Author: Natasha Hickman
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CSC activists protest against the US blockdade
Cuba Solidarity Campaign activists took actions in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and Sheffield on 19-20 June as part of the World Caravan Against the US blockade of Cuba. The events were part of an international weekend of actions in advance of the United Nations General Assembly vote on the US blockade which takes place on…
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US sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela hamper to global fight against COVID-19
Source: The Intercept | Click here for original article IN CUBA, the smallest country in the world to produce its own Covid-19 vaccines, five immunizations are currently in clinical trials. Soberana 2 and Abdala have reached Phase 3, making the island nation the only country in Latin America to reach the final stage in vaccine…
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COVID-19 Medical Appeal Update on second shipment of aid
In May, a further £16,500 was spent on equipment to help Cuba treat and vaccinate its people as part of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s COVID-19 Medical Appeal. Since launching the appeal in mid-April, over £35,000 has been raised by CSC members, affiliates and supporters to help the island’s health workers fight the pandemic. In April,…
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CSC 2021 Blockade Buster Raffle winners
CSC director Rob Miller with special guest to draw the raffle, Peter Kavanagh, Unite London & Eastern Regional Secretary The grand draw took place this week at the CSC office in London, with the help of Unite London & Eastern Regional Secretary, Peter Kavanagh. The raffle raised nearly £20,000 for the Campaign and we would…
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Cuban parliament statement on anti-Cuba MEPs
Source: MINREX | Click here for original article Declaration of denunciation of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People’s Power of the Republic of Cuba before a new maneuver by the European Parliament. We have learned to our disgust that a small group of MEP’s servile to Washington have placed an item…
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Oxfam Calls for Lifting US Sanctions Against Cuba
Source: Oxfam America | Click here for original article Seventy-eight percent of women and girls living in Cuba were born under the pressure exerted by the US blockade on the island for nearly six decades. According to a new Oxfam report, these sanctions impact the daily lives of all Cubans, but especially women. The blockade…
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Exxon Mobil gets go ahead to continue $280 million lawsuit against nationalised properties in Cuba
Source: OnCuba | Click here for original article In April a Washington DC federal court authorised the U.S. Exxon Mobil oil company to continue its lawsuit against two Cuban enterprises for the nationalisation of its properties at the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. In May 2019, the American company opened the first lawsuit against Cuban…
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Cuban minister thanks CSC for COVID-19 support
The Cuba Solidarity Campaign has received a letter of thanks from Ana Teresita Gonzalez Fraga, Vice Foreign Minister of Cuba, for the recent purchase of raw materials to help treat COVID-19 patients on the island. In April CSC launched COVID-19 Medical Appeal which has already raised more than £25,000. We are currently working with Cuba…
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Grahame Morris MP asks US President Joe Biden to reverse Trump policy on Cuba
Grahame Morris, British MP for Easington and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba has sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to reverse sanctions imposed under the Trump administration and to permit humanitarian aid and family remitances to be allowed into the country in the light of the current COVID-10…
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The Agrarian Reform, the first law of the Revolution
Source: PCC | Click here for original article This law was the most transcendental of the Revolution’s measures in its first stage, as it benefited more than one hundred thousand campesino families and liquidated the latifundismo and the imperialist dominion over our lands. It could not be otherwise. The first law promulgated by the Cuban…