Author: Natasha Hickman

Source: Latin America Conference | Click here for original article Former school teacher Pedro Castillo elected president in Peru Francisco Dominguez on why all internationalists should come to Latin America 2021 on 4 December “The peoples of the Americas are rising again, saying no to imperialism, saying no to fascism, saying no to intervention –…

Despite an ambitious and far reaching international campaign for the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade (HRIMB) to be awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, this year’s award went to journalists Maria Ressa (Philippines) and Dmitry Muratov (Russia) for” their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” The…

Pro-government supporters on 11 July. This image was used by multiple news agencies who captioned it as representing anti-government supporters What the main stream media won’t tell you about 11 July. We’ve compliled an archive of videos, podcasts and writing on what’s happening in Cuba: the reasons behind the protests, US government funding and involvement,…

Abdala trials take place in Camaguey using crytotubes purchased with donations to CSC’s COVID-19 Medical Appeal Recent photographs received from Cuba show how some of the £95,000 raised by supporters of CSC’s COVID-19 Medical Appeal is helping Cuba treat and vaccinate its people during the pandemic. The images are of health workers at a policlinic…

Zarah Sultana and Wendy Morgan Wendy Morton, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office replied to a parliamentary question on the US blockade of Cuba this week. Zarah Sultana, British MP for Coventry South, put a written question to the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, asking what recent steps he had “taken to…

If you missed the TUC Congress Solidarity Rally on Monday 13 September, you can watch it here. Featuring: Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, General Secretary, Cuban Workers Central (CTC) Her Excellency Barbara Montalvo,Cuban Ambassador, Niurka Gonzalez Obera, General Secretary, Cuban Education Union (SNTECD) Santiago Badia Gonzalez, General Secretary, Cuban Health Workers Union (SNTS) Navendu Mishra, Labour…

Background and resources Monthly caravans of car and bicycle cavalcades started in Miami in July in 2020 and have spread to several cities in the US since. They have been organised under the banner #Puentes de Amor (Bridges of Love) and led by Cuban-Americans calling for the US administration to allow families to be reunited…

Economic warfare, covert funding and social media manipulation – what the mainstream media failed to report. Her Excellency Bárbara Montalvo Álvarez, Cuban ambassador to the UK Cristina Escobar, Cuban journalist with Radio Havana Ollie Vargas, Bolivian reporter with Kawsachun News Richard Burgon MP Grahame Morris MP, Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba Len…