Author: Cheryl LaBash

Havanacuba
Cuba

Traveling to Cuba in the time of COVID-19

December 16, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
Of course, by the time this small story is read, the conditions and procedures giving rise to these experiences will likely have changed.  We hope that one thing will change and be no more: COVID-19, […]
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Elections

What’s behind the certification fight in Michigan

December 4, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
Detroit — On Monday, Nov. 23, the Michigan Board of Canvassers met to certify the votes from the Nov. 3 elections, a necessary step to complete the archaic U.S. Electoral College process. Eyes have been […]
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Around the world

Bolivia votes for socialism

October 25, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
Bolivia’s Movement toward Socialism (MAS) victory in the Oct. 18 election overturned a U.S.-backed coup. Eleven months ago, false charges of electoral irregularities and subsequent death threats drove MAS leader and Indigenous Bolivian President Evo […]
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Cuba

What media moguls don’t want you to know: Youtube and Google attack Cuba and Venezuela

August 22, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
AUG. 21 UPDATE: YouTube restored Mesa Redonda’s account today affirming the account did not infringe on the Conditions of Service. No explanation was given. But as President Miguel Diaz-Canel tweeted, “Those who don’t want the […]
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Cuba

#ConcertforCuba heard around the world

August 1, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
#ConcertforCuba, two weekends of international musical performances, explored new potentials for international cultural and political collaboration. No live music in your town? Enjoy music from the world with a global audience dancing to the same […]
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Venezuela

U.S. threatens ‘piracy’ while Iran and Venezuela continue trade

July 19, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
The U.S. has not backed off attempts to block Iran-Venezuela trade. The new attacks are asset forfeiture through U.S. courts targeting “shipping companies, insurers, certifiers and flag states that register vessels,” according to a July […]
CubaSalva
Cuba

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 […]
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Cuba

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 […]
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Covid-19

Cuba: Better than ‘not all bad’

March 12, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
March 10 was election day in Michigan. One of the major issues brought forward in the Sanders campaign among many important ones like eliminating cash bail and racist mass incarceration, is Medicare for All.  Sanders […]
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Cuba

Conference charts action to end blockade of Cuba

February 27, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
The newest endorsements for the International Conference for the Normalization of U.S.-Cuba Relations demonstrate once again that the people of the United States oppose the current president’s accelerating economic war against socialist Cuba.  The event […]