Video - What’s Behind Cuba’s Economic Crisis? Economist Emily Morris Breaks It Down
https://peertube.world/w/6GhTaaHVjDqrxdJgEKvfjK
Duration - 2:39

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

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the #Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” economist Emily Morris says in an interview with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández. Morris breaks down the roots of Cuba’s crisis and the devastating impact of #US policy.

To watch the full interview:
https://peertube.world/w/pJMa4hUoQ3DSVKPtYjzD7j
Duration - 1:05:08

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#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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Video - More Than a Sanda Fighter
https://peertube.world/w/8AZPy2zDpmK9rCfNVZMdXs
Duration - 3:00

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

Being a #trans #athlete means carrying more than gloves. It means carrying expectations, fear and responsibility. Malik speaks openly about facing #transphobia and machismo in Sanda’s sport, being pushed past ethical boundaries and the pressure of being the first, knowing that others will come after him. Malik reminds us that trans people don’t need to prove anything. Their existence is already enough.

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What Is Driving Cuba’s Economic Crisis?
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/what-is-driving-cuba-s-economic-crisis

April 24, 2026
[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

What happens when a small country is cut off from global finance, trade networks and investment flows in an increasingly interconnected world?

This week development economist Emily Morris breaks down the massive impact of the US #EconomicWar on Cuba in an interview with Belly of the Beast.

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the Cuban economy, within five years, would be prosperous,” Morris says.

Also:

• Lawmakers Denied Meeting with Top US Diplomat
• Cuba Confirms Havana Talks with #Trump Administration
• “Vida”: A Community Project Helping Kids in Cuba’s Crisis
• Amid Shortages, Cuba Marks 65 Years of #Socialism
• #US #Military Drone Flies Along Cuban Coast
• #Spain, #Mexico and #Brazil Commit to Help Cuba
• Grenada Stands by Cuban #Doctors

#politics

Video - They Call It “Vida”: A Community Project Helping Kids in Cuba’s Crisis
https://peertube.world/w/wR44YiQEdKWbrhr3Khaw1L
Duration - 8:46

from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast

In the neighborhood of #ArroyoNaranjo on the outskirts of #Havana, a group of residents has come together to provide a space for children amid a severe economic crisis. Vida is a space dedicated to children, where they can learn, play and feel support in a place where opportunities are scarce.

Natalia Quintana, a meteorologist who founded the project, says conditions there were never good. But the situation now is worse than ever. “At this moment, we are on the verge of desperation,” she says.

Across #Cuba, many people are navigating daily life under constant economic pressure, where decades of #US #sanctions have strained the country’s economy and causes severe scarcities.

Yet Natalia and her neighbors continue to organize, to teach and to create spaces that sustain their community...

#OilForCuba!
#politics

Video - Two #Solidarity Projects Bypassing The #Blockade
https://peertube.world/w/wiZCRrJaMmFEtNqfKVBP9p

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

Duration - 2:59

Musa Alves, a #NewOrleans designer, and Carolina Leyva, a #CubanAmerican med student in Havana, built a direct aid network for Cuba. They donate solar panels, #medicine and food directly to Cubans amid an economic crisis exacerbated by #US #sanctions.

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#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol

Video - Cuba Marks 65 Years of Socialism Amid Shortages and U.S. Threats
https://peertube.world/w/5khProaKY76tYCcFc42icT
Duration - 2:28 

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

Hundreds of Cubans gathered in Havana to mark the 65th anniversary of #FidelCastro’s declaration of the #socialist character of the Cuban Revolution.

Iván Domínguez Rivera, sugar industry #union leader, described the event as an affirmation of national unity at a time of economic hardship and renewed threats from Washington.

Participants also condemned the U.S. government’s #EconomicWarfare, intensified in recent months by fuel restrictions that have deepened shortages across the island.

“No threat will prevent the unity of these people,” Domínguez said.

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

Why U.S. Policy Toward Cuba Violates International Law
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/52145

April 17, 2026
[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

For more than six decades, US policy toward Cuba has been based not on diplomacy but on #EconomicWarfare.

This week, Alfred de Zayas, a Cuban-American lawyer who worked for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks to BotB about how and why #US policy toward Cuba violates international law.

Also:

• #Trump Administration Beats the Drums of War
• Miami Herald Funds Dodgy, War-Mongering Poll
• The Science Behind Cuba's #Alzheimer's Breakthrough
• From Mercenaries to #Medicare: US Hypes Baseless Claims
• Building Bridges from NOLA to Cuba
• #Colombia to Send Cuba #SolarPanels
• #Spain's Biggest Airline to Suspend Flights to Cuba
• Amid US Pressure, Cuba Welcomes #Russian Industry
• Cuba Accepts 91 Deportees from #US

#LetCubaLive
#USpol #politics

Video - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA): Normalizing Relations with Cuba Would Benefit People in the US
https://peertube.world/w/7Zy9X4vtuuTLaeQzcPFob9
Duration - 2:53

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

In her visit to Cuba, Rep. #PramilaJayapal (D-WA) says dialogue and cooperation would benefit both countries.

Based on what she observed on the island, Jayapal says the #oil #blockade imposed by the #US government is contributing to a humanitarian crisis in Cuba.

She also pointed to a new letter signed by 52 lawmakers calling for an end to the measure, arguing it reflects a failed US policy toward Cuba.

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

Video - Why US Policy Toward Cuba Violates International Law
https://peertube.world/w/fa5TjLFy31bJYYftPWiKFg
Duration - 19:24

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

For more than six decades, #US policy toward #Cuba has relied on #EconomicWarfare instead of diplomacy. The US claims to target the #Cuban government but ends up hurting the lives of millions of civilians.

Int'l law expert Alfred de Zayas speaks to BotB on #Trump’s latest executive order, which allows him to slap tariffs on any country that ships #oil to Cuba, and how the policy violates #InternationalLaw. He explains the difference between #sanctions and unilateral coercive measures, and how the devastating measures are really a form of collective punishment.

“We are witnessing an assault on the #UN Charter, on international law, and on civilization itself,” warns Professor Alfred de Zayas.

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#news #politics #USpol

Video - ‘A Loss and a Birth’: Malik on Transition, Race and Family
https://peertube.world/w/oEgsgeB6YXsLXY9rj9UYsX
Duration - 2:49 

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

Ely Malik is a #trans Sanda kickboxer in Cuba who speaks about progress, shortages in #HealthCare, community survival, #race and what it means to transition in front of the people who raised you. This isn’t just a story about fighting in the ring. It’s about fighting to exist, to be respected and to live truthfully — even when the world makes that dangerous.

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#LGBTQ #politics #kickboxing