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U.S. Blockade of Cuba Puts Special Burden on Women

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Women in Cuba are among those most directly affected by Washington’s criminal blockade of the island’s access to fuel. The U.S. blockade of oil shipments has strained the Cuban electrical grid to the breaking point, limiting critical services such as medical care and delivery of medications, transportation of food and other essential commodities, access to clean water, and education. This article and video from Belly of the Beast illustrate the hardships, but also the resilience and fighting spirit, of Cuban women today.

U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference: ‘Cuba Yes, Blockade No!’

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NEW YORK CITY, March 20, 2022 — About 150 people from across the United States and Canada gathered at the People’s Forum here March 19-20 for the International US-Cuba Normalization Conference. It was the first such in-person event in two years. Previous conferences were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The meeting’s focus was coordinating efforts to end Washington’s economic war against the Caribbean nation, launched six decades ago after a popular revolution overthrew a U.S.-backed dictatorship on the island and opened the socialist revolution in the Americas. Co-sponsoring organizations included the Canadian Network on Cuba, Cuba Solidarity Committee in Puerto Rico, National Network on Cuba (NNOC), New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition, and Saving Lives Campaign US. A large delegation from Cuba — including several leaders of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) — participated in the event.