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Cuban Envoy Draws 'Red Lines' Amid Specter of US Invasion and DOJ Targeting #Castro Like Maduro
Cuban Chargé d’Affaires Lianys Torres Rivera said her government is willing to negotiate with the US, but “the only exception is our sovereignty, independence, and right to self-determination.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-threatens-cuba

from #CommonDreams
May 15, 2026

#Cuba’s top diplomat in the United States on Friday underscored the inviolability of her country’s sovereignty amid tenuous negotiations with the #Trump administration and mounting fears that the #US is planning to criminally indict a former Cuban president and possibly invade the island to abduct him..

“We have reorganized the whole country, the healthcare system, the education system, the transportation system, to keep the basic services running,” Torres Rivera told #TheHill. “But it doesn’t mean that they are running normally. They are running under huge stress.”

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
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Cuban Envoy Draws 'Red Lines' Amid Specter of US Invasion and DOJ Targeting Castro Like Maduro | Common Dreams

Cuban Chargé d'Affaires Lianys Torres Rivera said her government is willing to negotiate with the US, but "the only exception is our sovereignty, independence, and right to self-determination."

Common Dreams

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧4d ago

Video - U.S.-Cuba Solidarity Persists Amid Washington’s Pressure
https://peertube.world/w/ut5QiQRe6BKjKHiTCPxr5T
Duration - 2:38

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

May Day in Cuba was more than a workers’ celebration this year. Many marched with a clear message: no U.S. intervention.

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

U.S.-Cuba Solidarity Persists Amid Washington’s Pressure

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧May 11

Video - US Voices Against the Blockade | Episode 3: Justine Medina
https://peertube.world/w/2S27HG4E8Mih59hNA9Hh4N
Duration - 2:06

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

Justine Medina is a barista and Cuban-American activist opposed to the embargo imposed by the #US government on Cuba, the island she considers her other homeland.

After multiple visits to Cuba, she says conditions have worsened: food shortages, scarcity of medicine and constant blackouts that make daily life harder.

According to Justine, this war, which has lasted 66 years and has intensified over time, only causes more suffering for the people.

“I grew up hearing criticism of the Cuban government,” says Justine, who was raised in Florida. “But I also learned that the #embargo should end.”

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

U.S. Voices Against the Blockade | Episode 3: Justine Medina

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧May 11

What We Saw in Cuba Shocked Us
Opinion - Guest Essay
By Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan L. Jackson
Ms. Jayapal, of Washington’s Seventh Congressional District, and Mr. Jackson, of Illinois’s First Congressional District, are Democrats in the House of Representatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/cuba-us-blockade.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.cjPw.LF0lWJnJpgOD&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[shareable 30-day gift article]

May 11, 2026

The #US #blockade of fuel to #Cuba, on top of the longest embargo in modern US history, defies the norms of international law that provide for state sovereignty, nonintervention in domestic affairs and the right of nations to trade freely. It amounts to an economic assault on the basic infrastructure of Cuba, designed to inflict collective punishment on the civilian population by manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in which #HealthCare, running water, agriculture and transportation are no longer available.

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

Opinion | Cubans Deserve America’s Generosity, Not Its Cruelty

If Americans knew what Cuba was enduring, they would demand an end to the U.S. blockade.

The New York Times

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧May 8

Video - In the Face of Washington’s Threats, U.S.-Cuba Solidarity Strengthens
https://peertube.world/w/cPJQYNcH1wR2arxFcVLt3Q

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

Duration - 8:01

While Washington doubles down on its economic war on Cuba, one young activist from Minneapolis packed his bag and flew to Havana. Lavish came not despite U.S. aggression, but because of it, to show #solidarity with the Cuban people.

On #internationalWorkersDay, Lavish was joined by Josué, a young Cuban researcher who has been attending May Day marches since he was a child. The two come from different worlds, but found common ground in Havana.

Cuba is living through one of its hardest economic moments in decades. And yet, there are people in the #US who choose to show up anyway, to stand alongside a people they believe deserve dignity, sovereignty and the right to live without the threat of war or foreign intervention.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#LetCubaLive
#news #politics #USpol

In the Face of Washington’s Threats, U.S.-Cuba Solidarity Strengthens

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧May 8

Emergency Speak-out Saturday Night in #LosAngeles, CA, #USA - No War on #Cuba

[update: #JewishVoiceForPeace - #JVP in Los Angeles just endorsed the speak-out.]

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
@cuba

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧May 8

Video - Vic Mensa Documents Cuba Under Blockade
https://peertube.world/w/jmnhGX7oaN8MQk4w3WCpPF

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Duration - 3:00

Vic Mensa traveled to Cuba with the Nuestra América Convoy, not as an artist, but as a witness.What he found in the streets of Old Havana moved him to his core.

Join Patreon to watch full interview! By becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon, you gain early access to selected videos and documentaries and can attend a monthly live briefing with a Belly of the Beast journalist.

More importantly, your membership also helps support our on-the-ground reporting that you won’t find anywhere else!

Vic Mensa Documents Cuba Under Blockade

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧May 7

#Video - US Voices Against the Blockade Episode 2: Imani Bashir
https://peertube.world/w/oBRgayfhyQKmpGizL1YXZj

[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Duration - 2:02

#ImaniBashir is a Black American activist from Washington D.C. She visited to #Cuba following a radical political tradition, one that includes Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, and Kwame Ture, figures who understood the #CubanRevolution as part of a broader struggle for liberation.

For Bashir, visiting Cuba wasn't just political, it was personal. Seeing #AfroCuban people, she says, was seeing people who look like her, who share her history, who have maintained their culture and dignity under decades of sanctions.

Her argument on the #blockade is straightforward: Cuba has never been a threat to the US. It has never put #US safety, its food supply, or resources at stake. "It has only been the other way around," she says.

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

U.S. Voices Against the Blockade Episode 2: Imani Bashir

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧May 4

Video - Why This Renowned Cuban Violinist Keeps Returning Home
https://peertube.world/w/cgbGCpLh7NS8nd9qZ1jJ2B
Duration - 1:40

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

Renowned Cuban-born #violinist #YilianCañizares has been described as one of the most incredible talents of her generation. She tells us why, despite building a hugely successful career in Europe, she still feels Cuba is her real home.

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

Why This Renowned Cuban Violinist Keeps Returning Home

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧May 3

‘No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,’ President Warns Trump
After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only “find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-responds-to-trump-invasion-threat

from #CommonDreams
May 02, 2026

President #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez of #Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from #US President Donald #Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country.

“The President of the #UnitedStates escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” said Díaz-Canel in a statement.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol

'No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,' President Warns Trump | Common Dreams

After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only "find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory."

Common Dreams