Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair On February 24, 2019, the Cuban people overwhelmingly adopted a new constitution, as 84.4% of resident citizens voted in the constitutional referendum, with 86.8 % voting “Yes,” […]
Cuba Adopts a New Socialist Constitution
New U.S. visa policy for Cubans draws widespread criticism
BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES MARCH 20, 2019 04:18 PM, UPDATED MARCH 20, 2019 05:10 PM The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Nov. 14, 2018. MATIAS J. OCNER MOCNER@MIAMIHERALD.COM The new U.S. policy that […]
Trump allows Americans to sue Cuban companies for confiscated property
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article227082899.html WASHINGTON The White House will allow Americans to file suit in U.S. courts against about 200 Cuban companies that now control property on the island that was seized by the Havana […]
US IMPERIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA CONTINUES: IT IS TIME FOR THE PEACE MOVEMENT TO SAY “NO”
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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 […]
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