La Paz, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Under the slogan “(…) we are all Cuba,” the Bolivian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba launched a campaign on Monday to raise funds to mitigate the effects of recent natural disasters.

“Cuba was hit by two consecutive hurricanes and a few days later by a strong earthquake,” said Dr. Alidson Gómez, president of that social organization, who informed that the campaign would be in effect until December 27.

The organization leader spoke before more than 1,00 people at the Cinematheque of Bolivia, where he recalled that the Cuban people are accustomed to fighting and winning in the worst conditions, from which they have always risen.

He added, however, that it is necessary to express “our support” in a concrete way, and noted that voluntary contributions can be made through a QR code that was projected on a screen.

He also indicated that voluntary contributions can also be directed to the account of the state-owned Banco Unión: Alidson Gómez (holder) 10000057532274 (savings bank).

The statement delivered to Prensa Latina concludes with the call, “Bring down the Blockade!”

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Detroit, November 18 (RHC)– Representatives of more than 70 organizations of the National Network on Cuba in the United States (NNOC) concluded last night the annual meeting of this broad coalition with a call for the lifting of the blockade of the Caribbean country.

For two days, activists from Michigan and others from South Carolina, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, California, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington DC met in the city of Detroit to discuss strategies for solidarity work towards 2025.

In its final statement, the NNOC celebrated achievements in “strengthening solidarity with Cuba and advancing the broader struggle to support the removal of Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism and ending the genocidal U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.”

For the coming year, the “objective is to continue our collaborative efforts with like-minded organizations,” the text stressed, emphasizing that its members will broaden and diversify networks to make the issue of the need to lift the blockade relevant at the local level.

The communiqué emphasized that to raise awareness they will link “the impacts of the blockade with tangible costs, both material and physical, here in the United States; our goal is to make our message resonate with ordinary people, galvanizing broader support,” it stressed.

At the meeting, it was announced that the International Conference on Normalization of U.S.-Cuba Relations will be held in March next year and that the next annual meeting of the NNOC will be held in November 2025 in South Carolina.

This Saturday, three other organizations joined the NNOC in the first day of discussions of the event: Arise for Cuba (Chicago); Community Movement Builders (Detroit) and Diaspora Pa’lante (New Jersey).

The prelude to this event was the inauguration of the exhibition of photographs of the Latin American news agency Prensa Latina “65 Years in the Service of Truth”, which includes moments in the history of this Cuban media, founded on June 16, 1959 at the initiative of Fidel Castro.

In her account in the social network X, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Cuban Embassy in the United States, Lianys Torres, thanked the numerous expressions of solidarity of the American people, whose voice has been raised strongly against the blockade and the inclusion of the island in the unilateral list of sponsors of terrorism.  (Source: Prensa Latina)

Detroit, USA, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The fight against the blockade and a stronger solidarity movement are priority tasks for the National Network on Cuba in the United States (NNOC), whose annual conference concludes today in Detroit.

The event, which brings together activists from almost the entire country in person and virtually in this city of Michigan, reformulates its work strategies in light of a new administration in the White House as of January 20, 2025.

Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the Venezuela-Cuba Solidarity Committee and the Hatuey Project, said that in the debates they analyzed “how to expand the work of solidarity with Cuba” and in particular highlighted the importance of unity, as well as the role of youth.

The activist said that “these terrible four years of (Joe) Biden (without change in policy towards Cuba) and before that (Donald) Trump” passed, who now begins a second period as President.

The Hatuey Project, in a campaign coordinated with The People’s Forum and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, raised almost 200 thousand dollars that were used to buy electric generators that were taken to Cuba, he explained, referring to the support given to the people of the island to mitigate the impact of the electric energy crisis.

“Also with the Hatuey Project we are going to send the fourth donation of medicines for children with cancer, something that we consider very important,” he said.

It will be a delivery to hospitals in Santa Clara and Havana, and “what we do is the product of the work of many people who have donated from their pockets, humble people,” he stressed.

The day before, three other organizations joined the NNOC on the first day of discussions of the event: Stand up for Cuba (Chicago); Community Movement Builders (Detroit) and Diáspora Pa’lante (New Jersey).

In her account on the social network X, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Cuban embassy in the United States, Lianys Torres, thanked the numerous expressions of solidarity from the American people, whose voice has been raised strongly against the blockade and against the inclusion of the island in the unilateral list of sponsors of terrorism.

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