cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45349673

March 27, 2026

[weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the Belly Of The Beast news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

Also this week:

  • Jeremy Corbyn: “Cuba Must Not Be Isolated”
  • US Punishes Cuba for Helping Bring Peace to Colombia
  • Cuba and Puerto Rico: “Two Wings of the Same Bird”
  • Solidarity Can’t Be Blocked
  • Activists Face Border Harassment and Slander Campaign
  • US-Government Funded Hit Piece on Belly of the Beast
  • NY Times: Cubans Dying in US Oil Blockade
  • Recommended Reading and Watching
  • NY Times Parrots Fake News About Russia Spy Base in Cuba
  • Cuba Willing to Compensate US for Nationalizations
  • Why Washington Keeps Doubling Down on Hard-Line Cuba Policy
  • US Embassy in Havana Warns US Citizens to Avoid…US Citizens
  • Rubio Testifies Against Friend in Corruption Case
  • US Wants Oil to Enter Cuba — For Its Embassy
  • Despite Oil Blockade, US Deportation Flights to Cuba Continue
  • Are US Journalists Getting Played by Anonymous Sources on Cuba?
  • Maeve@kbin.earth
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    6 days ago

    The infant mortality rate has more than doubled in the last seven years due to maximum pressure sanctions first imposed by Trump in 2019. The impact of the oil blockade “will likely be exponentially more severe," Ruth Gibson, a Stanford University doctor who studies the impact of sanctions on public health, told The Times.