Video - What 2025 Looked Like for Cuba, a Belly of the Beast Recap

[A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

https://peertube.wtf/w/u44KU6kAGhpk5V34Ro3RXz

2025 was a defining year for Cuba. A year of intensified #US pressure and extraordinary #solidarity, inside the island and beyond.

This Belly of the Beast 2025 News Recap brings together the moments that shaped Cuba’s year, told through the voices of those who lived it.

This year, we covered:

•Marco Rubio and US officials escalate rhetoric and actions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

•Cuban athletes denied US visas, missing tournaments and #Olympics qualifiers

•Cuba’s U-20 #soccer team makes history

•#HurricaneMelissa devastates eastern Cuba, and Cubans rally together in response

•#PublicHealth in crisis amid dengue, chikungunya and #medical shortages

•Mass demonstrations in solidarity with #Palestine and #Venezuela

#EndTheEmbargo
#LatinAmerica
#politics #USpol

Belly of the Beast videos about Cuba channel hosted on PeerTube.wtf
is now caught up with the collection on YouTube.  From now on, new #videos from YouTube will be quickly loaded to #PeerTube as well.  [The previous Cuddly.Tube channel will be taken down soon.]

URL: https://peertube.wtf/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos

Also significant is the expansion of playlists.  BotB produces a lot of videos, and it is sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for.   I spent some time going through the collection and adding playlists. 

If you set up a login on PeerTube.wtf, you could also develop and save your own private playlists.  But logins are not necessary to browse videos on PeerTube.wtf.

One playlist that will probably get a lot of use is Cuba and #Palestine, which contains 17 videos.

When you get a chance, please check them out.

#LetCubaLive #EndTheEmbargo #Solidarity #FreePalestine
#politics #BellyOfTheBeast #Cuba #Gaza

@palestine

Interview with Irish legend, David Hickey

https://peertube.wtf/w/d2mDpoeiwvVFNNAWTLSVgp

[A video podcast about #Cuba, hosted on PeerTube.wtf, from the podcast team #CubaAnalysisPodcast]

#DavidHickey’s extraordinary life bridges three distinct worlds: renowned #Irish surgeon, sporting legend, and #solidarity activist.

Hickey’s solidarity with Cuba began through his admiration for its athletes, especially Olympians Alberto Juantorena, track runner, and boxer Teófilo Stevenson, who turned down lucrative professional contracts in order to remain loyal to the Cuban Revolution. In the 1990s, while developing #Ireland’s pancreas transplant programme, Hickey met a Cuban transplant surgeon in France who invited him to visit the island.

In 1999, Hickey travelled to Havana and was ‘absolutely captivated’ by the people and society. He founded the Irish Cuban Medical Association, which shipped ten 40-foot containers of medical supplies to Cuba...

#CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#news #politics #PeerTube

🇻🇳🇨🇺 Việt Nam cùng cộng đồng quốc tế mạnh mẽ kêu gọi chấm dứt cấm vận Cuba tại Đại hội đồng Liên Hợp Quốc. Nghị quyết thường niên về “Sự cần thiết phải chấm dứt cấm vận kinh tế, thương mại và tài chính của Hoa Kỳ đối với Cuba” được thảo luận. #Cuba #Embargo #EndTheEmbargo #Cuba #Cấmvận #Cộngđồngquốctế #Chấmdứtcấmvận

https://vtcnews.vn/viet-nam-cung-cong-dong-quoc-te-manh-me-keu-goi-cham-dut-cam-van-cuba-ar984169.html

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

see above post
One hundred thousand people came into the streets on Friday in Havana for Palestine

#Palestine #Gaza #Cuba
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@cuba

@palestine

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