On May 31st, Saturday, the Maryland-Cuba Solidarity Coalition will offer a screening of "Maestra," a 33-minute documentary film directed by Catherine Murphy about the youngest women teachers of the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign, which eradicated illiteracy in revolutionary Cuba. The screening will take place at Red Emma's Free School in Baltimore, 4-6pm.
No, Marco Rubio, Cuban doctors are not victims of ‘forced labor’
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to end Cuba’s international medical brigades, which have provided essential healthcare to millions of people across the globe, alleging that they are "forced labor" and “deprive ordinary Cubans of the medical care they desperately need in their own country.” Writing for Liberation News, Cecilia Paz explains that Rubio's accusations are indeed confessions, given his staunch support for Trump's moves to deprive tens of millions of Americans of healthcare.
Meet the DC think tanks impoverishing masses of Latin Americans
In another recent contribution to The Grayzone, FoLA's John Perry sheds light on the think tanks behind the devastating sanctions (“unilateral coercive measures”) against Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, "a form of hybrid warfare that harms or even kills the target populations": "These top Washington think tanks are lobbying lawmakers for sadistic sanctions on some of the hemisphere’s poorest countries while raking in millions from corporations and arms makers."
“Marco Rubio’s sanctions are killing children in Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela!”: FoLA activist protests during Rubio’s confirmation hearing
During a protest led by CODEPINK at Marco Rubio's confirmation hearing on January 15th, 2025, FoLA's member Jill Clark-Gollub raised her voice against his murderous sanctions, while being dragged out by security: "¡Las sanciones de Marco Rubio están matando a niños en Nicaragua, Cuba y Venezuela!" Watch the video, recorded by journalist Luis de Jesús Reyes.
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