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Hands Off Cuba: Los Angeles co-founder Brenda Lopez speaks

by JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information About a week before Hurricane Melissa ravaged the eastern region of Cuba, destroying over 60,000 buildings, the Third Annual International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Left-Wing Parties and Movements, was held in Mira Mar Cuba at Nico Lopez University. The meeting also featured a festival celebrating the […]

March 2025 International U.S.- Cuba Normalization Conference Action Plan

This action plan was unanimously passed on Sunday March 16 on the second day of the 2025 International U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference held at the People’s Forum in New York City, by those attending both in-person and online. ——————————————————————————————————————- The new Trump administration has begun a brutal multi-pronged offensive against Cuba and much of Latin America. […]

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 […]