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A Cuban perspective on race and revolution

November 9, 2024 Gregory E. Williams
Part 1: Populists fought the ruling class Part 2: Populism or fascism? Part 3: The history of Black Populism Part 4: Two paths after slavery’s end Part 5: A Cuban perspective on race and revolution […]
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Cuba goes immediately into recovery after Hurricane Rafael leaves the island

November 8, 2024 Leticia Martinez Hernandez
News coming out of Cuba is spotty this morning as the second hurricane in a week has pounded the island, once again knocking out the compromised national electric grid of the blockaded country. Ed Newman […]
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Venezuela sends aid to Cuba in response to Hurricane Rafael

November 8, 2024 teleSUR
November 7, 2024 –  On Wednesday night, Venezuelan President Maduro expressed his solidarity with the Cuban people as Rafael, a Category 3 hurricane, made landfall with winds reaching up to 175 kilometers per hour. “We […]
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Venezuela condemns the blockade and expresses solidarity at the UN

October 30, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
Once again the U.S. along with Israel, its partner in genocide against the Palestinian people, were alone against the annual vote condemning the blockade of Cuba at the UN. In a strong statement from the […]
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NYC rally demands: “Stop the U.S. blockade of Cuba!”

October 28, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau
Oct. 27 — A rally at Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan demanded an end to the cruel U.S. economic war against Cuba. Just within the last year, U.S. sanctions have cost the Caribbean country […]
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Cuba: Blackout and blockade

October 23, 2024 La Jornada
Cuba is going through its greatest energy crisis, with practically the entire island and 10 out of 11 million inhabitants deprived of electricity. The blackouts that have been occurring with increasing frequency and duration for […]
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Cuba: Havana’s electricity system fully restored

October 23, 2024 Laura Mor
Empresa Eléctrica UNE reported through its usual Telegram channel the reestablishment of the electric system in the Cuban capital, after a new total nationwide disconnection suffered yesterday. Yesterday at  4:01 pm (local time), Havana’s electricity service was […]
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U.S. blockade of Cuba causes electricity system to collapse due to lack of stable fuel supply

October 23, 2024 Resumen
On Sunday, Oct. 20, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel pointed directly at  the blockade policy of the United States government as the fundamental cause of the national collapse of the National Electric Power System (SEN) over […]
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Cuba under intensified U.S. sanctions confronts its greatest challenge: The continuity of Obama-Trump-Biden policy

October 21, 2024 Roger D. Harris
“The majority of Cubans support Castro … every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba…to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” […]
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Cuba: Power outages prolonged due to delays in energy recovery

October 19, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
Today, Cuba once again experienced a total power outage after the recovery process of the National Electric System (SEN), initiated the day before following a blackout caused by a failure at a thermoelectric plant, failed. […]