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New Yorkers say: ‘Lift the U.S. blockade of Cuba, now!’

October 22, 2019 Stephen Millies
Oct. 17 — People chanted “¡Cuba sí, bloqueo no!” as activists stood on the steps of New York City’s City Hall today to denounce the U.S. blockade of Cuba. A news conference was held to […]
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CUBA: We hear you and see you

October 14, 2019 Cheryl LaBash
You have heard a lot about Cuba. Maybe your friends or neighbors traveled there after direct commercial flights from U.S. airports resumed in 2015. Or had their cruise to Cuba cancelled in June 2019. Or […]
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Union organization votes to #unblockCuba

October 4, 2019 Cheryl LaBash
The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (AFL-CIO) 15th Biennial Convention unanimously called “for an immediate end to the U.S. government’s economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba, including restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. […]
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U.S. denies visa to Cuban Health Minister to attend international health meeting in Washington

October 3, 2019 Cheryl LaBash
Health ministers from throughout the Americas gathered in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, for a week of meetings to set regional health goals and priorities at the 57th Directing Council of the Pan American Health […]
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Cuba resists economic strangulation

September 28, 2019 Cheryl LaBash
A Sept. 16 Business Insider headline alerted readers: “Grocery stores would run out of food in just 3 days if long-haul truckers stopped working.” Scary thought? But what if they stopped working because they had […]
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‘Cuba cannot be intimidated’: behind U.S. expulsion of diplomats

September 22, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Statement of Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Last September 12, the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York sent a communication to our Permanent Mission to the above global […]
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‘Cuba no podrá ser intimidada’: Declaración de la Mision Permanente ante Naciones Unidas

September 22, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Declaración de la Mision Permanente de Cuba ante Naciones Unidas El pasado 12 de septiembre, la Misión de los Estados Unidos ante la Organización de Naciones Unidas, en Nueva York, hizo llegar a nuestra Misión […]
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Twitter Blocks Cuban Media: What are they Afraid Of?

September 13, 2019 Alicia Jrapko
Sept. 12 — For more than 60 years now, Cuba has been a victim of a brutal U.S. commercial, financial and economic blockade. Now, in a blatant act of mass censorship and blockage of internet […]
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Venceremos Brigade — 50 years of solidarity

August 24, 2019 Cheryl LaBash
The 50th Venceremos Brigade to Cuba departed from Bayamo, capital of Granma Province, Aug. 8, on a sunny, warm, humid morning. Thus began the final week of the three-week celebration of the first International Solidarity […]
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1199SEIU retiree says Cuban travel restrictions will reverse progress

August 19, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
A letter to the 1199 Magazine, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers, from an 1199 retiree. It was printed in the July/August issue, which goes out to about 400,000 members and retirees. Working people all over the […]