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REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC
Cuba’s Medical Internationalism
A Webinar Led by Dr. Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH 7:00 PM Thursday, April 16, 2020 Dr Ehrman is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, did his residency at […]
Meet the Americans Studying Medicine on Cuba’s Dime
Written by Alan Macleod for MintPressnews.com, March 31. 2020 The Cuban government has been paying Americans through a little known program to study medicine in order to return to the United States […]
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care
The country’s universal, low-cost health care system works well. Written by Sara Van Gelder for YesMagazine.org September 19, 2017 It was a rare moment in the health care debate. A Trump supporter, Drea […]
The world rediscovers Cuban medical internationalism
Cuban medicine can help people worldwide–if it is permitted Written by Helen Yaffe for Le Monde Diplomatique, 30 March 2020 Just weeks ago, in late February 2020, US Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders was vilified […]
2020 May Day Brigade
2020 May Day BrigadeApril 26 to May 1015th International Voluntary Workand Solidarity with Cuba Brigadeupdated Feb 28, 2020 If you are curious about Cuba or want to respond to the unfair use […]
Spend Easter in Cuba!
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Bernie Sanders & The Cuban Literacy Campaign
This article, written by Catherine Murphy and published on Truthout on February 28, discusses the Cuban Literacy Campaign and its benefits to Cuban citizens. Ms. Murphy is the founder and director of The […]
Three experts suggest “How the Democratic candidates should talk about Cuba”
From TheHill.com, published March 4, 2020 BY MAX PAUL FRIEDMAN, PHILIP BRENNER, AND ERIC HERSHBERG, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 03/04/20 04:00 PM EST. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN. The media and […]
Coronavirus and Cuba: Should You Travel? YES!
Is there Coronavirus in Cuba? Should you cancel travel? HAVANA, CUBA – Mar 9, 2020 – An atmosphere of calmness and measured concern is felt on the island as doctors, and the […]
Traveling to Cuba is Simple, Whoever Told You It’s Not is Doing it Wrong
Find original post here The appetite to explore Cuba as an American maybe akin to something like wanting a forbidden fruit, at least that’s the classic trope. But Americans have been traveling […]
How to Plan a ‘Support for the Cuban People’ Trip
Find original article here This week, the Trump administration announced that they were “cancelling” the Obama administration’s policy of “easing of restrictions on travel and trade” with Cuba, and signing into law […]
Beyond Cigars and Vintage Cars: A New Photobook Shows You What Havana Really Looks Like Now
See original link Here Havana Youth, the debut photobook by Washington, DC–based photographer Greg Kahn, shines a light on the new Havana—feisty, sexy, alive, and evolving. It’s a stark contrast to the […]
Faith Leaders call for improved U.S.- Cuba relations
Please see this open letter to the President and to Congress by leaders of U.S. faith groups, including the National Council of Churches and many major denominations, calling concretely for improved U.S.- […]
NEW Cuba Travel Bills: The Time Is NOW!
Congress is finally back in session after their August recess. You know what that means. Now is the time to make your voice heard on our right to travel to Cuba! It’s no secret […]
Washington Banning US Flights to All Cuban Cities but Havana
By The Associated Press via The New York Times October 25, 2019 MIAMI — The Trump administration is banning U.S. flights to all Cuban cities except Havana in the latest move to roll […]
Discovering Cuba, an Island of Music
On a road trip across the island, music is everywhere and each region moves to its own defining rhythm. Interactive Article with Compelling Video and Music by Shannon Sims for the New […]
Experience a Unique Country Achieving A High Level Of Human Development At Sustainable Ecological Levels
The World Wildlife Fund’s 2006 LIVING PLANET report found only one country had high human development (long life expectancy & good health indicators, high levels of literacy & education, etc.) and an […]
Solidarity Meeting & Trip to Cuba Oct 30 – Nov 5
Cuba Bike Tour
Immersive Cycling Experience in the Real Cuba Destination: Cuba, Eastern Cuba. Duration: 15 days. Arrives: 11/1/2019 Departs: 11/15/2019 Days of cycling: 10 Usual daily distances: 71k. Terrain: Mostly rolling or flat roads, […]
[Note: even though the deadline may have passed, we post this as an example of recent group trips to Cuba] CAMAGUEY JAZZ 2020: A Musical Exchange to Support the People of Cuba
Camagüey, Cuba – January 5-14, 2020 Sponsored by the Madison Camagüey Sister City Association (MCSCA), this will be the fourth edition of our music and cultural exchanges with artists in Camagüey, Cuba. […]
Afro Cuban Culture and History Tour!!
Join us for a unique opportunity to examine the African roots of Cuba’s vibrant culture and history. From Havana to Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of African culture and the Revolution, we’ll […]
CBS Sunday Morning discovers Cuba’s unmatched (& largely preserved) coral reefs off the Island of Youth
Travel to Cuba!
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Trump’s New Travel Restrictions Harm Both US and Cuban People
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout, June 6, 2019 [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 […]
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 […]
Come Join us Tuesday, August 13: Wis. Cuba Coalition Meeting features special guest appearance by visiting WI Medical student just back from Cuba
Tuesday, August 13, 7pm: 1) See a short video on Cuba’s partnership with students in over 80 nations, including 100 U.S. students, studying to become doctors debt free, in return for their […]
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 […]
Cuba develops a vaccine to activate the immune system, to combat COVID-19
From Abel González Alayón, Chief Editor, Language Department, Cuban News Agency, sent via email April 15, 2020 HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 14 (acn) Cuba applies a clinical trial for a vaccine developed with […]
Cuban Doctors Fighting Coronavirus Globally, Defying US
By Andrea Rodriguez for The Washington Post, April 3, 2020 HAVANA — For two years the Trump administration has been trying to stamp out one of Cuba’s signature programs __ state-employed medical […]
Cuba Deserves Relief from US Sanctions
Humanitarian deterrence of the virus, not Cold War–era regime change, should be the top priority of US foreign policy. By Peter Kornbluh for The Nation MARCH 31, 2020 On March 25, as a […]
Coronavirus and Cuba: Should You Travel? YES!
NOTE: While this was true when posted, the rapid rise of Covid-19 infections world wide has led to Cuban restrictions in welcoming foreign visitors at this time. While Havana and Cuba is […]
