Nothing on the horizon now threatens the end of the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba. Critical voices inside the United States and beyond fall flat; nothing is in the works, it seems. Recently, however, the United Nations put forth a denunciation that carries unusual force, mainly because of the UN’s legal authority and its practical experience in Cuba.
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”By now, we know full well that hatred is a current, that it is contagious, that it is addictive and something one can die from. In their efforts to make the world hate Cuba and its sovereignty, we must reflect. Have they succeeded? Evidently not. When someone is guilty of a crime, they are usually afraid of being found out. They lie to cover up that fear and continue projecting the image of being powerful. Although, if we delve into this cowardice, more than being discovered in their sins, what frightens them is that it is known what really happens in this archipelago. How, in spite of the material needs that they themselves generate, blaming the Cuban government left and right, this country is moving forward with resistance and has never fallen”
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“What would we Cubans achieve if the blockade did not exist? This genocidal policy that intends to bend our sovereign will by hunger must cease. They will never succeed,” the minister concluded.
Heavy rains are leaving a desolate panorama in eastern Cuba. Entire communities are buried under thick mud and water due to the torrential and prolonged rains that have been lashing the country for the past weeks.
A report published this week featuring previously unreleased drawings by Abu Zubaydah — a 52-year-old Saudi who has been imprisoned by the United States for more than 20 years at C.I.A. “black sites” and Guantánamo Bay — offers new insight into torture suffered by a man caught up in a case of mistaken identity.
It is painfully clear that the Pentagon and the CIA simply cannot let go of their obsession with controlling Cuba. The ultimate answer to this moral and economic travesty lies with the American people. After all, the Pentagon’s and the CIA’s economic embargo is also an attack on us and, specifically, our fundamental, natural, God-given rights of economic liberty, freedom of travel, freedom of trade, and freedom of association.
“We will continue to prioritize development based on science, the health of the people over wealth, solidarity over selfishness in harsh times, despite the economic crisis, pandemics, and blockade,” the minister concluded. The world should be more like Cuba to become a better place.
” Joe Biden should remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism without further delay, a decision taken by his predecessor Donald Trump”
Hear from some of the 150 young organizers from the US that traveled to Cuba as part of the 2023 May Day Brigade with the International Peoples’ Assembly
