Month: October 2019

Twitter joins the anti-Cuba movement – Progreso Weekly

October 15, 2019 Progreso Weekly 0

On the eve of a major conference to discuss the country’s deepening economic crisis, Cuba’s leadership suddenly found themselves without the use of one of social media’s most ubiquitous platforms. The incident occurred [recently] when Twitter, utilized by more than 100 million people around the world, inexplicably shut down the Read more

Travel to Cuba in December

October 8, 2019 Medea Benjamin 1

Dear friends, I want to personally invite you to travel with me to Cuba from December 14-21 (or December 14-18 if you can’t stay that long). We at CODEPINK set these dates to commemorate better times, when President Obama restored diplomatic relations on December 17, 2014, and to call for Read more

Adelante – Cuba to elect new government on October 10

October 8, 2019 Adelante 0

HAVANA.- The Cuban Council of State convened the national Assembly of the People´s Power (Parliament) for an extraordinary session on October 10th to elect the new leadership of that body, and the president and Vice-president of the Republic. Cuba News Agency now reproduces the text: The State Council of the Read more