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 […]
U.S. trade embargo has cost Cuba $130 billion, U.N. says
Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba
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 29TH FRIENDSHIPMENT CARAVAN TO CUBA THIS NOVEMBER, 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 […]
