Video - Two #Solidarity Projects Bypassing The #Blockade
https://peertube.world/w/wiZCRrJaMmFEtNqfKVBP9p

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

Duration - 2:59

Musa Alves, a #NewOrleans designer, and Carolina Leyva, a #CubanAmerican med student in Havana, built a direct aid network for Cuba. They donate solar panels, #medicine and food directly to Cubans amid an economic crisis exacerbated by #US #sanctions.

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#LetCubaLive
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#PetróleoParaCuba
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‘What I Saw in Cuba Was Resilience’
A Cuban American’s Story from the #NuestraAméricaConvoy
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/02/what-i-saw-in-cuba-was-resilience/

from #WorldOutlook
April 2, 2026

“I traveled to #Cuba this month,” writes Gerardo Delgado. “As a #CubanAmerican, that sentence carries the weight of longing born of an estrangement from my roots. For much of my life, Cuba existed as a distant story, a place I knew only through descriptions from my father.

“I was there as part of an international solidarity convoy; over 500 representatives from more than 30 countries, united by a simple conviction: no country has the right to strangle another simply because it chose a different path. I cannot stand by while the island of my family’s heritage is suffocated.”

Delgado is an educator in Miami, Florida, working with the Miami Coalition to End the #US Blockade of Cuba. He recently returned from Cuba, where he went with #CODEPINK’s delegation to the island as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy.

#news #USpol #politics

Refuting Slanders Against #NuestraAméricaConvoy to Cuba
The media’s sleaziest propagandists are mad about the recent aid mission to #Cuba, smearing activists who brought supplies. They’re trying to distract from the real story: the inhuman denial of fuel by the #US .
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/03/refuting-slanders-against-nuestra-america-convoy-to-cuba/

From #WorldOutlook
April 3, 2026
[an article from Current Affairs with an introduction and photos from World-Outlook]

Live fish dying slowly in tanks filled with stagnant green water. Shopkeepers losing all of their refrigerated and frozen food. Taxi drivers calling out desperately for a fare, because tourism to the island has shrunk to a trickle. Restaurants having to close in the middle of a busy dinner service after losing power mid-meal. The look of worry on medical workers’ faces, as they contemplate rationing their remaining antibiotics or painkillers.

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#CubaSolidarity
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
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Video - Niki Franco: The Blockade Isn’t Abstract — It’s Daily Life in Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/o66hXjxZke8sL2w3qE8Jyi
Duration - 1:30

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

Niki Franco, #PuertoRican activist, traveled with the Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba to deliver aid and document daily life. She urges #US citizens to understand the real impact of their government’s policies on millions of Cubans.

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

#Russia Punctures #Oil Blockade, But Economic War Rages On
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/51607

April 3, 2026

[weekly newsletter about #Cuba (with YouTube #video links) from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

Also:

• With #Rubio in Wonderland, Dems Denounce Blockade
• Anti-Imperialist Bicycle Rally Takes Over Malecón
• From #Ireland to #Havana
• Niki Franco: "Cuba Represents Possibility"
• Belly of the Beast Recommends
• Cuba to Free More Than 2,000 #Prisoners
• Judge: Trump Illegally Targeted 900K Immigrants
• Cuba on #US Talks: Everything But Sovereignty "On the Table"
• #Black Doctors Call Out Cuba Blockade's Human Toll
• OAS Rights Commission Ignores Elephant in the Room
  

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

Video - Thousands Flood Havana's Malecón in Massive Bike Rally for Cuba's Sovereignty
https://peertube.world/w/37MCVUfFoq4p9Eko6zqA32
Duration - 1:51

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

Amid a U.S.-imposed #oil #blockade on Cuba that has caused widespread fuel shortages, yesterday thousands of students and workers took over #Havana's #Malecón in a pro-government rally on bicycles, rollerblades, skateboards and electric vehicles.

The gathering celebrated the anniversaries of two Cuban youth organizations.

“This march is a demonstration that we are standing firm,” said one student.

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

Video - Niki Franco on Cuba: The U.S. Blockade Isn’t Abstract
https://peertube.world/w/8hucfzxEC9Fiqb8PdAwYsH
Duration - 6:00

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

The deep crisis currently affecting Cuba is a direct consequence of decades of #US sanctions, and now it’s taking its most recent form as an #oil #blockade. Many people in the US disagree with their government’s policy toward Cuba, including Niki Franco.

Franco, a #PuertoRican writer and activist living in the US, traveled with the #NuestraAméricaConvoy to deliver humanitarian aid and see what daily life in Cuba is like under these US policies.

“I always invite people to learn about Cuba’s history of solidarity with other nations. You can look at any continent and find examples of Cuba helping others,” Niki told BotB.

Niki reflects on her own responsibility, and that of all US citizens, to understand the connection between US foreign policy and the hardships endured by millions of Cubans.

#USpol #politics

Video - “This Is Not Charity — It’s Sovereignty”: Colombian Congresswoman on Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/puPGyRddwEy4ptsGRXBmEL
Duration - 1:16

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

Colombian Congresswoman María Fernanda Carrascal argues that Cuba’s crisis is not about charity, but about #sovereignty, pressure and the right to survive. Carrascal calls for stronger positions across #LatinAmerica as pressure on Cuba intensifies.

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

Video - Jeremy Corbyn: “Cuba must not be isolated”
https://peertube.world/w/xmLFvyhvg9zAxHo65LD1rw
Duration - 1:16

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

Jeremy Corbyn traveled to Havana as part of an international solidarity delegation from Nuestra América Convoy and stated that the crisis in Cuba is the direct result of the blockade, not the Cuban government. “It's time for all of us to step up and show solidarity with Cuba,” said Corbyn.

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

Video - ‘Obama’s Announcement Was Everything We Worked For’
https://peertube.world/w/gSBhMubMzY3U8PUqztmqVd

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

In 2014, something historic happened. The #US admitted that decades of economic war toward Cuba had failed — and chose engagement instead. Historian #PeterKornbluh recalls the moment #BarackObama and #RaúlCastro announced the opening on live television. “It was everything we had worked for,” he says.

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