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Report from Havana

February 11, 2026 Merri Ansara

By Merri Ansara Many people in Cuba are living with the kind of fear that I can imagine many undocumented or partially documented residents in the US are experiencing—they have no idea when or how Trump is going to come after them, what their future […]

Regime Change in Cuba is Not an Option

February 4, 2026 Merri Ansara

by Merri Ansara US-Cuba policy has come to what might be the ultimate crossroads; in fact it may better be described as a T intersection. This is what I believe to be before us, based in part on my own 55 year experience in studying […]

Join us for the 2026 Internacional Jazz Festival

November 13, 2025 Merri Ansara

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Cuba in the Valley Film Series

October 29, 2025 Merri Ansara

by Merri Ansara Massachusetts Peace Action and the Easthampton Library are running a monthly film series called Cuba in the Valley. The series is part of the work of MAPA’s Cuba Subcommittee, a standing committee of the Latin America/Caribbean Working Group. The goal of the […]

World Balance Conference, Havana, Cuba, January 2025 Photo: Cuban Institute if Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)

Sixth Conference for World Balance in Havana, Cuba: A Better World is Possible

February 12, 2025 Merri Ansara

by Merriam Ansara “I have lived in the belly of the beast and I know its entrails; mine is the sling of David…[my duty is] of preventing the United States from spreading through the Antilles as Cuba gains its independence, and from overpowering with that […]

Holyoke anti nuclear weapon protest Dec 14, 2024. Photo: Merri Ansara/MAPA

Holyoke Residents Call for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

December 18, 2024 Merri Ansara

by Merri Ansara On Saturday, Dec. 14, around 35 people marched a mile and a half through Holyoke to City Hall calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons and the nuclear threat. Called by residents of Holyoke, people from a number of nearby towns […]

This Winter is a Great Time to Travel to Cuba

December 18, 2024 Merri Ansara

By Merri Ansara You have an invitation to join me at the International Conference for World Balance, January 28 to 31st in Havana Cuba. This will be an extraordinary conference for peace activists and an opportunity for them to get to know what the rest […]