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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega at the ALBA summit in La Habana province, Cuba, in December 2021 / credit: Cuba's presidential office

U.S. Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Also Target Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba

Benjamin Norton February 28, 2022 Benjamin Norton

U.S. President Joe Biden’s top Latin America advisor, Juan S. González, admitted U.S. sanctions against Russia aim to hurt Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. The three socialist governments condemned NATO aggression for creating the crisis in Ukraine, reports Ben Norton.

A mass rally in Havana, Cuba, has started with former President Raul Castro, President Diaz-Canel and the Cuban 5 at the front. Thousands of supporters of the government have been arriving since 5 am on Havana’s Malecon, just a few blocks from the U.S. Embassy / credit: CubaDebate

If You Grew Up With the U.S. Blockade as a Cuban, You Might Understand the Recent Protests Differently

Manolo De Los Santos and Vijay Prashad July 21, 2021 Manolo De Los Santos and Vijay Prashad

During the early morning of July 17, tens of thousands of Cubans gathered along the Malecón boulevard in Havana to stand with the Cuban Revolution.

The United States Tries to Take Advantage of the Price Cubans Are Paying for the Blockade and the Pandemic

Manolo De Los Santos and Vijay Prashad July 15, 2021 Manolo De Los Santos and Vijay Prashad

If the U.S.-imposed blockade ended, many of the great challenges facing Cuba would lift.

Cuban activist Carlos Lazo getting ready to start his march from Miami to Washington, D.C. / credit: Tighe Barry

How One Cuban Is Leading the Charge to Transform U.S.-Cuba Policy

Medea Benjamin July 9, 2021 Medea Benjamin

Carlos Lazo and a small band of Cubans are on a 1,300-mile pilgrimage from Miami to Washington, D.C., to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba.