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Venezuela condemns the blockade and expresses solidarity at the UN
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro condemned the economic blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States, reaffirming Venezuela’s unwavering support for the Caribbean island. On this occasion, 187 countries joined together to demand the lifting of sanctions that severely affect the Cuban people.
NYC rally demands: “Stop the U.S. blockade of Cuba!”
By Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau
Oct. 27 — A rally at Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan demanded an end to the cruel U.S. economic war against Cuba. Just within the last year, U.S. sanctions have cost the Caribbean country $5 billion.
The sanctions prevented Cuba from replacing transformers and other equipment, which resulted in the recent electrical outages there. The rally was held a few days before the United Nations is scheduled to again overwhelmingly pass a resolution condemning the blockade, as it has done for over 20 years.
"Today, once again the world will condemn the cruel US blockade against Cuba. We are grateful for the constant support of all our friends."
-- Aylen Lesmes Bonachea
U.S. blockade of Cuba causes electricity system to collapse due to lack of stable fuel supply
On Sunday, Oct. 20, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel pointed directly at the blockade policy of the United States government as the fundamental cause of the national collapse of the National Electric Power System (SEN) over the past few days. It is not complicated and it is not rhetoric that Cuba’s lack of a stable supply of fuel is because of the threats of fines that the US government through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied on banks, shipping companies and any other enterprise attempting to trade with Cuba.
Join the 24 hour global online picket to end the U.S. Blockade on Cuba!
Oct 29-30
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24-hour Global Online Picket to End the U.S. Blockade on Cuba! + Remove Cuba from the so-called "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list!
24 HOUR GLOBAL ONLINE PICKET: Starting Tuesday October 29, 2024 8:00 pm (ET - Havana time)
Special Celebration & Wrap-up: Starting Wednesday October 30, 2024 7:00 pm (ET - Havana time)
Send video messages in solidarity with Cuba for the 24-hour Global Online Picket action: Telegram / WhatsApp: +1-778-882-5223 Email: [email protected]
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Event will also be live broadcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/474571148702025
On October 29-30, 2024 Cuba will bring a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly to end the U.S. Blockade on Cuba for the 32nd year! While the government of the U.S. votes “no” to ending the inhuman and illegal blockade, the people of the United States & the world vote “YES, end the blockade now!”
With 90 days left for the Biden Administration it is time for us to make a renewed push for Biden to remove Cuba from the so-called "State Sponsor's of Terrorism" (SSOT) list and to end to the cruel U.S. blockade. The situation in Cuba is urgent, with a nation-wide blackout this week and an ongoing crisis in Cuba's electrical power grid the impact of over 60 years of brutal U.S. sanctions and blockade on Cuba is clear. This has been coupled with devasting and unexpected floods from Hurricane Oscar in the province of Guantanamo, which have killed 7 people. While the Cuban government and workers are organizing to repair damage, improve safety, and to solve these urgent problems, the U.S. government continues to try to strangle Cuba.
This week folks will be taking to the streets, signing petitions, mailing postcards, printing an ad in the New York Times, and mobilizing ahead of the UN vote on Cuba's resolution to end the criminal and illegal U.S. blockade.
We hope you will send a video message for Cuba and join us live for the 24 Hour Global Online Picket to End the U.S. Blockade on Cuba October 29-30, let's reflect the important work being done and raise our united voices around the world for Cuba!
Organized by the U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference Coalition https://www.us-cubanormalization.org
While some world media distort the information about the energy situation in Cuba and forget the U.S. blockade, we suggest getting information through Cuban official media to keep updated about what is happening in our country.
Via Cuban Embassy in US
El primer secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, expresó al concluir la reunión
Díaz-Canel: Cuba is experiencing an exceptional situation
The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, stated at the conclusion of the meeting of the National Defense Council that the country is experiencing an exceptional situation, marked by two fundamental and complex events: the energy emergency and, on the other hand, the hurricane alarm phase for the eastern provinces.
Regarding the energy emergency, the president stressed that the situation stems from the unavailability of fuel, a fact exacerbated by the economic war waged by the United States government against our country. “This includes financial and energy persecution. We have not had stable fuel supplies so that the system can operate at its full capacity and with all its stability.”
This situation, Díaz-Canel stressed, caused a disconnection incident last Friday. “Immediately, work was carried out and a connection level was achieved. But another disconnection occurred yesterday and work was carried out all night and early in the morning. This morning and afternoon, when the situation seemed more favorable, a disconnection occurred again and work is being done again to seek greater stability for the system.”
He also commented that, according to experts, the worst incident that can occur in a country is the disconnection of a system, such as the one that occurred last Friday. “This is where all the professional and operational potential of the electrical energy system is at work. We have had the opportunity to be with other colleagues in the national office and you have to see the level of knowledge and precision with which the colleagues in the national load dispatch work in communication with the provinces.”
He warned that at the moment work is being done in two fundamental directions: stabilizing the system and managing to obtain fuel supplies that will allow us to work in a better situation during the next few weeks."
He also stressed that efforts are being made to obtain spare parts to gradually recover distributed generation, which has been severely affected.
Be ready for Oscar
Referring to the impact of Hurricane Oscar, the President stressed that the country's Civil Defense, as well as the Municipal and Provincial Defense Councils, have been working very seriously.
“Due to the complexity of the situation, it has been decided to activate the entire structure of the defence councils in all provinces, because although there are five or six that could be affected by the cyclone, the rest are also affected by the energy emergency.
It was also decided to send a group of the country's leaders to the place where the cyclone is forecast to hit. The group is headed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Inés María Chapman Waugh , and is made up of other ministers and deputy ministers from different agencies.
This group must also prepare ideas for recovery. “You have to be prepared for a cyclone that can cross the eastern territory for more than 24 hours and depending on its course, the damage that will occur will be greater or lesser, especially in agriculture, housing and other infrastructure.”
The revolution will never tolerate this type of behavior
At another point in his speech, he highlighted the understanding and behavior of the people, emphasizing values such as solidarity at the community level.
He also welcomed the handover of the staff of the national electrical energy system, which is working under great tension to achieve a stable supply of electricity to the population in the shortest possible time, he said.
In his remarks, he acknowledged Party cadres and officials, as well as other political and mass organizations that have been in the most complex places, addressing each of the situations of our population.
“The only thing that contrasts this determination of unity of our people is that on occasions, particularly last night, a small number of people, most of them in a state of intoxication, have behaved in an indecent manner. They have tried to provoke disturbances of public order, they have tried to commit vandalism and disturb the peace of our people. This opportunity is also being taken advantage of by those who are working under the guidance given to them by the operators of the Cuban counterrevolution from abroad.”
In this regard, he confirmed that the revolution will never tolerate this type of conduct and that everyone will be prosecuted with the corresponding rigor. “There is a great capacity from the Party and other organizations to respond to the concerns of the population, as long as it is done in a decent, organized, civilized and disciplined manner.
"We will not allow anyone to act in such a way as to provoke acts of vandalism, much less disturb the peace of our people."
In September, and for the fourth consecutive year, U.S. President Joe Biden renewed U.S. sanctions on Cuba under the Trading with the Enemy
By Alejandra Garcia
In September, and for the fourth consecutive year, U.S. President Joe Biden renewed U.S. sanctions on Cuba under the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA), an archaic 1917 law designed to cut off trade with Germany during World War I and a significant pillar of the blockade. The announcement means that the economic blockade, a policy upheld by both Republican and Democratic administrations for over six decades, will remain imposed on the island through 2025, despite Cuba’s urgent calls for it to end. Let’s not forget that it was Biden, the democrat who while campaigning for president, said he would improve relations with us.
