Canadian Aid for Cuba? 35 National and Regional Organizations Support it

Stephen Kimber and John Kirk Fidel Castro: “Luchar contra lo imposible y vencer” (“To fight against the impossible and win”).  Cuba desperately needs food and medical aid now. It also deserves an end to the longest-standing embargo in modern times It is not often that the United Church of Canada, the (Anglican) Primate’s World Relief and Development…

‘U.S. Blockade Against Cuba Could Bring New Special Period’

Radio Sputnik’s “By Any Means Necessary” co-hosts, Sean Blackmon and Jacqueline Luqman (a Black Alliance for Peace [BAP] Coordinating Committee member), spoke to BAP member Musa Springer and BAP Coordinating Committee member Erica Caines on the impact of the criminal U.S. blockade against Cuba. The pair commented on what many observe as a second Special…

Confessions of a CIA Terrorist

Rick Sterling Prado briefly describes the sensational events in October 1986 when a CIA plane dropping supplies and weapons to Contras was shot down Review of the book Black Ops: Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior, The Memoirs of Enrique Prado (St. Martins Press, New York, 2022) In 1975, Philip Agee published his book “Inside…

Rising Tensions in Colombian Government Peace Talks with the ELN

Peoples Dispatch On May 13, Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group to agree to a ceasefire in one of the regions of the country and then gradually expand it to the national territory with the advance of the peace negotiations. (Photo: Colombian Presidency/Twitter) The proposal was made during…

More US Activists Face Harassment from Authorities Upon Return from Cuba

Peoples Dispatch Members of the NNOC May Day Brigade. Photo: NNOC Days after members of a youth delegation were detained when returning to the US from Cuba, another batch of activists who were also on the island as part of the May Day Brigade, faced similar harassment On May 7, several members of the US-based…

Cuba Seeks Medical and Agricultural Cooperation with Canada

Camila Escalante Cuba’s Consul General in Toronto, Jorge Yanier Castellanos Orta, speaks at an event hosted by the A Different Booklist bookstore, organized by the Toronto Forum on Cuba. | Photo Credit: Camila Escalante. The government of Cuba is prepared to provide medical assistance to Canada and First Nations communities, having formally offered to send…

Members of Youth Delegation to Cuba Detained on Return to US

Peoples Dispatch The 150-person delegation was one of the largest from the US in recent history. Photo: Zoe Alexandra 150 young leaders from the United States took part in a 10-day delegation to Cuba to exchange and learn from the Cuban people. On their return, many of them were detained at US airports and their…

Witnessing Afro Cubans and Social Change

Austin Cole “To fight for peace is the most sacred duty of all human beings, whatever there religions or country of birth, color of their skin, their adult age or their youth.” Fidel Castro Ruz (14 February 2016) I left Cuba with more clarity — of the real situation on the ground, of the wants…

Russia Plays in “America’s Back Yard”

Another step forward in the integration of the nations of Latin America into the rising multipolar world, with a visit from Russia’s foreign minister to Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba this week. Don DeBar has more. With Stephen Sefton. 20 April 2023 22:48 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Republic of Cuba…

An African Palenque: Cuba and Global Black Solidarity

Kimberly Monroe When Black nationalist and poet Amiri Baraka returned from Cuba in 1959, his life was completely transformed. While there he met Afro Cubans, Black Americans such as Robert Williams and Cuban President Fidel Castro. The trip proved to be instrumental not only in developing his black international consciousness but also in mobilizing local political…

Cuba and the New International Economic Order

Dr. C José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez Fidel Castro at the United Nations Fidel Castro comes from the future to tell us once again: “Let the philosophy of dispossession disappear and the philosophy of war will have disappeared! Let the colonies disappear, let the exploitation of countries by monopolies disappear, and then humanity will have reached…

Sergey Lavrov’s Interview with Prensa Latina, Moscow, March 30, 2023

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Serguei Lavrov, assured today that “we had no other option” regarding Ukraine, when commenting on the special military operation deployed by Moscow more than a year ago. In an exclusive interview with Prensa Latina, he said that there was no other alternative after all attempts to achieve a political settlement through, for…

Cuba: 6,164, 876 Cubans Exercised Their Right to Vote

Alina Balseiro, president of the National Electoral Council (CEN) of Cuba, informed the press of the preliminary results of the 2023 national elections held this Sunday, March 26. The day began with a basic part of 8 120 072 voters, of which 6 164 876 exercised their right to vote, 75.92% of the electoral roll….

People’s Power Is at the Heart of the Cuban Political System: Llanisca Lugo

Zoe Alexandra Meeting of the National Candidacy Commission with the Candidacy Commissions in Holguin. Photo: Consuelo Baeza Martín.</em >On March 26, the Cuban people go to the polls to elect their representatives to the National Assembly, the country’s legislative body. The members of the Assembly are elected after a long democratic and consultative process On…

The President of Cuba’s Address to the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit

Address by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, at the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 25, 2023 Your Excellency Luis Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic: His Majesty Felipe VI: Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government of Ibero-America; Heads of Delegations: Your Excellency Andrés Allamand, Ibero-American Secretary…

Cuba’s Ties to Arab World: Al Mayadeen Interviews the Cuban President

Al Mayadeen Cuban President Miguel-Diaz Canel touches in an interview for Al Mayadeen on the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance, the confrontation of Western imperialism, and his visit to Algeria. Part I: Cuban Revolution, US Embargo: Al Mayadeen Interviews the Cuban President Part II: Havana and the World: Al Mayadeen Interviews the Cuban President During the third part…

Havana and the World: Al Mayadeen Interviews the Cuban President

Al Mayadeen In an exclusive interview for Al Mayadeen, the Cuban President talks about Cuba’s stance on the war in Ukraine, and his country’s relationship with Russia, China, and other countries. Part I: Cuban Revolution, US Embargo: Al Mayadeen Interviews the Cuban President During the second part of Al Mayadeen Media Network Chairman Ghassan Ben Jeddou’s interview…

Cuban Revolution, US Embargo: Al Mayadeen Interviews the Cuban President

Al Mayadeen In an exclusive interview for Al Mayadeen, the Cuban President touches on the Cuban Revolution, its challenges, and achievements, as well as US manipulations. Part II: Havana and the World: Al Mayadeen Interviews the Cuban President Part I Al Mayadeen Media Network Chairman Ghassan Ben Jeddou conducted an exclusive interview with Cuban President Miguel…