Video - “Keep it bilateral. Don't make it extraterritorial”
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 - 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

Video - Colombian Lawmaker: “What They’re Doing to Cuba Is a Crime”
https://peertube.world/w/fwC7eDZewb75yiUjf1giRT

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

Carrascal, who arrived in Cuba as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy, points to fuel shortages and economic restrictions as key factors behind the current crisis, warning that the impact goes far beyond Cuba.

“This is not about charity,” she says. “It’s about #solidarity — and about giving back to Cuba what it has given to the world.”

She also frames the situation as a broader regional issue, suggesting that what happens in Cuba could signal what’s ahead for other countries in #LatinAmerica. That is why she calls for stronger positions across the continent as pressure on Cuba intensifies.

Her statements come as Colombian President Gustavo Petro was designated a “priority target” by the #US Drug Enforcement Administration.

#OilForCuba
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#news #politics #USpol

Video - Jeremy Corbyn: Why I Keep Standing Up for Cuba Despite the Political Cost
https://peertube.world/w/6xynivVwAxwiWMp6yq3p2F

from the #BellyOfTheBeast

British MP #JeremyCorbyn arrived in Havana as part of an international #solidarity delegation from #NuestraAméricaConvoy and he didn't hold back. In this interview, he explains what he saw on the ground and why he believes this moment represents the worst point in #Cuba's decades-long struggle against the #US #blockade and economic war.

Corbyn points at #Trump's sanctions as the driving force behind Cuba's current #EnergyCrisis. With no #oil coming in, daily life has become a matter of endurance. He called for $18 billion in international investment to transition the island to #solar and wind power...

His message to critics who blame Havana's government instead of Washington? The problem isn't Cuba's people or its education. The problem is that international finance has been locked out by political pressure.

#OilForCuba
#news #politics #USpol

Video - Why Washington Keeps Doubling Down on a Broken Cuba Policy
https://peertube.world/w/6ZeH1vcytXsuiLnyjwsipd

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

“Cuba has always loomed large in the U.S. imagination,” says Mikael Wolfe, director of Stanford University’s Cuba Observatory. For decades, U.S. policy toward Cuba has been shaped by sanctions, pressure and political narratives that rarely face serious scrutiny. Wolfe explains how those narratives were built, why they persist and who pays the price.

We ask him why, if coercive measures haven’t worked for more than half a century, does Washington keep doubling down?

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

Video - Biden: Different Tone, No Real Action on Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/1f2hpNUWaVqGRZB6HTxcsB

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

Duration: 2:37

After #BarackObama’s tenure at the White House, many expected Joe #Biden to restore engagement with Cuba. It didn’t happen. #PeterKornbluh explains that while Biden changed the tone, he never took real steps to undo #Trump’s sanctions — despite having the people and the knowledge to do so.

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

Video - Cuban Americans Join Convoy to Support Families in Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/4uwj68zhUX5W3jSD5Xm9Ze
[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
March 21, 2026

#CubanAmericans, #US activists, and organizations like #CodePink are going to Cuba together for a shared mission: bring humanitarian aid to the island and support the people amid a devastating US #oil #blockade.

As part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy, participants are traveling with medical supplies and essential goods, while also calling for the #Trump administration to end its siege on Cuba.

For years, Cuba has suffered the consequences of the US economic war, a policy that restricts trade and access to basic goods. In recent years, inflation, mass migration and widespread shortages have further worsened the situation on the island.

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