Miami is known as the bastion of Cuban-American hardliners. But many in Miami don’t support U.S. sanctions on Cuba. Every month Cuban-American activists gather to call for an end to the embargo and better relations with Cuba. Their message of reconciliation has angered pro-embargo politicians like Marco Rubio, who has called for an F.B.I. investigation.
Aleida Guevara, daughter of the Che, talks about her experience with Cuba’s international medical brigades and the importance of solidarity among peoples: “That gives you extraordinary force as a people, truly, because you can say ‘We are capable, we are capable of going to any place in the world where our help is needed’. Neither their skin color, nor their religion matter, not even what they think matters. It doesn’t matter. We can simply be useful and we are. That is one of the most beautiful things of the socialist revolution.”
On July 26, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the mediCuba-Europe network launched a campaign at the European level in order […]
Several European countries have issued travel warnings to their citizens: if you go to Cuba, you’ll need to apply for a visa to visit the […]
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez sat down with BT’s Rania Khalek following the UN General Assembly to discuss why so many countries oppose the U.S. blockade, how U.S. official hostility towards Cuba hurts both countries and his own personal history volunteering in the liberation struggle of Angola against racist apartheid.
Belly of the Beast Reports A massive fire at an oil storage facility in Matanzas, Cuba, has left dozens injured, 17 missing and at least […]
BT’s Rania Khalek was on the ground in Havana, Cuba, and spoke to Dr. Vicente Vérez Bencomo, General director of the Finlay vaccine institute in […]
BT’s Rania Khalek paid a visit to the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, also known as ELAM. Cuba’s socialist government foots the bill […]
We’re constantly told that socialism is a failure and that no matter how bad things are in the US, we should be grateful to live […]
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 […]
