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Ministry of Interior building, adorned with a steel sculpture of Che Guevara in Havana, Cuba
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THE US blockade of Cuba has “failed” because the country "has not been able to defeat us,” a senior trade unionist from the socialist island has told British workers.
Speaking to over 150 delegates at the Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s fringe meeting at the TUC Congress in Brighton, Workers Central Union of Cuba general secretary Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento defended the record of the Cuban government.
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
ISAAC SANEY points to the global stakes involved in defending the Cuban revolution against imperialism and calls for resistance
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON
During visits to Cheney School and Oxford Brookes University, Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter highlighted how Cuba devotes half its budget to education, health and social security despite the US blockade, reports ROGER McKENZIE