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Category Archives: The Blockade?
U.S.-Funded OAS Probes Cuba’s Medical Missions
June 18, 2025 — Belly of the Beast The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), part of the D.C.-based Organization of American States (OAS), has sent a letter to member states requesting they submit information within 30 days about Cuba’s medical cooperation … Continue reading
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Diplomat defends Cuban programs
US discrediting doctors, Cossio says June 18, 2025 by EDITH M. LEDERER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS printed in Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette UNITED NATIONS — A senior Cuban diplomat has accused the Trump administration of trying to discredit the thousands … Continue reading
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Cuban Entrepreneurs Can’t Visit U.S. Because Of “National Security”?
June 18, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Trump’s travel ban is ostensibly aimed at terrorists and would-be immigrants. But in Cuba those affected include students, scientists, academics and entrepreneurs who have no intention of living in the U.S. One … Continue reading
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Cuba denounces intimidation campaigns against third parties by the United States
June 16, 2025 — teleSUR Statement by Cuban representative Carlos Fernández de Cossío at the 78th session of the United Nations. teleSUR Transcript of part of the statement: “Over recent years the United States has unleashed a campaign of intimidation … Continue reading
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Cuba continues to look for alternatives to develop its cancer program
Financing was secured for the acquisition of new equipment to produce cytostatics, which will increase the availability of these medicines June 17 (Granma) First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez … Continue reading
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Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister on U.S. Embargo, Trump’s Deportations, Israel’s War on Iran & Gaza
June 17, 2025 — Democracy Now! We speak with Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, about the Trump administration’s tightening restrictions on the country. Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has reinstated Cuba’s designation as … Continue reading
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Rubio, Cuba & the Zionist Model
Lawrence Davidson on how the history of the Cuban American lobby, in copying the Israel lobby, has prepared the U.S. secretary of state to carry out Trump’s often unconstitutional and inhumane bidding. Consortium News By Lawrence Davidson TothePointAnalysis.com Marco Rubio has turned … Continue reading
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A letter demanding data on Cuban medical missions roils the Caribbean and the Americas
By DÁNICA COTO – June 13, 2025 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An unusual request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Cuban medical brigades that operate worldwide and provide much needed help has roiled countries in the Caribbean and the … Continue reading
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Could any nation survive what Cuba endures?
Cuba’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs reflects on how the US-imposed blockade severely limits Cuba’s ability to advance and develop. June 13, 2025 by Carlos Fernández de Cossio — People’s Dispatch Like any developing country, Cuba faces the disadvantages of an international … Continue reading
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Mexico’s president: Cuban medical cooperation missions are not “forced labor.”
June 11, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Cuban medical cooperation missions are not “forced labor.” During a recent press conference, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the U.S. government accusation that Cuban doctors on medical missions are exploited. “It’s not forced … Continue reading
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