Author: Natasha Hickman
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'I live in Cuba, I love my people, and I will defend our Revolution' by Aleida Guevara March
Che’s daughter gives her opinion on recent events in Cuba I live in Cuba, I love my people and I will defend our Revolution. I am an internationalist doctor and proud to be one. I see the reality of today’s Cuba and have my criticisms. I understand that there are many things that we have…
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Mexican president shows solidarity to Cuba in words and actions
Mexico has sent a shipment of aid to Cuba containing aid to Cuba containing syringes, oxygen tanks and masks along with powered milk, cans of tuna, beans, flour, cooking oil and gasoline. Two naval ships containing the shipment left the Mexican port of Veracruz on Sunday 25 July. Speaking at an event to mark the…
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Cuban Embassy in Paris attacked
Cuba has denounced an attack on its Embassy in Paris which took place late on 26 July. Three Molotov cocktails were thrown at the building, two of which reached the outer perimeter and had to be put our by Mission officials. The police and fire brgade were called to the incident. On his Twitter account,…
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Cuba’s cultural counter-revolution: US gov’t-backed rappers, artists gain fame as ‘catalyst for current unrest’
Source: The Grayzone | Click here for original article Painting itself as a grassroots collective of artists fighting for freedom of expression, the San Isidro Movement has become a key weapon in the US government’s assault on the Cuban revolution. “My people need Europe, my people need Europe to point out the abuser,” Yotuel, a…
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French academic urges the US to respect Cuba's sovereignty
Source: Prensa Latina | Click here for original article The French academic and essayist Salim Lamrani today urged the United States government and its president, Joseph Biden, to respect Cuba’s right to self-determination and to live without the blockade. ‘President Biden must listen to the claim of the international community, of his own public opinion,…
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The Only Way to End Economic Hardship in Cuba Is to Lift the US Blockade
Source: Tribune | Click here for original article For 60 years, Cuba has lived under siege from the most powerful nation on earth, denying it basics like food, medicine and building equipment – anyone who cares about economic hardship must call for it to end says FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ In an evidently well-coordinated action, on 11…
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What is happening in Cuba?
Source: Morning Star | Click here for original article Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Miami Five, marching against the US blockade on Sunday ROB MILLER reports on the protests against shortages on the socialist island that have been seized upon by the US as a pretext for intervention when it the US itself that starves…
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Moncada Anniversary Cultural Celebration
Marking the 68th anniversary of the Moncada attack with films, music and speakers A joint cultural celebration to mark the 68th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks, the event which gave birth to the 26th July Movement and the beginning of the armed struggle against the Batista dictatorship. We join the Cuban Embassy…
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President calls for peace and announces new measures to help ease situation
Source: CubaDebate (spanish) | Click here for original article In the case of medicine shortages and the vaccination programme, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz said that by the end of August 60 per cent of the population will be fully vaccinated. Currently 25 per cent had received at least one dose. From September those aged…
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Cyber war attacks web portal of Cuban Foreign Ministry
Source: Presna Latina (spanish) | Click here for original article A cyber attack on 11 July compromised the servers of the web portal of the Cuban Foreign Ministry as part of the cyber and communication war against the country, according to a post on the ministry’s official Twitter account. IP addresses located in the United…