News about Summer 2021 situation in Cuba - Protests and Plees to get rid of the Embargo

This page holds articles that may represent a different perspective to the usual US news media. The situation is very complex in Cuba and although the White House and most of the news media are only blaming the government for the recent protests, it’s clear that the blockade is creating untold suffering especially in this time of Covid. Please consider the perspectives below and signing this petition if you feel the 60 year embargo is inhumane.

A website to send essential food to Cubans that has been recommended by Malia Everette of Altruvistas
This site appears - via UN protocol- to navigate the legal issues for US residents. https://www.cubanakoa.org/project-el-pan.html

August 26 KPFA Interview - Helen Yaffe, author of We Are Cuba talks about the long sweep of Cuban economic history since the 1959 revolution, and also about those recent “pro-democracy” protests.

August 25 Democracy Now - Article - US and Cuba give vaccines to Vietnam - Cuba gives rights to make the vaccines themselves.

Petition to White House: https://www.letcubalive.com

July 23 https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/23/headlines/us_imposes_new_cuba_sanctions_as_400_noted_activists_political_figures_call_for_end_to_embargo

July 20 Article from UK Progressive Novara Media: https://novaramedia.com/2021/07/20/whats-actually-going-on-in-cuba/

July 16 https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/16/headlines/biden_brands_cuba_a_failed_state_without_acknowledging_role_of_us_blockade_in_crisis

July 15 https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/15/headlines/cuba_lifts_restrictions_on_essential_goods_brought_in_by_travelers

July 14 https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/14/cuba_protests_covid19_us_blockade

General Info:
https://bellyofthebeastcuba.com is run by young Cuban journalists who are sympathetic to the revolution although they admit there are internal problems. They aim to share the kind of stories that US press is not hearing. Some great little videos here…

Twitter Feed on how the Currency crisis has impacted the explosive situation - read it as an article!: https://twitter.com/red_dilettante/status/1414633195870502913