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US Blockade Leaves 7,000+ Cuba-Bound Containers Stranded

August 13, 2026 TeleSur English. , , ,
The containers hold merchandise lawfully purchased by Cuba under international trade rules, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, speaking before the current session of the National Assembly of People’s Power. He referred to the U.S. economic blockade as an “energy siege” and described the impact on the entire Cuban population as “collective punishment,” noting that new pressure measures have been applied since the start of the year. Perez-Oliva further held responsible “those who try to prevent the arrival of this merchandise, those who remain impassive allowing this genocide to be committed, and those who bow to the interests of the U.S.”

The Gulf That Unites Us

August 1, 2026 Rosa Miriam Elizalde, Resumen English. , , , ,
On Sunday, along Paseo de la Reforma, the flags of Mexico and Cuba fluttered in unison in the same breeze. The procession covered 2.6 kilometers from the Hemiciclo a Juárez to the former U.S. Embassy in a march against the blockade and in defense of Cuban sovereignty. It might have seemed like a one-off protest. In reality, it was the resurgence of a political memory that has spanned the Gulf for two centuries. Between Mexico and Cuba, the sea has never been merely a distance, but also a route of conquests and exiles, of conspiracies, culture, and refuge.

Pittsburgh Anti-War Activists Picket Home Of Senator John Fetterman

July 31, 2026 Dot Bodwell, Fight Back! News. , , ,
Braddock, PA – On Sunday, July 26, the International Solidarity Committee of Pittsburgh (ISCPIT) gathered outside John Fetterman's home in Braddock, Pennsylvania to protest the Senator's support of the Trump administration's increased sanctions on Cuba. This protest was held as part of the Anti-War Action Network's week of action marking Cuba’s National Rebellion Day. Organizers and attendees chanted, held signs and spoke on a variety of issues that Senator Fetterman has been on the wrong side of, focusing on his vote in April to uphold the Trump administration's ramping up sanctions on Cuba.

International Solidarity Arrives In Havana: ‘Rumbo A Cuba’ Project

July 20, 2026 Syara S. Massip, Resumen English. , , ,
International solidarity and the defense of human rights converged in Cuba with the arrival of the humanitarian mission “Rumbo a Cuba” / “Heading to Cuba,” spearheaded by the NGO Open Arms and more than 150 civil society organizations. The activities began at Casa de las Américas, in an event that brought together figures from Cuban culture and civil society, and served as a prelude to the arrival of the sailboat “Astral” in the port of Havana, scheduled for Sunday, July 19th. Saturday’s event at Casa de las Américas was a space for encounter and reaffirmation of solidarity.

Imperialism And The Moral Decay Of The West

July 16, 2026 Atilio A. Boron, Resumen-English. , , ,
The irreversible decline of the U.S. empire’s global hegemony is not merely an economic or technological issue. Such an reductionist approach would prevent us from grasping the full scope and the many dimensions of this slow but inexorable decline. It is also a military issue: the inability to win wars, continually highlighted by analysts in that country and confirmed in recent days by the setback suffered by Washington (and its cronies in Tel Aviv) in the war against Iran. It is also political, because one of the consequences of the dictatorship of capital that underlies the logic of the empire has been the growing dissatisfaction with bourgeois democracy, the practice of which has only served to make the rich exponentially wealthier and keep the vast majority of the U.S. population in poverty.

Despite US’ Backdoor ‘Diplomacy’, UNGA Once Again Heard Condemnations Of US Blockade On Cuba

July 11, 2026 Pablo Meriguet, BreakThrough News. , , ,
Last week, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced that the island nation was bringing a pressing debate to the floor of the United Nations General Assembly. Cuba proposed that a debate be opened so that the world could have a better sense of the crippling impacts of the energy blockade on the island that the US has de-facto imposed beginning in December and then formally imposed through presidential decree in late January. The prohibition on the export of fuel to Cuba has provoked a serious energy, economic, and humanitarian crisis on the island.

Washington Fails To Block Cuba-Embargo Debate At UN

July 8, 2026 Damilola Banjo, Consortium News. , , ,
The United States lost its campaign to scuttle a United Nations General Assembly debate on its decades-old embargo on Cuba as member states voted overwhelmingly against Washington to clear the rostrum for countries to deliberate on wide-ranging, more restrictive sanctions that have grounded Havana’s economy. Emotions ran high between the U.S. and Cuba. Member states voted 136-to-9, with 30 abstentions, on Tuesday to proceed with a long session of speeches mostly condemning Washington’s 70-plus-year-old embargo on Cuba.

