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2026-05-20: Cuba Roundup

So far today: 2026-05-21 04:39am GMT

Staff (2026-05-20). Is an Invasion of Cuba Next? Peter Kornbluh on U.S. Move to Indict Raúl Castro & CIA's Widening Role. democracynow.org In the latest escalation of the decadeslong U.S. pressure campaign against Cuba's communist government, the Trump administration is expected to unseal an indictment against Raúl Castro, the 94-year-old former president of Cuba, later today. The charges stem from the 1996 shootdown of four pilots with Brothers to the Rescue, the U.S.-based anti-Castro organization formed by Cuban exiles and dissidents. Peter Kornbluh, a Cuba specialist at the National Security Archive, says that the indictment will send "a clear warning" to Cuban leaders and provide justification for a possible future attempt to…

Editor (2026-05-20). Cuba stands firm. It works, creates, and fights against the threat of imperialism. mronline.org Statement by the Cuban Chapter of the Network in Defense of Humanity.

Ed Newman (2026-05-20). Cuba denounces serious health impact of the U.S. energy blockade before the World Health Organization. radiohc.cu During her address to the 79th World Health Assembly, the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), Cuba's First Deputy Minister of Health, Tania Cruz, denounced the damage suffered by the island's healthcare system due to the total fuel embargo imposed by the United States, which has been added to the already intensified economic blockade. | "This is an action with a serious impact on our healthcare system, causing extraordinary harm to every Cuban family, to our children, the elderly, and the sick," emphasized the official, who added that "causing shortages and extreme hardship for mi…

Staff (2026-05-20). Report from Havana: Cubans Starving & Dying Because of Intensified U.S. Blockade. democracynow.org In Havana, we speak to journalist Ed Augustin, who calls the Trump administration's strict fuel blockade of Cuba, in place since the beginning of 2026, "the collective punishment of a population, particularly targeting poor communities, pregnant women, children and the elderly." Augustin shares stories of hardship faced by everyday Cubans who are increasingly forced to go without electricity, drinking water and medical care.

Ed Newman (2026-05-20). Canadian mining company Sherritt International reverses course and maintains joint investment project with Cuba. radiohc.cu The Canadian mining company Sherritt International has finally decided to maintain its joint project with Cuba, reversing the dissolution plan announced days earlier amid the tightening of US sanctions against the island. | The company, which has been operating in Cuba for 32 years, reported that it halted the process after consulting with advisors, government authorities and other stakeholders, as well as receiving new information about the future of the operation and possible alternatives to preserve the value of the business. | Sherritt indicated that it has preliminarily identified "a possible opportunity to…

Nuria Barbosa (2026-05-20). Hospitales de Pinar del Río reciben ayuda de cubanos residentes en Estados Unidos. radiohc.cu Los cubanos patriotas en Estados Unidos ayudan a su pueblo y un ejemplo lo tenemos con la organización Zunzún que envío recientemente a los hospitales pinareños León Cuervo Rubio y Abel Santamaría, medicamentos e insumos médicos. | Desde el sur de La Florida, en Miami Dade, los cubanos dignos desafiaron el criminal bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero que impone la Casa Blanca por más de seis décadas y recrudecido en la actualidad con más medidas decretadas por la administración de Donald Trump. | A través del Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP), el donativo llegó a su destino y fue entregado…

Martha Rios (2026-05-20). Cuba adecua curso escolar a complejidades por bloqueo energético de EEUU. radiohc.cu Los titulares de los Ministerios de Educación y Educación Superior de Cuba, Naima Trujillo Barreto y Walter Baluja García, respectivamente, informaron este martes sobre el cierre del actual período lectivo, en medio de las complejidades que impone la situación nacional debido al bloqueo energético impuesto por el Gobierno de Estados Unidos. | En el espacio televisivo Mesa Redonda, Trujillo Barreto explicó que se disminuirá, en la medida de las posibilidades, la doble sesión, los servicios de seminternado y la presencialidad, de acuerdo a factores de movilidad y transportación. | Informó que se adelantará el cierr…

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