The Crushing Cost of U.S. Sanctions on Cuba

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

Cuba has released its annual report on the impact of U.S. sanctions on the island's economy. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the damages amount to $7.5 billion, the single biggest loss in a year since #Cuba began issuing these reports.

Also:

• Farm near Havana pioneers #agroecology
• Cuba wins gold at the Tokyo #Athletics World Championships
• Almost 1,000 same-sex marriages in Cuba last year
• Cuban reggaeton artist returns home after emigrating to #US
• Cuba extends tax exemptions on medicine and food imports
• Millions of Cubans struggle to get water

https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/43380

#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #sports @cuba

A Palestinian Story: Grief and Resistance

Meet Jenen — a Palestinian med student in Cuba, unable to return home. For two years, she’s lived in exile, as Gaza is devastated by the Israeli genocide.

[A video about #Cuba, hosted on the #PeerTube server #CuddlyTube, from the #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

[#Arabic #AR with English subtitles]

https://cuddly.tube/w/2FjJexoJz5cwdgkGJQgLwS

#Palestine #Gaza #MedicalStudent #FreePalestine #VoicesFromGaza #GazaUnderAttack #StudentVoices #EndTheOccupation
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #politics
@cuba

@palestine

No Power. Dead Soil. A Family Started Over.

From degraded soils to resilience. This Cuban family turned their land into a model of #agroecology and #RenewableEnergy.

[A video about #Cuba, hosted on the #PeerTube server #CuddlyTube , from the #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

[Spanish, with English subtitles]

🎬 Final short in our series ahead of Our Agroecology, Our Future. Full documentary premiered on @caribbeanagroecology. [IG]

https://cuddly.tube/w/h7ueQ6toPmPgBpRZyd7zUv

#FoodSovereignty #agriculture #farming #FamilyFarming
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #news

#español #ES
@cuba

How Cuba’s Urban Gardens Feed Entire Neighborhoods

[A #PeerTube video on #CuddlyTube about #Cuba, from the #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Roger and Ismar had been farmers for years, but in 1994 they made a radical change, turning to organopónicos—urban organic farms that would soon spread across the country.

On just 1,280 square meters, their Cuban farm grows 250 species of plants—
100% organic. Hurricane-resistant. Community-powered.

Part of our short series ahead of Our Agroecology, Our Future. Premieres next week (Oct 8) on @caribbeanagroecology.

https://cuddly.tube/w/wqkz7dmiKkiQycaqiA89tA

#Cuba #Organoponico #Agroecology
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #español #ES
@cuba

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ElSaltoDiario/115300772177862165

Frustración y profunda indignación. Es demoledora la falta de humanidad que se observa en estos momentos 🇵🇸🍉
#FlotillaRumboAGaza #RumboAGaza #SolidaridadConPalestina #ApoyoALaFlotilla #DerechosHumanos #GazaFreedomFlotilla #FreeGaza #GazaUnderAttack #EndTheBlockade #PalestineSolidarity

Retired U.S. Army Colonel & former U.S. diplomat Ann Wright introduces our upcoming Freedom Flotilla Coalition emergency mission to #BreakTheSiege and #EndTheBlockade of Gaza.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0AScU-Crs