Cuba’s homegrown vaccine candidates have made headlines worldwide. Less well-known is its production of medical gear such as ventilators and CT scanners for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in a bid to achieve […]
Reuters: “Cuba vaunts ‘technical sovereignty’ in COVID battle”
CNN: “This island could be on the cutting edge of vaccine research”
Cuba is the first country in Latin America to develop two advanced Covid-19 vaccine candidates — if both succeed the island will be on the cutting edge of vaccine research. See the […]
UW Parkside International Studies Department Hosting Free Virtual Cuba Event
WHY CUBA? U.S. HOSTILITY, SOLIDARITY AND RACE April 8th, 2021 5-6:30 PM Registration is required. Click here for more information and to register.
Cuba Libre to be COVID-Libre!
Excellent article from Counterpunch on how a cooperative and non-profit approach is leading Cuba’s vaccine development
Cuba’s Dream: Come For A Vacation, Get A Homegrown COVID Vaccine
Cuba’s Vaccine Goals Featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered”.
Milwaukee Car & Bike Caravan to End the US Blockade of Cuba, Sunday, April 25th
Milwaukee Car & Bike Caravan Supporting Ending the US Blockade Sunday, April 25, starting at 1 PM
Milwaukee Rep. Moore Leads Congressional Appeal for Biden to Act Now to Improve Relations with Cuba
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) emphasized her leading role in urging President Biden to act now “to reverse the Trump administration’s harmful policies and work to engage and normalize relations with Cuba,” in a […]
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour hails “Cuba’s quest for vaccines”
Cuba’s medical mission not only provides free healthcare for the people of Cuba, it also helps with health crises internationally. But did you know that Cuba also has a thriving biotech industry? […]
Final trials for Cuban COVID-19 vaccines underway
Two of Cuba’s four COVID-19 vaccine candidates started their final trial stage in March. Soberana 02 is being tested on 44,000 volunteers in Cuba and thousands more in Iran and Venezuela. Two […]
Monthly Coalition Meeting 3/9/2021 7PM
Zoom meting March 9, 7 PM
MPS School Board Unanimously Approves Cuba Resolution
Just one day after the Chicago City Council unanimously voted for normalized relations with Cuba, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors also unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday night, calling “on the Biden […]
Family Farm Defenders Open Letter to President Biden
To Pres. Biden and the US Congress- It is Time to Normalize Relations with Cuba and Work Together Against COVID! Posted on February 7, 2021 by admin Family Farm Defenders has a long tradition of […]
Great news from ACERE! Read their letter here!
Dear ACERE Alliance members and U.S.-Cuba policy advocates: We want to share BIG and EXCITING news: ACERE worked with Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), Rep. Cohen (TN-9), and Rep. Gwen Moore (WI-4) to […]
Learn about this new coalition.
ACERE Alignment for Cuba Engagement & Respect August, 2020 Cuba solidarity activists and supporters, A few weeks ago, we were close to having a legislative win that would have helped provide critical […]
The Wasp Network Showing on Netflix
A guide to get the most out of watching this star-studded drama. For several years, Fernando Gonzalez of the Cuban Five was imprisoned at the federal prison in Oxford, Wisconsin, near Portage. He […]
London Daily Mail Praises Cuba’s COVID-19 Response
Are pro-active outreach and testing good or bad (as our president seems to suggest)? This conservative newspaper in England says if the UK had acted more like Cuba did, reaching out to the population […]
Supporters of Cuba and Black Lives Matter Find Common Ground
This article, from Albany, NY, Times-Union newspaper shows how people there have found commonality between BLM and ending the US embargo on Cuba.
Join the Campaign for the Nobel Prize for the Cuban Doctors
In recognition of the work they’ve done to help other countries combat COVID-19, a movement is afoot to award the Henry Reeves Brigade a Nobel Peace Prize. You can help by adding […]
Coalition Greetings to Garveyfest, Saturday, August 15, 2020
Born in Jamaica on August 17, 1887, Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) in 1914, with a mission of “One Aim. One God. One Destiny”. Garvey […]
Can People from the US Travel to Cuba Now?
Due to the pandemic, it is not practical for people from the U.S. to travel to Cuba, although other countries, such as the UK, list Cuba among the nations safe enough for […]
Cuban Policing – How Does It Compare to the US?
As people across the US continue to demonstrate in support of Black Lives Matter, we are seeing a level of action against racism not seen since the Civil Rights Movement of the […]
The Wasp Network: Now on Netflix
The Wasp Network: Now on Netflix!
