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 - Puerto Rican Solidarity Groups Defy U.S. Blockade on Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/aEtv7EGSo3VkN1EyhpWNif

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

In the face of #Trump's #oil #blockade on Cuba, a group of #solidarity activists from Puerto Rico arrived in #Havana last Saturday to deliver medicine and medical equipment to the Salvador Allende Hospital, known as "La Covadonga," in the Cerro municipality.

Part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy, the #PuertoRican solidarity groups included the Committee for Solidarity with Cuba and the Juan Rius Rivera Brigade.

The convoy's arrival was "a ray of light in the middle of the darkness," said Dr. Mylene Vázquez, director of the #hospital.

"Cuba and #PuertoRico are two wings of the same bird," said Sebastián Castro, from Committee for Solidarity with Cuba.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#PetróleoParaCuba
#AbajoElBloqueo
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol

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