Cuba

Cuban doctor goes door-to-door in Havana on March 31 looking for possible cases of coronavirus
International News

Cuba Helps World Fight Covid-19

April 7, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole Countries around the world, hard hit by the Covid-19 virus, are turning to socialist Cuba for medical assistance. These include Italy, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Suriname and Jamaica among others. Cuba has a long […]
The interferon project began in 1981, after Fidel met U.S. doctor Randolph Lee Clark. Photo-Granma Archives
International News

The history of interferon in Cuba, in use today to treat Covid-19

March 29, 2020 fwstaff
Note: Interferon Alpha 2B is used to treat various cancers (e.g., leukemia, melanoma, AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma). It is also used to treat virus infections (e.g., chronic hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis C, condylomata acuminata). This medication […]
Solidarity with Cuba
International News

Final declaration of Cuba solidarity conference

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Anti-imperialist Solidarity Meeting for Democracy and against Neoliberalism From this Cuba with such solidarity, the first free territory in the Americas, recognizing the heroic resistance of its people and the victories attained over sixty […]
Anti-imperialist Solidarity Meeting for Democracy and against Neoliberalism
International News

DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN REVOLUTION

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Anti-imperialist Solidarity Meeting for Democracy and against Neoliberalism, Nov. 1-3, 2019 The Government of the United States has continued its hostility against Cuba, with increased aggressiveness in recent months. The tightening of the blockade, […]
Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Conference, for Democracy and against Neoliberalism, took place in Havana, Nov. 1-3
International News

Cuban Anti-Imperialist Solidarity

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg The Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Encounter, for Democracy and against Neoliberalism, that took place in Havana, Cuba from November 1-3, 2019, was a historic event in advancing the struggle against U.S. imperialism. The conference […]
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at UN on Sept 28 2019
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Threats and coercion will not extract a single concession from Cuba

October 4, 2019 fwstaff
 Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, during the general debate of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 28, 2019. Reprinted from Granma (Council of State […]
Domestic News

Cuba Caravan visits Detroit on Juneteenth Day

July 11, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These following remarks were made by Abayomi Azikiwe at a public meeting held at the Cass Commons in Midtown Detroit on June 19 to celebrate the annual Cuba Caravan which arrived […]
omas Fernandez Robaina and Gisela Arandia with others in Detroit
International News

Cubans visit Detroit to share information on the African presence

May 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit has been a center of interest and support of the Cuban Revolution for many decades where the majority-African-American population has engaged in various projects to enhance interactions between both geopolitical regions. […]
Raul Castro and Nicolás Maduro.
International News

The U.S. continues its economic war against Venezuela

April 18, 2019 fwstaff
By Katya Derevo In the latest round of sanctions against Venezuela, on April 5, the United States identified and targeted 34 shipping vessels owned by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and marked them as “blocked […]
Maduro in a crowd of supporters
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Cuba condemns the terrorist sabotage against the power supply system in Venezuela

March 13, 2019 fwstaff
By The Republic of Cuba The Revolutionary Government strongly condemns the sabotage perpetrated against the power supply system in Venezuela, which is a terrorist action intended to harm the defenseless population of an entire nation […]