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1.9yr
Cuba ratifies its support to the "one China" principle
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/01/19/cuba-ratifies-its-support-to-the-one-china-principle/cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3373985 ... read full post
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1.9yr
Our Help is Still Needed to Provide Medicines for Cuban Children with Cancer
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gUlphyA5CKYThe Hatuey Project has been working since July, 2022 to provide material aid for Cuba's medical needs, to help Cuba overcome the crippling effects of the 60-year long U.S. blockade of Cuba combined with the unjust "State Sponsor of Terrorism" designation. Watch the new video above summarizing our work since then, and please help our efforts by donating what you can. 100% of your tax-deductible donation goes to providing medicine for Cuba. We are happy to be partnering with IFCO/Pastors for Peace in this important work. ... read full post
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1.9yr
"Our Capacity to Resist and Win Is Based on Socialism" - MLToday
https://mltoday.com/our-capacity-to-resist-and-win-is-based-on-socialism/cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1586829
Good stuff.
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2.1yr
Y en eso llegó Fidel
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died of natural causes seven years ago today after surviving 634 CIA assassination attempts. ... read full post
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2.1yr
Cuba strengthens cyberspace in the midst of digital transformation
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/11/20/cuba-strengthens-cyberspace-in-the-midst-of-digital-transformation/cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1160608
Your thoughts?
Short article, btw.
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2.1yr
Cuba strengthens cyberspace in the midst of digital transformation
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/11/20/cuba-strengthens-cyberspace-in-the-midst-of-digital-transformation/cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1160608
Your thoughts?
Short article, btw.
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2.1yr
Cuba Is Not Indifferent to the Massacre in Gaza
https://files.constantcontact.com/c8e6c4b6001/b525490d-54fc-4954-9eec-b9c0398fbbeb.jpg
17
2.1yr
Mariela Castro: ‘Palestine is and shall always be Arab land’
https://www.workers.org/?p=74492In times of so much pain, I stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and join the worldwide call for the immediate cessation of the genocide in Gaza. ... read full post
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2.2yr
Demonstrations in Havana
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/868263 ... read full post
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2.2yr
Comparison between treatment of severe mental illness in the U.S. and the Republic of Cuba
https://www.workers.org/?p=73532In socialist Cuba, it is a different story. There are enough doctors, nurses and other medical workers, psychiatrists and psychologists to cover the entire Cuban population. “The physician to citizen ratio in Cuba is the world’s highest, with 8 physicians to every 1,000 citizens, more than double the ratio of physicians to citizens in the U.S. (Gonzalez Mendez, 2005; Campion & Morrissey, 2015) ... read full post
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2.2yr
Cuban President Díaz-Canel on challenges facing developing countries
https://www.workers.org/?p=73434Díaz-Canel stressed that, “It is necessary to remove the international barriers that have hindered access to knowledge by developing countries and their use of such determining factors for economic and social progress.”
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2.4yr
‘Cuba will never renounce its socialist system of social justice’ — Speech by Cuban Ambassador to U.N.
https://www.workers.org/?p=72683We were able to offer to the world the solidarity that Washington did not give to the Cuban people with our medical brigades, in the worst moments of the pandemic. ... read full post
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2.5yr
Pentagon denies that the PRC is developing a spy station in the Republic of Cuba
https://www.workers.org/?p=71682Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder called the WSJ report “inaccurate” during a June 8 briefing. “We are not aware of China and Cuba developing any type of spy station,” said Ryder, adding that “the relationship that those two countries share is something that we continuously monitor.” (thehill.com, June 8) ... read full post
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2.6yr
Amazon Labor Union’s Chris Smalls: ‘Worker solidarity doesn’t stop at the border’
https://www.workers.org/?p=71148Show solidarity with the workers of Cuba and all of the people who have suffered for literally no reason and join us in demanding an end to the blockade.
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2.6yr
Haydée Santamaría, central figure in the Cuban Revolution
https://www.workers.org/?p=71144Batista wanted Haydée Santamaría to divulge Fidel’s whereabouts. To force her to speak, the torturers showed her her brother’s eyes and Boris’ dismembered genitalia. This grotesque act of intimidation, however, did not break her revolutionary strength. She defied her own torturers and remained silent. “If you did that to them, and they didn’t talk, much less will I.” ... read full post
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2.6yr
Progressive Africa in solidarity with the Republic of Cuba
https://www.workers.org/?p=7053515
2.7yr
A comparison of mental health care: the United States & the Republic of Cuba
https://www.workers.org/?p=70480The most important concept underlying mental health services in Cuba is the strength of the relationship between mental health care and Cuban society as a whole. Mental health care is completely integrated into Cuban society. The orientation of health care in general is preventive, through education and frequent contact, so that potential health problems are spotted early before they become serious. Psychologists and other mental health workers are included. ... read full post
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2.7yr
Marx in front of us
https://en.granma.cu/cuba/2023-03-28/marx-in-front-of-us13
2.7yr
MIR cards, a payment system that defies the blockade against Cuba
https://en.granma.cu/mundo/2023-03-30/mir-cards-a-payment-system-that-defies-the-blockade-against-cubaSince March 13, Cuban banks have been accepting the Mir card issued in Russia, which allows cash withdrawals by converting rubles into Cuban pesos and favors transactions by tourists or businessmen from the Eurasian nation on the island. ... read full post
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2.7yr
75.92% turnout in Cuba’s legislative elections
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/03/28/75-92-turnout-in-cubas-legislative-elections/20
2.8yr
Socialist Cuba and mosquitos: humanity calls, Cuba answers
https://www.workers.org/?p=69851In a March 2020 talk to the National Network on Cuba, University of Glasgow lecturer Dr. Helen Yaffe stated that Cuba initiated biotechnology five years before the first capitalist biotech company was established. Dr. Yaffe explained that Cuban biotech was nonprofit — based on collaboration, not competition — and is tied to their education system. ... read full post
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2.8yr
Mexico will Hire More Cuban Doctors
http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/world/20689-mexico-will-hire-more-cuban-doctors
... read full post
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2.8yr
Cuba marks Day of the Cuban Press
http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/cuba/20684-cuba-marks-day-of-the-cuban-press-2
... read full post
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2.8yr
Mar. 11–12: International U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference, in-person & virtual
https://www.us-cubanormalization.org/viva-cuba/inter-us-cubanormalization-conferenceMarch 11-12, Fordham University, NYC ... read full post
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2.8yr
Cuba to host course on Marxist thought in Afro-America
https://web.archive.org/web/20230228174723/https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/02/28/cuba-to-host-course-on-marxist-thought-in-afro-america/
... read full post