Cuban Americans to Trump and Rubio: “Not in our name”
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/cuban-americans-to-trump-and-rubio-not-in-our-name

March 27, 2026

from the #BellyOfTheBeast
Videos at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos

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Video - Jeremy Corbyn: “Cuba must not be isolated”
https://peertube.world/w/xmLFvyhvg9zAxHo65LD1rw
Duration - 1:16

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Jeremy Corbyn traveled to Havana as part of an international solidarity delegation from Nuestra América Convoy and stated that the crisis in Cuba is the direct result of the blockade, not the Cuban government. “It's time for all of us to step up and show solidarity with Cuba,” said Corbyn.

#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

Video - ‘Obama’s Announcement Was Everything We Worked For’
https://peertube.world/w/gSBhMubMzY3U8PUqztmqVd

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

In 2014, something historic happened. The #US admitted that decades of economic war toward Cuba had failed — and chose engagement instead. Historian #PeterKornbluh recalls the moment #BarackObama and #RaúlCastro announced the opening on live television. “It was everything we had worked for,” he says.

#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol

Video - Ely Malik: Meet Cuba’s First Officially Recognized Trans Athlete
https://peertube.world/w/9iL77mNcYxEmoiSYySnq3B
Duration - 24:42

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Cuban society is becoming more inclusive, but it’s a slow process fraught with tension. Ely Malik Reyes carries the weight of being the first #trans #athlete to be officially recognized by the Cuban Sports Commission.

Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández sat down with Malik to talk about how he became the man he always was.

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#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
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Video - "Yes, Cuba trades with other countries—but it's not even close to normal"
https://peertube.world/w/3RqLrUtMocAiYgCbNiTMGT

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

According to Mikael Wolfe, director of Stanford University’s Cuba Observatory, sanctions on Cuba are among the most systematic, extraterritorial, and long-lasting in the world. “Yes, Cuba trades with other countries—but is it normal trade? Not even close,” he said.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#politics #USpol

Video - Kneecap in Cuba: "We Come From a Long Tradition of Musicians Speaking Up”
https://peertube.world/w/6w1t6X1DWHCkgT55362362
Duration - 2:33

from #BellyOfTheBeast

Irish #HipHop group #Kneecap performed in Havana as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy humanitarian mission. In a press conference, the Belfast trio spoke about why they made the trip, what they witnessed on the streets of Havana and the deep historical bond between #Ireland and #Cuba.

The convoy brought over 20 tons of food and medicine to a country suffocating under decades of the #US #embargo. But for Kneecap, this was never just about aid. It was about #solidarity — the same solidarity that the Irish people received from around the world during their own revolutionary struggle.

“They're going about their lives as best they can. I think it's something we relate to,” said Rapper Móglaí Bap, a member of the group.[...]It's not in our nature as #Irish people to witness injustice anywhere in the world and stay silent.”

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Video - From Miami to Havana: Why This Cuban American Is Speaking Out
https://peertube.world/w/j3V8K63g6adySjvVGwLEmu

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Cuban-American politicians have long been a driving force behind the US government’s #EconomicWar on the island. But many people of Cuban origin living in the US reject the hard-line policies that have ravaged the island’s economy and caused widespread scarcities and hardship.

Danny Valdes, a Cuban American born in #Miami, recently visited Cuba with the #NuestraAméricaConvoy to help bring #HumanitarianAid to the island.

“There is a very well organized and powerful right wing Cuban lobby, that even is in the halls of the Congress that gets to determine what #US policy is toward Cuba,” said Valdés. “But we feel like it's a very important time now to say, not in our name.”

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

Video - Cuban Americans on U.S. Policy: Not in Our Name
https://peertube.world/w/g8J93gGiFvcU5P8fD9sxfg

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

“Not in our name,” says Danny Valdes, a Cuban American organizer who recently visited the island to bring humanitarian aid and rejects the hard-liner policies imposed by politicians like Marco Rubio.

#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

Video - Puerto Rican Solidarity Groups Defy U.S. Blockade on Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/aEtv7EGSo3VkN1EyhpWNif

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

In the face of #Trump's #oil #blockade on Cuba, a group of #solidarity activists from Puerto Rico arrived in #Havana last Saturday to deliver medicine and medical equipment to the Salvador Allende Hospital, known as "La Covadonga," in the Cerro municipality.

Part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy, the #PuertoRican solidarity groups included the Committee for Solidarity with Cuba and the Juan Rius Rivera Brigade.

The convoy's arrival was "a ray of light in the middle of the darkness," said Dr. Mylene Vázquez, director of the #hospital.

"Cuba and #PuertoRico are two wings of the same bird," said Sebastián Castro, from Committee for Solidarity with Cuba.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#PetróleoParaCuba
#AbajoElBloqueo
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol

Video - Why Activists from 11 Countries Sailed to Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/7TJsjq2QNGpMxpan7J9tsv

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

After five days at sea, the #NuestraAméricaConvoy flotilla sailed into Havana harbor carrying 14 tons of humanitarian aid, including 73 #SolarPanels, #medicine, food, and hygiene supplies. The aid was delivered by 32 people from more than 11 countries.

They came from the #US, Brazil, Italy, Europe, and beyond. Some have been bringing aid to Cuba for years, stuffed into suitcases on #solidarity brigades.

"My government is the one imposing these cruel #sanctions and economic warfare on the Cuban people," said an activist from the US. "And this has been happening for over 60 years."

“The world owes Cuba,” said a Brazilian activist. “Cuban #doctors were among the first to fight Ebola in Africa. They went to Italy during COVID. That's why Italians are on this boat.”

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#politics #USpol #Caribbean