacker, an AK-47 rifle, 32 shell casings, 32 bullet holes and […]

Answer attacks on Cuban Embassy with more solidarity — Cuba saves lives

April 30, 2020 Cheryl LaBash

Shots were fired at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., in the early hours of April 30. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla reported by tweet this morning that “mission staff was not injured and […]

North Americans call for cooperation with Cuba in #SavingLives Campaign

April 29, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

For immediate release April 29, 2020 ‘Why not in the U.S. and Canada?’ North Americans call for cooperation with Cuba in #SavingLives Campaign The U.S.-Cuba-Canada Collaboration to Fight Covid-19 announced today more than two hundred […]

Cuba’s COVID-19 medical brigades are not medical diplomacy — they are international solidarity at its finest

April 28, 2020 Bill Hackwell at Resumen

On April 26, the latest medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves contingent arrived in South Africa to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. After a 14-day […]

Cuba’s victory at Bay of Pigs made medical solidarity possible

April 17, 2020 Miranda Etel

Fifty-nine years ago, on April 17, 1961, Cuba defeated a U.S-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Girón). The invasion’s purpose was to destroy the Cuban Revolution. The CIA armed, trained and transported the […]