Author: webb@nnoc.org

CELAC and OAS: The tale of two opposed regional organizations

https://charlesmckelvey.substack.com/p/celac-and-oas?utm_source=email-ufi&utm_medium=email Charles McKelvey      The Seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC for its initials in Spanish) takes place today in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The Summit will ratify the Declaration of Buenos Aires and eleven special communiques.  I will review and analyze these documents as well as Summit speeches by […]

Learning from Cuba’s ‘code of freedom’ for families WEBINAR January 22, 2023

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1HW2Ol1FR36s–mzdZxwPg What we can learn from Cuba’s ‘code of freedom’ for families – 3:00 p.m. Eastern / 2:00 p.m. Central / 12 noon Pacific Rights for LGBTQ+ people * Equality for chosen families * Respect for youth, elders and the disabled Webinar: What we can learn from Cuba’s ‘code of freedom’ for families […]

Cuba assumes presidency of G77

The struggle for a more just world economic order  By Charles McKelvey Cuba assumed the presidency of G77 on January 12, 2023.  It is the first time that the Caribbean island nation will preside over the group.  Cuba has announced that in its presiding year it will seek: to advance the common interests of countries […]

Cuba to play in World Baseball Classic March 2023

The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic this year. Players from no other country require special authorization from the U.S. government to play with the team of their homeland in the World Baseball Classic. ESPN wrote: “In December (2018), MLB and […]

Happy New Year to You & 2022 in Review!

  We are proud of all that our movement has accomplished in 2022, and we are excited for the work ahead in 2023. 2022 marked the 60th anniversary of the illegal, inhumane US blockade and was another year of unprecedented violence against Cuba. The ever-resilient, revolutionary Cuban people persisted, despite increased economic crises from the […]

Report-back from the US-Cuba Youth Friendship Meeting

🚨 Youth report-back from Cuba! ⏰ Monday, Dec 12 at 8pm ET 👉 RSVP here: bit.ly/uscubayouth Join us to hear from 5 participants in the historic US-Cuba Youth Friendship Meeting about their experience learning from the Cuban Revolution, building solidarity between US and Cuban youth, observing Cuba’s elections, visiting science and education centers, and more! […]