Surviving the Siege: Cuba and the U.S. Blockade
Breakthrough’s Rania Khalek went to Havana to investigate. The US blockade of Cuba leaves no part of Cuban society untouched. It intentionally causes shortages of […]
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A Glance at the Cuban Missile Crisis
As the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) plans for expansion plays out on Russia’s borders, the question of sovereignty and defense could be recalled through […]
Chernobyl Children in Cuba: an Untold Story (Part 2)
March 29, 2022 was the 32nd anniversary of the arrival in Cuba of 139 children from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus; after the impact of the […]
Cuba Prepares for Disaster
The September 2021 Scientific American included a description by the editors of the deplorable state of disaster relief in the US. They traced the root […]
Cuba’s system of participatory democracy
Listen to the audio clip from Helen Yaffe’s recent discussion of Rev Left Radio with host, Brett O’Shea, about the Cuban political system. Unlike the […]
Chernobyl Children in Cuba: an Untold Story (Part I)
Tarara, children of Chernobyl. Photo Liborio Noval By way of introduction… One day in 2011, Peruvian visual artist Sonia Cunliffe visited the beach resort of […]
The US Blockade Against Cuba Is an Act of War
BY HELEN YAFFE For sixty years, the United States’ blockade against Cuba has worked to hinder the island’s development and prevent it from trading even […]
How Does the Helms-Burton Act Affect Cuba?
The ability of the Cuban people to overcome the longest economic, financial and commercial siege in history is proof of the firmness and perseverance to […]
The revolutionary life of Celia Sánchez
On this International Women’s Day we focus on the revolutionary life of Celia Sánchez. Sánchez’s transition into an anti-Batista revolutionary began when a little peasant […]
Myths and realities in the draft Families Code
The variety of opinions expressed during popular consultation meetings will no doubt help us construct a better Code, but comments based on false information, and […]
