Belly of the Beast
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Belly of the Beast tells #Cuba’s untold stories, from the inside. 🇨🇺 Through hard-hitting journalism and stunning cinematography, we inform and inspire.
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For the last two years, U.S. and Cuban officials have been meeting to discuss how to stem the unprecedented migration of Cubans to the U.S. border. What’s not on the negotiating table, according to Johana Tablada de la Torre , is a root cause of the migration: U.S. sanctions.
Cuba and the U.S. held migration talks today in D.C. Carlos F. de Cossio said there was “common ground” and also disagreement about the U.S. embargo: “The policy of the U.S. aimed at repressing the standard of living of Cuban citizens…motivates Cubans to want to leave Cuba to the…
“Trying to make sense of U.S. policy toward Cuba is like trying to make sense of a play in the theater of the absurd.” William M. LeoGrande in Responsible Statecraft responsiblestatecraft.org/congress-cuba/
“A small group of conservative Cuban American legislators, obsessed with reducing Cuba to penury, have been…
An op-ed by Micho Spring for The Boston Globe calls on the Biden admin to support Cuban entrepreneurs and remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List to alleviate Cuba’s economic crisis.
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/01/opi…
U.S. music promoters struggle to book Cuban musicians because the visa process is drawn-out and “unpredictable.' Cultural exchanges flourished under Obama, but were stamped out by travel restrictions imposed by Trump and kept on by Biden. PBS NewsHour
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Ex-CIA analyst Fulton Armstrong to DW Español : The U.S. “has spent $600 million” to overthrow the Cuban govt. via programs disguised as “democracy promotion.” Armstrong said Cuba's July 11, 2021 protests, while rooted in authentic demands, were “well-planned” with U.S. support.
An op-ed by Bhaskar Sunkara Bhaskar Sunkara for The Guardian analyzes the U.S.’s long history of aggression against the Cuban people and slams Biden’s Cuba policy. “Our message should be simple: let Cubans decide the future of Cuba without coercion.”
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