The United States again accused Cuba of “human trafficking”, days after a Cuban dissident and several NGOs denounced to the UN for slavery the so-called “internationalist missions” Cubans. “#Forced Labor is Human Trafficking”, affirms in a tweet the head of US diplomacy for the Americas Brian Nichols. Days before, Secretary of State Antony Blinken already […]
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The US criticizes the “scandalous abuse” of human rights in Cuba after demonstrations on July 11
The United States criticized thescandalous abuse” of human rights in Cuba, for which he called for the release of the hundreds of political prisoners, including minors, detained after the anti-government protests of July 2021 (J11). This was stated by the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, in an appearance before […]
Russia’s threat in Venezuela and Cuba wants the US to take the bait, according to experts
The threat of Russian military deployment in Cuba Y Venezuela “is not credible” and the only thing it intends is to distract attention from the crisis in Ukraine so that U.S take the bait and react, say experts. “I don’t want to confirm anything or rule it out.” This phrase by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister […]
UN asks Cuba to account for alleged disappearances of demonstrators of July 11 protests
Updated on 01/21/2022 03:04 pm The Committee against Enforced Disappearances of the United Nations (UN) has urged the Cuban communist regime to report by February 7 on the alleged disappearances in relation to the July 11 protests. The NGO Cubans for Democracy, based in Spain, shared the letter sent by this committee of the HIM-HER-IT […]
Russian government denounces “hysteria” about its alleged plans to deploy weapons in Cuba and Venezuela
Updated on 01/21/2022 10:50 am The Russian government denounced the “hysteria” of the West about its alleged plans to deploy military infrastructure in Cuba and Venezuela, and argued that this shows the “arrogant mentality” of the West, which thinks it can do anything and Russia any. “A whole hysteria broke out among Western experts and […]
Russia alleges its security when asked about missiles in Cuba and Venezuela
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, avoided giving a clear answer to the possibility of Russia placing missiles in Cuba and Venezuela by assuring that Moscow is studying different variants to guarantee their security. “In the context of the current situation, Russia is thinking about how to guarantee its own security,” he said at his press […]
Cuba’s poorest youth could face decades in jail for protesting
young protesters Cubans from Havana’s poorest neighborhoods face decades behind bars in upcoming trials, relatives and human rights groups said, amid sanctions for some who took part in last year’s unprecedented anti-government protests. The demonstrations on July 11 and 12 saw thousands of people take to the streets in towns and cities across the island, […]
Cuba planted only 69.4% of the area planned for sugarcane in 2021
The Cuban state sugar group Azcuba planted in 2021 only 69.4% of the area it planned to cultivate due to problems arising from the economic crisis, the official newspaper Granma reported. The company closed the previous year with an actual planting of 90,588 hectares of cane, explained the director of Informatics and Communications of Azcuba, […]
HRW: Communist Regime in Cuba Represses and Punishes Virtually All Kinds of Dissidence
The communist regime that governs Cuba for more than 60 years continues to repress and punish virtually all types of dissent and public criticism on the island, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced in its 2022 world report. The section on Cuba of the usual annual study on the global state of human rights […]
Venezuela sent gasoline and food to Cuba in the last two months, despite shortages in the country
Venezuela has boosted shipments of gasoline and food to Cuba since November, providing key supplies to one of the closest allies of illegitimate President Nicolás Maduro, according to documents from Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA and vessel tracking data from Refinitiv Eikon. From late November to early January, PDVSA shipped at least three shipments containing […]