The War on Cuba (EPISODE 6)

Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández exposes the striking disconnect between U.S. policy and Cuba’s reality, revealing the absurdity of Biden’s offers to “help” the Cuban people with donations of vaccines, Internet access and remittances that bypass local financial institutions.

  • Nov 23, 2021
  • 1:28 PM

The War on Cuba (EPISODE 5)

Most media organizations portrayed the unprecedented protests that erupted across Cuba on July 11 as a cry for freedom against Communism. But Episode 5 of Belly of the Beast’s documentary series “The War on Cuba” shows that the reality was far more complex.

  • Nov 18, 2021
  • 4:46 PM

The War on Cuba (EPISODE 4)

The first episode of season two of Belly of the Beast’s “The War On Cuba” centers on the so-called “Havana Syndrome,” in which U.S. diplomatic personnel in the Cuban capital reported “sonic attacks” that caused health issues, and the “flames of hysteria” fanned by the U.S. media.

  • Nov 5, 2021
  • 1:34 PM

The War on Cuba (EPISODE 3)

The final episode of this docuseries explores Cuba’s healthcare program and medical brigades.

  • Oct 30, 2020
  • 3:54 PM

‘The War on Cuba’ (EPISODE 2)

This episode explores the impact of the U.S.-imposed oil blockade on Cuba and the ways in which Cubans are finding alternatives to scarcities caused by U.S. sanctions.

  • Oct 19, 2020
  • 4:19 PM

Belly of the Beast Presents ‘The War on Cuba’

An up-close look at how US policies – and elections – impact the Cuban people

  • Oct 9, 2020
  • 12:15 PM

Cuba Blames US for War in Ukraine

The government on Saturday issued a statement that blamed the U.S. for the current war in Ukraine. It referred to “U.S. efforts to continue the progressive expansion of NATO” towards Russia’s borders as the main provocation for its attacks on Ukraine.

  • Feb 28, 2022
  • 10:31 AM

Trump Is Courting Florida Cubans, But His Past Words Are a Loud Warning (OPINION)

There is nothing inconsistent about Trump’s relationship with an older generation of largely conservative, mostly white Cubans.

  • Sep 28, 2020
  • 11:54 AM

Miami Sees a Return to Cold War Cultural Hard Line on Cuba

MIAMI (AP) — Platinum-selling reggaeton act Gente de Zona were barred from a New Year’s Eve concert in a Miami park. The mayor of Miami declared another Cuban singer persona non grata and her concert in a private club was canceled. Fellow artists Jacob Forever y El Micha were shut out of a July 4 concert the neighboring South Florida city of Hialeah last year.

  • Feb 4, 2020
  • 8:40 AM

Cuban Foreign Minister: Warming With US Is Irreversible

NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba’s foreign minister said Tuesday that he believes improvements in relations with the United States are irreversible despite the Trump administration’s hardening of the embargo on the island.

  • Oct 1, 2019
  • 1:52 PM

Trump Declares Economic War on Cuba

The harsh new sanctions reverse “the disastrous Obama-era policies, and finally end the glamorization of socialism and communism,” national security adviser John Bolton said.

  • Apr 22, 2019
  • 11:40 AM

No Castro in Power Should Lead to New US Posture Toward Cuba

Rightly or wrongly, this is the moment many Cubans in exile have been waiting for since the early 1960s.

  • Apr 6, 2018
  • 3:32 PM

Obama’s Next Steps Toward Gaining Cuba’s Trust

When the White House recently announced it was entering into a period of détente with Havana, I had just finished Fidel’s 2007 autobiography. I remember putting the book down and wondering when Cuba was going to release Alan Gross, a contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Washington still maintains Gross was never a spy but was […]

  • Jan 31, 2015
  • 10:33 AM

What the Anti-Cuba Protest at the World Baseball Classic Was Really About (OPINION)

On Sunday the U.S. played Cuba in the World Baseball Classic to a crowd of fans of the game and protesters against the Cuban regime. The goal of the demonstrations was presumably to bring awareness to Cuba’s totalitarian regime, but it was really about proximity to whiteness.

  • Mar 21, 2023
  • 5:52 PM

Why Puerto Ricans for Statehood Remain Hostile Toward the Free Association Option (OPINION)

While experts and others do know that it is possible, desirable, and mutually beneficial to maintain U.S. citizenship in any sovereignty option, statehooders keep trying to misinform Puerto Ricans and policymakers in Washington.

  • Feb 23, 2023
  • 3:50 PM

Cuban President Visits Mexico, Receives Highest Honor for Foreigners

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the island faces “tremendously difficult challenges” as he arrived in Mexico on Saturday. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called U.S. policy “completely worn out, anachronistic, it has no future or point, and it no longer benefits anyone.”

  • Feb 13, 2023
  • 10:52 AM

Boxing Powerhouse Cuba Lets Women Boxers Compete

Cuban officials announced Monday that women boxers would be able to compete officially after decades of restrictions, though they didn’t yet confirm if that would be taken to a professional level like it was with Cuban male boxers earlier this year.

  • Dec 6, 2022
  • 11:00 AM

10 Days Later, Recovery From Hurricane Ian Continues in Cuba

Ten days after the storm left still unquantified devastation across western Cuba and knocked out the power grid nationwide, many Cubans are still without electricity, water, or basic goods. The destruction from Ian has piled onto the hardship of people who had already been suffering through scarcity and shortages in recent years.

  • Oct 7, 2022
  • 10:25 AM

Protests and Crackdown in Cuba After Hurricane Ian (OPINION)

In the wake of Hurricane Ian last week, a series of protests have broken out in the country beginning on Thursday. Fragmented demonstrations were held in traditionally poor and marginalized neighborhoods, where lack of electricity affected the supply of water, gas, and, above all, the conservation of food.

  • Oct 4, 2022
  • 6:06 PM

Cuba in the Dark After Hurricane Ian Knocks Out Power Grid

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba remained in the dark early Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked out its power grid and devastated some of the country’s most important tobacco farms when it hit the island’s western tip as a major storm.

  • Sep 28, 2022
  • 7:47 AM

Hurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces for Category 4 Damage

Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida on Wednesday.

  • Sep 27, 2022
  • 8:48 AM

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