Carlos F. de Cossio

The last paragraph of this week’s Tricontinental newsletter on Cuba: Dr. Orestes López Piloto, the director of the hospital, walks me through the main ward. ‘I come from the southern part of Oriente [in eastern Cuba]. My family are workers and farmers, Black people who worked the soil’, he told me. ‘I am a doctor and a surgeon because of the revolution. And because of it, I am at one of the main medical centres of the country’. He looked directly into my eyes and said, ‘There are people who are against the revolution. But there are many more of us who are for it. And we are not afraid’. thetricontinental.org/newsletterissu…

Castro was asked why the Cuban revolution was prepared to send troops to Africa to fight South Africa supported by the U.S. & Israel - he stated that Africa is in our blood & with our blood we will defend Africa! We must now defend Cuba. x.com/i/status/20345…

¡ESTOY CON CUBA! 🇨🇺
¿Y cómo puedo ayudar? Sumate a la campaña de solidaridad internacional. En distintos países del continente se están organizando campañas internacionales para comprar paneles solares y enviar insumos a Cuba. #SolidaridadSiBloqueoNo

An international delegation called Nuestra Americana has arrived in Cuba to deliver thousands of pounds of humanitarian aid amid the National grid blackout that was caused by US sabotage and sanctions.

El Embajador Rodolfo Benitez Verson denunció efectos brutales de la politica de asfixia del gobierno de EEUU contra Cuba en el 61º período ordinario de sesiones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos. 🗣️ Intervención íntegra 🔗: cubaminrex.cu/es/intervencio… #CubaEstáFirme

Ayer arribaron a nuestra Patria🇨🇺 integrantes del Convoy Nuestra América. Cubanos residentes y amigos solidarios procedentes de #Europa llegaron a #Cuba con medicamentos y otros donativos para nuestro pueblo. ¡La solidaridad jamás será bloqueada! #JuntosXCuba #CubaNoEstáSola

#Cuba ha sido activo defensor de la reparación y compensación plena a los pueblos afectados por esclavitud y trata trasatlántica. Reiteramos apoyo justa demanda CARICOM al respecto y respaldamos trato especial y diferenciado para países en desarrollo,en particular para África.

The Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba is underway. 🔗 Find out more online: nuestraamericaconvoy.org

I’m always extremely reluctant to use the word evil but how else to describe what we are deliberating doing to millions of Cubans?

🇲🇽🇨🇺 La flotilla #NuestraAmérica partirá esta tarde desde el Puerto de Progreso, en Yucatán, para llevar más de 20 toneladas de ayuda a #Cuba, ante la grave escasez de alimentos, medicinas y combustible en la isla caribeña, provocada por el recrudecimiento del bloqueo estadunidense. El activista brasileño Thiago Ávila, quien lidera el buque que llegará a La Habana el próximo 21 de marzo, señaló que "Cuba no está sola". Más información: jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/0… #VideosLaJornada / Marco Peláez

I’m on my way to Cuba for an emergency 3-day visit. I’ll be delivering medical aid to a children’s cancer hospital and joining an international delegation of MPs opposed to Trump’s new ban on any fuel entering the country. This cruel policy is putting lives at risk. It is an inhumane attempt to strangle the Cuban people. And Trump is even threatening that Cuba could be “next” after Iran. We must take a stand.

“Cuba’s president has said that attempts to take the island will be met with ‘impregnable resistance’. "That resistance is now international.” Novara Media’s @StevenJMethven is in Cuba, reporting on a convoy delivering aid to Cubans struggling under Trump’s oil embargo. More than 4 tonnes of supplies have now been flown to Cuba from Italy, with more on its way from Mexico.

China has donated 5,000 solar power systems to Cuba. This is what real commitment to international cooperation, solidarity, and development looks like — concepts that are completely alien to most Western leaders.

The United States is intentionally starving the people of Cuba with its illegal and barbaric blockade. That’s why I’m joining the Nuestra America convoy to Cuba. Together, we can break the siege, save lives, and stand up for the cause of Cuban self-determination.

Trump’s siege of Cuba is total: no trade, no fuel, no energy for the island. Such economic warfare is not just a violation of the Geneva Convention. It is a barbaric act of collective punishment that kills babies, mothers, and the elderly alike.

Exportar combustible a Cuba es legal y es legítimo. Todo país soberano tiene derecho a hacerlo en términos comerciales o como desee. Lo ilegal es la amenaza de EEUU a quien lo haga. Es el gob de EEUU el que no tiene derecho a impedirlo, ni a interferir en tales exportaciones.

🇨🇺 The Let Cuba Live Youth Brigade landed in Havana today with urgent life-saving aid for the people of Cuba. Today we learned from organizers at the Dr. Martin Luther King Center about the current situation on the island. As we exchanged about the extreme and cruel conditions imposed by the US blockade, one critical point rang clear: the Cuban people persist and will not surrender!

The oil blockade & the rest of the US unilateral coercive measures are a collective punishment against the 🇨🇺 people. + than 11,000 children & 85,000 adults are awaiting surgery due to the negative impact of these measures on the Cuban healthcare system. nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v…

Ya está en #Cuba una avanzada de los grupos y personas solidarias de muchas partes del mundo, unidos en el #ConvoyNuestraAmérica. Traen cargas de ayuda contra el intento de asfixiarnos. Bienvenida una vez más "la ternura de los pueblos". La solidaridad siempre retorna a quienes la practican sin otro interés que el bienestar humano. GRACIAS. #CubaNoEstáSola

Repudiamos la decisión arbitraria e injustificada del gobierno de #CostaRica, de reducir el nivel de las relaciones con #Cuba al ámbito consular. Es un acto de clara sumisión ante las presiones y dictados del gobierno de EEUU, que intenta arrastrar a otros países de la región a su intento, históricamente fallido, de aislar a Cuba. Es una decisión condenada al fracaso, como ha ocurrido más de una vez en la historia reciente entre Costa Rica y Cuba, cuyos pueblos han demostrado que nada ha podido ni podrá separarlos.