Watch the June 23 Event: Revolutionary Medicine in a Time of Pandemic
Did you miss the event? We recorded it for you! Click here to watch our very informative virtual event! The Zoom event included a clip from the documentary “Revolutionary Medicine,” which highlights […]
Cuba’s Medical Internationalism
A Webinar Led by Dr. Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH 7:00 PM Thursday, April 16, 2020 Dr Ehrman is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, did his residency at […]
Meet the Americans Studying Medicine on Cuba’s Dime
Written by Alan Macleod for MintPressnews.com, March 31. 2020 The Cuban government has been paying Americans through a little known program to study medicine in order to return to the United States […]
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care
The country’s universal, low-cost health care system works well. Written by Sara Van Gelder for YesMagazine.org September 19, 2017 It was a rare moment in the health care debate. A Trump supporter, Drea […]
The world rediscovers Cuban medical internationalism
Cuban medicine can help people worldwide–if it is permitted Written by Helen Yaffe for Le Monde Diplomatique, 30 March 2020 Just weeks ago, in late February 2020, US Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders was vilified […]
Bernie Sanders & The Cuban Literacy Campaign
This article, written by Catherine Murphy and published on Truthout on February 28, discusses the Cuban Literacy Campaign and its benefits to Cuban citizens. Ms. Murphy is the founder and director of The […]
Three experts suggest “How the Democratic candidates should talk about Cuba”
From TheHill.com, published March 4, 2020 BY MAX PAUL FRIEDMAN, PHILIP BRENNER, AND ERIC HERSHBERG, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 03/04/20 04:00 PM EST. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN. The media and […]
How to Plan a ‘Support for the Cuban People’ Trip
Find original article here This week, the Trump administration announced that they were “cancelling” the Obama administration’s policy of “easing of restrictions on travel and trade” with Cuba, and signing into law […]
Beyond Cigars and Vintage Cars: A New Photobook Shows You What Havana Really Looks Like Now
See original link Here Havana Youth, the debut photobook by Washington, DC–based photographer Greg Kahn, shines a light on the new Havana—feisty, sexy, alive, and evolving. It’s a stark contrast to the […]
Faith Leaders call for improved U.S.- Cuba relations
Please see this open letter to the President and to Congress by leaders of U.S. faith groups, including the National Council of Churches and many major denominations, calling concretely for improved U.S.- […]
Washington Banning US Flights to All Cuban Cities but Havana
By The Associated Press via The New York Times October 25, 2019 MIAMI — The Trump administration is banning U.S. flights to all Cuban cities except Havana in the latest move to roll […]
Discovering Cuba, an Island of Music
On a road trip across the island, music is everywhere and each region moves to its own defining rhythm. Interactive Article with Compelling Video and Music by Shannon Sims for the New […]
Experience a Unique Country Achieving A High Level Of Human Development At Sustainable Ecological Levels
The World Wildlife Fund’s 2006 LIVING PLANET report found only one country had high human development (long life expectancy & good health indicators, high levels of literacy & education, etc.) and an […]
CBS Sunday Morning discovers Cuba’s unmatched (& largely preserved) coral reefs off the Island of Youth
Trump’s New Travel Restrictions Harm Both US and Cuban People
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout, June 6, 2019 [Note: Effective June 5, 2019, the Trump administration has issued an additional set of travel and transit regulations. Three summaries of these are the 2019 update […]
Interested in Legal Travel to Cuba?
Note: Effective June 5, 2019, the Trump administration has issued an additional set of travel and transit regulations. Three summaries of these are the 2019 update on travel to Cuba , Interested in legal Travel […]
Why Infants May Be More Likely to Die in America Than Cuba
New York Times January 18, 2019 By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist Dr. Lisett Rodríguez talks with Odalys Navarro Carbonell, 31, at a consultorio, or clinic, in Havana. Ms. Navarro is four months pregnant.Credit Lisette Poole […]
U.S. trade embargo has cost Cuba $130 billion, U.N. says
WORLD NEWS MAY 8, 2018 HAVANA (Reuters) – A United Nations agency said on Tuesday an “unjust” U.S. financial and trade embargo on Cuba had cost the country’s economy $130 billion over […]
Come Join us Tuesday, August 13: Wis. Cuba Coalition Meeting features special guest appearance by visiting WI Medical student just back from Cuba
Tuesday, August 13, 7pm: 1) See a short video on Cuba’s partnership with students in over 80 nations, including 100 U.S. students, studying to become doctors debt free, in return for their […]
Don’t Give Trump a Pass on Puerto Rico
New York Times Opinion Sept. 1, 2018 The president thinks the government did a fantastic job last year handling Hurricane Maria. But the revision of the death toll, to nearly 3,000 from […]
MEDICC Welcomes U.S. State Department’s “Upgrading” of Cuba as a Travel Destination
August 28, 2018—“Although overdue, certainly a move in the right direction,” said MEDICC Board Chair Dr. Peter G. Bourne, referring to the August 23 announcement by the U.S. Department of State reclassifying the Cuba […]
Cuba embarks on a 100-year plan to protect itself from climate change
By Richard Stone Jan. 10, 2018 On its deadly run through the Caribbean last September, Hurricane Irma lashed northern Cuba, inundating coastal settlements and scouring away vegetation. The powerful storm dealt Havana […]
An update & how you can support our 2 WI medical students in Cuba
Dear friends, August 3, 2018 Our Wisconsin medical students studying at ELAM in Cuba are back home in the Milwaukee area this summer. Both of them are studying for the U.S. […]
Cuba: National Assembly Approves New Constitutional Draft
Telesur | Tuesday, 24 July 2018 The new constitution would see new laws and policies seeking to maintain the socialist and revolutionary character of the Cuban state. The Cuban parliament unanimously approved the […]
Tesla’s battery maker suspends cobalt supplier amid sanctions concern
Reuters | Tuesday, 31 July 2018 Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that some of the cobalt that Panasonic uses to make Tesla’s batteries is mined in Cuba by Canadian supplier Sherritt […]
Towards the literacy of 300,000 more Haitians
Haiti Libre | Tuesday, 24 July 2018 Haiti – Cuba : Towards the Literacy of 300,000 more Haitians Following a working meeting of Ministers of Education Pierre Josué Agénor Cadet (Haiti) and Ms. Ena […]
Upcoming Cuba Trips!
For more information on future trips to Cuba with Witness for Peace, click here. We have two new Wisconsin-led trips to share! History, Arts and Musical Cultural Education Program VISIT CUBA WITH CAMAGUEY […]
Free Webinar: Why There Are No George Floyds In Cuba
62 years ago the people of Cuba made a revolution, showing that a better world is possible. While a big percentage of people in Cuba are Afro-Cubans, they are not gunned down […]
Cubans stage caravan to protest U.S. trade embargo, sanctions
On March 28, hundreds of Cubans took to Havana’s famous seaside drive on Sunday in a colorful caravan of cars, motorcycles, and bicycles to demand the United States lift its 60-year-old embargo […]
