Latin America

Latin America

We Say “Enough”: Let Cuba Live

June 2, 2026 Merri Ansara
Since the start of 2026, the Trump/Rubio administration has piled punitive measure after punitive measure on Cuba and the Cuban people:   January 29: Imposition of an oil blockade on Cuba February:  Interdiction of tankers trying to approach Cuba. March: Trump Cuba “in deep trouble”, threatening […]
Arts and Culture

May Day in Havana

May 5, 2026 Merri Ansara
May Day in Havana started off at 5 am with people marching from 4 different points in the city to the Anti Imperialist Tribunal in on the Malecón seafront Boulevard, and in front of the US embassy.  The crowd was estimated at more than 500,000, […]
Action Report

Nuestra America Convoy to Cuba

April 1, 2026 Merri Ansara
Amplifying the Narrative: Cuba deserves to live free of US strangulation and imposition “Nobody should have to be resilient just to be able to get to tomorrow” – Danny Valdes, Cuban Americans for Cuba Those were the words of Danny Valdes, prominent DSA member and […]
Latin America

Meet Us on the Malecón

March 4, 2026 Merri Ansara
by Merri Ansara On March 21, 2026 hundreds of people from the United States, Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world will converge in Havana calling for an end to the siege of Cuba by the United States. Organized by the Nuestra America […]
Latin America

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 […]