First day of this year’s Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba. Food, fellowship, and an engaging presentation on the cold truth behind US policy toward Cuba by Fr. Luis Barrios. Art Heitzer updated […]
Fr. Luis Barrios Excites Crowd at Pastors for Peace Event
Trump’s New Travel Restrictions Harm Both US and Cuban People
[Note: Effective June 5, 2019, the Trump administration has issued an additional set of travel and transit regulations. Three summaries of these are the 2019 update on travel to Cuba , Interested in legal Travel […]
Interested in Legal Travel to Cuba?
Note: Effective June 5, 2019, the Trump administration has issued an additional set of travel and transit regulations. Three summaries of these are the 2019 update on travel to Cuba , Interested in legal Travel […]
UPDATE ON US TRAVEL TO CUBA, June 5, 2019
From Art Heitzer Chair National Lawyers Guild Cuba Subcommittee Date June 5, 2019 Having read through many of the reports, and all of the relevant parts of the OFAC FAQs, I think […]
Monthly meetings of the Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba
Please come to our monthly meetings, generally on the second Tuesday of each month, at 7pm, on: June 11, July 9, August 13, September 10, and October 8 respectively. All are invited! […]
The Cuba Caravan is Coming to Town, June 13, 2019
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: WIS. LT. GOVERNOR MANDELA BARNES! Fr. Luis Barrios of Pastors for Peace To Challenge Trump’s Threats Against Our Right to Travel and Cuba’s Trade with Other Nations, on June […]
Why Infants May Be More Likely to Die in America Than Cuba
New York Times January 18, 2019 By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist Dr. Lisett Rodríguez talks with Odalys Navarro Carbonell, 31, at a consultorio, or clinic, in Havana. Ms. Navarro is four months pregnant.Credit Lisette Poole […]
U.S. trade embargo has cost Cuba $130 billion, U.N. says
WORLD NEWS MAY 8, 2018 HAVANA (Reuters) – A United Nations agency said on Tuesday an “unjust” U.S. financial and trade embargo on Cuba had cost the country’s economy $130 billion over […]
A thank you message from our WI medical students back in Havana
Comrades, Olive and I made it safely back to Havana and through the airport without problems. We are transitioning back into the swing of things here in Cuba adjusting to the heat […]
Don’t Give Trump a Pass on Puerto Rico
New York Times Opinion Sept. 1, 2018 The president thinks the government did a fantastic job last year handling Hurricane Maria. But the revision of the death toll, to nearly 3,000 from […]
People’s Climate Rally and March: Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice
Saturday, September 8, 2018• 1:00 – 3:00 PM Location: Zeidler Union Square• 301 W Michigan St, Milwaukee, WI 53203 On September 8, thousands of rallies will be held in cities and towns around the world […]
MEDICC Welcomes U.S. State Department’s “Upgrading” of Cuba as a Travel Destination
August 28, 2018—“Although overdue, certainly a move in the right direction,” said MEDICC Board Chair Dr. Peter G. Bourne, referring to the August 23 announcement by the U.S. Department of State reclassifying the Cuba […]
Cuba embarks on a 100-year plan to protect itself from climate change
By Richard Stone Jan. 10, 2018 On its deadly run through the Caribbean last September, Hurricane Irma lashed northern Cuba, inundating coastal settlements and scouring away vegetation. The powerful storm dealt Havana […]
Harold López-Nussa Trio, September 5, 2018 – Show 7:30 pm UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall
Come Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 7:30 pm-9:30 pm and enjoy the intoxicating rhythms of Cuba in the intimate setting and superb acoustics of the UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall, UWM Peck School […]
An update & how you can support our 2 WI medical students in Cuba
Dear friends, August 3, 2018 Our Wisconsin medical students studying at ELAM in Cuba are back home in the Milwaukee area this summer. Both of them are studying for the U.S. […]
