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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

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

PeerTube

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧1d ago

With Cuba Under Pressure, the Castro Dynasty Is Making a Comeback
As #Trump officials demand changes, #Castro family members are suddenly popping up across #Cuba’s political scene. Some even ask: Could one be the “Cuban Delcy?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/world/americas/castro-family-cuba-energy-crisis-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W1A.x3Qy.FJSCpnX-h63K&smid=url-share

[take this with many grains of salt]

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[shareable 30-day gift article]
March 28, 2026

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

Castro Heirs Emerge Across Cuba’s Political Scene Amid Energy Crisis and Trump Threats

As Trump officials demand changes, Castro family members are suddenly popping up across Cuba’s political scene. Some even ask: Could one be the “Cuban Delcy?”

The New York Times

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧2d ago

‘Cuban People Act with Creative Resistance’ (II)
Cuban President Lays Out Plans for Countering U.S. Blockade
https://world-outlook.com/2026/03/25/cuban-people-act-with-creative-resistance-ii/

from #WorldOutlook
March 25, 2026

This is the second of two parts with major excerpts from the transcript of a press conference #Cuban president #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez gave on March 13, 2026.

The excerpts are selected from the original Spanish-language transcript as it appeared in the Cuban daily Granma; photos are also from Granma. The translation, breakers, and notes are by World-Outlook.

The full introduction to it can be found in Part I - expressional.social@Peter_Link/116297642519581820

‘Cuban People Act with Creative Resistance’ (II)

This is the second of two parts with excerpts from the transcript of a press conference Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez gave on March 13, 2026, as the Cuban people continued to resist Washington’s siege on their country. With characteristic frankness and transparency, Díaz-Canel responded to Trump’s threats and to journalists’ questions about the everyday challenges the Cuban people are diligently working to overcome. Challenges resulting from Washington's relentless economic war, escalated recently with the U.S. blockade preventing any petroleum from reaching the country.

World-Outlook

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧2d ago

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

From Miami to Havana: Why This Cuban American Is Speaking Out

PeerTube

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧2d ago

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

Cuban Americans on U.S. Policy: Not in Our Name

PeerTube

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Mar 24

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?

Why Washington Keeps Doubling Down on a Broken Cuba Policy

PeerTube

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Mar 23

Cuban Leader: ‘Do We Talk or Negotiate with the Trump Administration’?
https://world-outlook.com/2026/03/22/cuban-leader-do-we-talk-or-negotiate-with-the-trump-administration/

from #WorldOutlook
March 22, 2026

On March 18, 2026, #ErnestoLimiaDíaz posted the following on his Facebook page. Limia Díaz is a historian, writer, member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (known as UNEAC, its Spanish-language acronym), and director of the TV program MARCAS. He is also the author of the bilingual book Patria y cultura en Revolución (Homeland and Culture in Revolution).

Limia Díaz now provides historical context to the recent revelations by Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez that Havana is holding talks with the #Trump administration after Washington imposed a blockade of #petroleum shipments to #Cuba and threatened the overthrow of the #Caribbean nation’s revolutionary government.

#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#SolidaridadConCuba
#LatinAmerica #US

Cuban Leader: ‘Do We Talk or Negotiate with the Trump Administration’?

Cuban leader Ernesto Limia Díaz is a historian and writer. Here he provides historical context to the recent revelations by Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez that Havana is holding talks with the Trump administration after Washington imposed a blockade of petroleum shipments to Cuba and threatened the overthrow of the Caribbean nation’s revolutionary government.

World-Outlook

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Mar 23

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.

Biden: Different Tone, No Real Action on Cuba

PeerTube

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Mar 22

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