Video - Interview with Cuba’s Ambassador to the UK
https://peertube.world/w/uTVn1x2FUM3giEDkL8RTZo

[A #video #podcast about #Cuba from the podcast team #CubaAnalysisPodcasts]

Duration - 1:05:51

In this episode of Cuba Analysis, #HelenYaffe sits down with Cuban Ambassador Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter to discuss recent and escalating threats from the #US government under #Trump. These include the designation of Cuba as a threat to US national security, the imposition of an #oil #blockade, and the threat of military aggression to enforce regime change. The conversation explores the human cost of these measures, from energy shortages and blackouts to the damage inflicted on Cuba’s public #healthcare and #education systems. These coercive measures expose the real strategy behind US policy towards since 1960, as outlined in a secret memo written by US diplomat Lester Mallory advocating #EconomicWarfare to provoke “hunger, desperation and overthrow of government”.

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What’s next for Cuba? Trump turns the screws as the island runs out of jet fuel
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/49082?p=%2C%2C%2C20%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3Arecentpostdate%2Fsticky%2C%2Cyaffe%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C117838574

from #CNBC via CubaNews
Feb. 14, 2026

#Cuba’s emergency measures should be seen as crucial test for the #BRICS bloc of developing nations, according to #HelenYaffe, a Cuba expert and professor of #LatinAmerica political economy at the University of Glasgow.

“This is probably the most important test now for BRICS … If BRICS cannot protect, defend and rally around a member, then what is it worth?” Yaffe told CNBC.

Cuba acquired “partner country” status of the BRICS group in January last year, bolstering its ties with the likes of #Brazil, #Russia and #China. Indeed, each of these three countries have sought to offer support to Cuba in recent days.

“The Cuban government is not going to submit,” Yaffe said. “The fact is, [the #US is] going to keep squeezing and the Cubans are going to keep resisting and there’s going to be a lot of unnecessary suffering.”

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#Video - Thousands Gather in Havana to Honor 32 Cubans Killed During US Invasion in Venezuela
from #CubaAnalysisPodcasts
https://peertube.wtf/w/feLLj41q1ov8j5G3SBZXbK

Thousands of Cubans rose early this morning to honor the 32 compatriots killed by #US troops during the violent abduction of Venezuelan President #NicolásMaduro on January 3, 2026. Their remains were flown into #Havana, and honoured with a ceremony there before being carried along Boyeros Avenue—lined with mourners—to the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. People waited for hours to pay tribute to the fallen Cubans, despite the heavy rain which swept in, filing past the coffins in silence and sorrow.

Cuba Analysis co-host #HelenYaffe was there as the procession passed and spoke with attendees about why they had participated and what this moment means for them and for #Cuba.

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On a new PeerTube.wtf channel - Podcasts from "Cuba Analysis"

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🎙️ We are excited to announce the launch of Cuba Analysis 🇨🇺, a new podcast hosted by #NinaBlodau and #HelenYaffe which goes beyond the headlines to explore #Cuba’s development...

We speak to experts you rarely hear from and draw on sources you never see. On #CubaAnalysis podcast we dissect facts, provide context, challenge assumptions, and get to the root of issues shaping the island today. Join us for honest conversations and fresh perspectives.

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Cuba Sends #Doctors, the US Sends #Sanctions

The #UnitedStates calls #Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the #GlobalSouth.

from #Jacobin
By #HelenYaffe
March 8, 2025

On February 25, #US secretary of state #MarcoRubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s overseas #medical-assistance programs. A #USStateDepartment statement clarified that the sanction extends to “current and former” officials and the “immediate family of such persons.”

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/cuba-medical-programs-us-sanctions

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