Sanctions Are Murder

July 6, 2026 Rev. Frederick Morris, Popular Resistance. , , ,
On January 1, 1959, I was in Kankakee, Illinois, spending New Year’s Day with my brother and his family. I was home for the Christmas holidays from Drew University, where I would graduate in June and continue my career as a Methodist preacher. We had planned to watch a football game, but what came over the airwaves were black-and-white TV views of Fidel Castro, Che Guevarra and their band of guerrillas riding victoriously into Havana. This was the first time a Revolution had actually been shown on TV, and the people of the United States were thrilled.

Hybrid Warfare Hell

July 5, 2026 Rosa Miriam Elizalde, Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla stepped up the tone of his condemnation, stating that the U.S. government’s aggression against the island is “multidimensional.” Therefore, at a press conference on June 30, he announced that Cuba had requested a session of the United Nations General Assembly for July 7, with the aim of bringing the impact of the economic and energy blockade to the attention of the international community, while the State Department is taking steps to halt the debate at the UN. We have heard the terms “hybrid war” or “multidimensional war” many times, but their nature and manifestation are not explained.

Socialism Under Siege: Cuba Embarks On Emergency Reforms

June 23, 2026 C. J. Atkins, People's World. , , ,
State capitalism, socialist market economy, New Economic Policy—whatever term supporters or critics of the Cuban Revolution want to use, it’s clear that the emergency reforms being proposed in that country will bring major changes to its socialist system. On June 19, Cuba’s National Assembly unanimously approved a sweeping package of 176 economic measures presented by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero in a nearly two-hour address to lawmakers. The package touches virtually every pillar of the socialist economy: private property, market pricing, labor law, banking, and foreign investment.

Cuba In The Eye Of The Storm

June 13, 2026 Luis de Jesus Reyes, Breakthrough News. , , , ,
It is just past 9:00 pm, and the Havana neighborhood where I live is completely dark. This part of the capital has been without electricity for 20 hours. On my street and those nearby, the silence has been broken by the noise of cacerolazos (pot-banging protests), a form of dissent that used to be rare in Cuba but is becoming increasingly frequent these days. To a certain extent, this is understandable. The lack of electricity affects virtually every aspect of daily life for Cubans. Long hours of blackouts, which can stretch to nearly 48 hours in some provinces, leave little room for daily routines and force citizens to manage their affairs based entirely on when the power comes back on.

European Solidarity Convoy For Cuba Sets Off From Belgium

June 13, 2026 Cuban Embassy in Belgium, Resumen English. , , ,
The initiative will travel across the continent under the slogans “Let Cuba Breathe” and “Europe, Wake Up.” They condemned Washington’s energy blockade and sanctions policy against the island. Luxembourg Square in Brussels, located in Belgium across from the European Parliament, became the setting where the activities of the European convoy of solidarity with Cuba began on Wednesday, June 10. Despite the cold weather and rain throughout the day, more than a hundred people gathered in this space to express their support for the island and reject the suffocating policies applied by the U.S. government.

Cuba Solidarity Protesters Denounce US Blockade And Invasion Plans

June 2, 2026 Lyna Bentahar, The Indypendent. , , ,
Dozens of demonstrators convened Sunday in front of Moynihan Train Hall to protest the United States’ oil blockade on Cuba and raise awareness of the dire conditions there. Virtually no fuel is allowed to enter the country since the Trump administration ordered the blockade in January, halting essential services like health care and sanitation. At the same time, the Trump administration has threatened “take” Cuba, and media reports have suggested President Donald Trump has taken greater interest in the island since entering a stalemate with Iran in the war the United States has waged there.

United States Grips Cuba In ‘Medieval Siege’, Threatens Invasion

June 1, 2026 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. , , , , ,
Only one tanker of oil has been delivered to Cuba this year as the United States imposes a brutal economic blockade enforced through a naval occupation and threats of force. The ramifications are tremendous - industries and transportation have shut down, what little food is available is rotting due to lack of refrigeration and hospitals are unable to provide life-saving care. Clearing the FOG speaks with Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, who has been leading humanitarian delegations to Cuba, about the crisis, retaliation against her and others for their efforts and the possibility of a military invasion.

Venezuela Under Siege: Defending The Revolution Against US Imperialism

May 26, 2026 Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
In response to recent developments in Venezuela under imperialist siege, international solidarity activists should adopt a stance that does not inadvertently reinforce Washington’s drive for domination. Our central responsibility is not to adjudicate every tactical decision made under siege conditions, but to oppose the imperialist aggression that creates those conditions. The overwhelming structure of US hybrid warfare against Venezuela remains intact, continuing to suffocate the country’s economic recovery and undermine its sovereignty. Washington continues to exert decisive pressure over the country’s principal source of national revenue, the oil sector.
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