JOIN OUR 30TH FRIENDSHIPMENT CARAVAN TO CUBA THIS JUNE 22 -JULY 5, AND BE A PART OF ENDING THE US BLOCKADE OF CUBA
https://ifconews.org/2018/03/18/get-your-app-for-the-july-caravan/ US citizens are free to travel anywhere in the world, except Cuba. To travel to Cuba you need permission, a license, from the US government. This has been the case for […]
Cuba: National Assembly Approves New Constitutional Draft
Telesur | Tuesday, 24 July 2018 The new constitution would see new laws and policies seeking to maintain the socialist and revolutionary character of the Cuban state. The Cuban parliament unanimously approved the […]
Tesla’s battery maker suspends cobalt supplier amid sanctions concern
Reuters | Tuesday, 31 July 2018 Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that some of the cobalt that Panasonic uses to make Tesla’s batteries is mined in Cuba by Canadian supplier Sherritt […]
Towards the literacy of 300,000 more Haitians
Haiti Libre | Tuesday, 24 July 2018 Haiti – Cuba : Towards the Literacy of 300,000 more Haitians Following a working meeting of Ministers of Education Pierre Josué Agénor Cadet (Haiti) and Ms. Ena […]
US, Cuba fully resume direct mail service
By Larry Moonze in Havana, Cuba on June 5, 2018, The Mast DIRECT mail service between the United States and Cuba has fully been re-established after the completion of a pilot programme. […]
Why African-American Doctors Are Choosing to Study Medicine in Cuba
By Anakwa Dwamena June 6, 2018 The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/ In the countryside of western Havana, during the fall, rickety yellow buses carry first-year medical students from the Latin American School of Medicine. […]
The Cuba Caravan is Coming to Town
Progress had been made…Let’s keep it rolling! Demand freedom to travel an end to the embargo! [There’s still time to join this year’s caravan to Cuba! DEADLINE TO APPLY: May 1ST 2018. See https://ifconews.org/cuba-caravan2018/ or call 212-926-5757 ext. 6] […]
Cuba’s “Sonic Attacks” Show Us Just How Susceptible Our Brains Are to Mass Hysteria
The symptoms so many Americans experienced were probably not caused by a secret weapon. That doesn’t mean they’re not real. By FRANK BURES FEB 01, 2018 SLATE Magazine A few weeks after the […]
What Chicago is learning from Cuba when it comes to fighting infant mortality
By MILES BRYAN • DEC 22, 2017 Listen Some neighborhoods on Chicago’s south side, as with other of the most low-income parts of the US, have an alarmingly high infant mortality rate. It’s a persistent and complex problem […]
Cuba Is Open and Welcoming
And there’s a lot we can learn from their health care system. By Art Heitzer – Dec 28th, 2017 From the ubiquitous Harley T-shirts (mixed with many others from Brazil and a few […]
Upcoming Cuba Trips!
For more information on future trips to Cuba with Witness for Peace, click here. We have two new Wisconsin-led trips to share! History, Arts and Musical Cultural Education Program VISIT CUBA WITH CAMAGUEY […]
U.S. National Security Advisor Announces New U.S. Hostility Towards Cuba
On November 1, immediately after the U.N. General Assembly’s overwhelming condemnation of the U.S. embargo (blockade) of Cuba that was discussed in a prior post, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton in a […]
Wall Street Journal reveals the Trump Administration’s “new plan to reshape Latin America”, targeting Cuba
The Wall Street Journal reports, as recent posts to this blog have indicated, the U.S. has embarked on a new campaign or plan to try to re-shape Latin American politics and governments.[1] According to […]
Cuba Adopts a New Socialist Constitution
Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair On February 24, 2019, the Cuban people overwhelmingly adopted a new constitution, as 84.4% of resident citizens voted in the constitutional referendum, with 86.8 % voting “Yes,” […]
New U.S. visa policy for Cubans draws widespread criticism
BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES MARCH 20, 2019 04:18 PM, UPDATED MARCH 20, 2019 05:10 PM The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Nov. 14, 2018. MATIAS J. OCNER MOCNER@MIAMIHERALD.COM The new U.S. policy that […]
