Category Archives: The Blockade?

International brigades visit companies in Cuba

Havana, April 30 (Prensa Latina) Members of the 18th International May Day Brigade of Voluntary Work and Solidarity with Cuba visited several state and social institutions in Cuba today. Since their arrival in the Caribbean territory, the brigade members from … Continue reading

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Cuba to be accompanied by hundreds of foreign activists on May 1st

April 29 (Radio Rebelde) Nearly 1,000 activists, representing 260 organizations from 39 countries, are in Cuba today to accompany the people in the celebrations for International Workers’ Day, said ICAP President Fernando González. During an appearance Monday evening on the … Continue reading

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US Friends of Cuba to Join May Day March in Santiago de Cuba

Havana, April 28 (ACN) US solidarity activists from the US state of Illinois will join Cuban workers’ May Day March in eastern Santiago de Cuba city to reaffirm the bonds of friendship between the US and the Cuban people. The … Continue reading

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Cuban students denied visas to visit BHS Jazz students in the U.S.

By Cid Frydman, April 25th, 2025 — Berkeley High Jacket- the Voice of the Students    For years now, the Berkeley High School Jazz program’s juniors and seniors have been traveling all the way to Cuba to visit the students at … Continue reading

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U.S. concert broadcast seeks to raise humanitarian aid for Cuba

The concerts were recorded at venues in New York, Chicago and the Bay Area, California. They will be broadcast on YouTube and Facebook Live. OnCuba News – March 25, 2025 On April 5, Concerts for Cuba 2025, a United States … Continue reading

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Miami mobilization demands lifting of blockade against Cuba

April 23 (Radio Havana) By Nuria Barbosa León To protest against new measures by President Donald Trump, a group of supporters of Cuba and other social justice causes gathered in front of the office of Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar in … Continue reading

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Elian Gonzalez, 25 years after custody battle, seeks to bridge divide between Cuba and U.S.

By Eliott Rodriguez Updated on: April 22, 2025 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS Miami Twenty-five years after federal agents stormed a Miami home to seize 5-year-old Elian Gonzalez and return him to Cuba, the now 30-year-old industrial engineer and Cuban National Assembly member … Continue reading

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The Italian Association of Friendship with Cuba celebrates its 64th anniversary

Rome, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The National Association of Italy-Cuba Friendship (ANAIC) celebrates today the 64th anniversary of its founding, which occurred hours after the victory at Playa Girón, achieved by the people of that Latin American nation against a … Continue reading

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Cuban President calls on youth to defend the Revolution

Matanzas, Cuba, April 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called on his country’s youth today to safeguard the Revolution against the constant aggression of the United States, 64 years after the victory at Playa Girón. In a conversation with … Continue reading

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Díaz-Canel: Cuban doctors are the pride of the nation and many countries around the world

More than 600,000 Cuban doctors have provided services in 165 countries around the world since 1963. Currently, 24,000 Cuban doctors work in 56 countries. April 17 (teleSUR) In his recent podcast, Desde la Presidencia, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez emphasized … Continue reading

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