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Constituents Ask: Where is Rep. Jim McGovern on Venezuela and Cuba?

May 8, 2023 Celina della Croce

by Celina della Croce Solidarity activists continue to press US representatives to demand the end of deadly sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba. May 28, 2023 will mark exactly two years to the date of Rep. Jim McGovern’s letter imploring President Biden to “stop using the […]

Cubans voting in municipal elections in La Habana on November 27, 2022. Photo: Calla Walsh/ MAPA

US Youth Observe Cuba’s Elections – and Learn about Real Democracy

December 5, 2022 Calla Walsh

by Calla Walsh Originally published on Multipolarista on December 3rd A delegation of youth from the United States observed Cuba’s November 2022 municipal elections and offer an inside look into a true people’s democracy, where workers decide who will govern them, not wealthy oligarchs and […]

Boston Resolution calling for an end to the embargo on Cuba

Boston City Council Passes Resolution Calling for the End of the U.S. Embargo of Cuba

July 13, 2022 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison The Boston City Council voted today to pass Resolution 0618 calling for the end to the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba and for greater medical, cultural, and educational ties between the two countries. Kendra Lara, Boston City Councilor for District Six and member […]

Reflections on Cuban Ambassador Visit

July 12, 2022 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam It is increasingly clear that the unjustifiable Blockade of Cuba by the U.S. is a sanction on the collective idea of Cuba, and what Cuba stands for. I offer this brief tribute today to the inspiration and hope the name of Cuba […]

L to R; Boston City Councilors Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, and Kendra Lara; Ambassador Torres; Mayor Michelle Wu; and Councilors Brian Worrell and Frank Baker, at City Hall on June 29. MAPA photo

MAPA Hosts Cuban Ambassador’s Visit to Boston Area

July 12, 2022 Merri Ansara

by Merri Ansara Cuban Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera visited metropolitan Boston June 28 to July 1, accompanied by her 2nd Secretary Juliette Tain Dominguez. Over four days, the Ambassador and 2nd Secretary met with the Cambridge City Council, the Boston City Council and Mayor Wu, […]

Abortion in Cuba vs US shows which country is truly democratic

May 23, 2022 Calla Walsh

by Calla Walsh Originally published in Multipolarista on May 23, 2022. When I connected to wifi for the first time in five days, a notification appeared on my phone announcing that the Supreme Court had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Like most people when […]

Coming to Cuba has been a tremendous experience

May 9, 2022 Cole Harrison

by Yamilka Alvarez Ramos Agencia Cuba de Noticias. Translated by Merriam Ansara Guantanamo, May 5 (ACN) Calla Walsh, the youngest delegate of the VII International Seminar for Peace and for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases that is in session until today in Guantanamo, vehemently […]