#bellyofthebeast

#Rubio Promises Cuba a Better Future — in a Box https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/rubio-promises-cuba-a-better-future-in-a-box August 13, 2026 [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos] The #Trump administration is touting a $100 million aid package for Cuba, most of which is being distributed by #CatholicChurch charities. But the aid is a drop in the bucket compared to the damage caused by #US# sanctions and an #oil #blockade that has plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis. In our latest video, Belly of the Beast journalist Yohan Rodríguez reports from Bejucal, a town on the outskirts of Havana, where residents welcomed the food kits but questioned the policies that made the aid necessary. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #SolidaridadConCuba #PetróleoParaCuba #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol

Video - The Ship Bringing Aid to Power Cuba’s Hospital https://peertube.world/w/f7yyMHzPmBWqjbv1U9bhXe Duration - 3:27 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Open Arms @openarmsong set sail across the Atlantic carrying seven tons of #SolarPanels, batteries and #medical supplies bound for a children’s #hospital thousands of miles away. This hospital, which treats children with cancer, neurological conditions and severe burns, is facing its biggest challenge: a lack of electricity. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba#PetróleoParaCuba#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #SolarPower#SustainableEnergy #RenewableEnergy#news #politics #USpol #USA

Video - This Russian Spy Base In Cuba Is Spying On You https://peertube.world/w/cfgLyc5L8UHDdjfd8qtw8P Duration - 21:31 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Is #Russia operating a spy base in Cuba again? Donald #Trump, #MarcoRubio and major #US. media outlets like The #NewYorkTimes and The #WallStreetJournal all say so. But none of them bothered to go to the alleged site of this spy base. We did — and here’s what we found. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba#PetróleoParaCuba#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol

Video - How Camila Guevara Milanés Is Making Her Own Legacy in Music https://peertube.world/w/69VA3eZMZQ5NtxuScGXBTw Duration - 2:56 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Camila Guevara Milanés carries two legendary last names. But she wants to be known for her #music. The #Cuban singer-songwriter talks about how she's forging her own #artistic identity. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba#PetróleoParaCuba#culture #art

Video - State Department Makes Case for Repression and Cuba Regime Change https://peertube.world/w/hqRPXhoJTpDDV5PFGVDPg1 Duration - 1:53 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] The #US State Department just released a 100-page report accusing Cuba of influencing virtually every major progressive movement, organization, protest and activist over the last 65 years. Amidst a hodgepodge of distorted history and sweeping, conspiratorial conclusions, the #Trump administration uses the report for two purposes: to justify repression at home and regime change in Cuba. Watch Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández break down what the report says — and what it means. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba#PetróleoParaCuba#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol

Video - Rep. McGovern: Cubans “Screwed Over” by “Arrogant Politicians in Washington” https://peertube.world/w/a6wv14BSNQTixPLbBBiasp Duration - 3:45 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) denounced U.S. sanctions on Cuba as decades-long “human rights violations.” Watch his speech in full. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba #PetróleoParaCuba #politics #USpol

Video - U.S. Representative Confronts State Department Official over Embargo https://peertube.world/w/8USaR1ciJnPnoobfa5nA1 s Duration - 1:50 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Rep. #PramilaJaypal challenged a State Department official over whether decades of #US #sanctions on Cuba amount to collective punishment prohibited under the Fourth Geneva Convention. Watch the exchange. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #politics #USpol

Video - U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Trump’s Claims About Cuba After Visiting the Island https://peertube.world/w/ru66TuzjNGXDtVQP2rVMPp Duration - 20:10 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] US lawmakers Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), and Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) gave an exclusive interview to BotB during their recent visit to Havana. Their trip to Cuba comes as the #Trump administration ramps up its #oil #blockade and economic war on the island, which it has justified by claiming that Cuba poses a threat to #US national security. After meeting with doctors, farmers, entrepreneurs, diplomats and ordinary Cubans, the lawmakers accused Donald Trump and #MarcoRubio of pushing a “false narrative.” “Walking through a #hospital that is dark and empty because we've cut off energy, we’ve cut off fuel,” said Leger Fernández. “Why would Americans support that?” #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #politics #USpol

U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light. https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/u-s-blockade-cut-the-power-u-s-citizens-brought-the-light July 10, 2026 [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective] Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island. But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark. Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes. Also: MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity HomesDespite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #EmbargoHow Cubans Are Surviving Endless BlackoutsWe Found the “Russian Spy Base” in CubaSecond Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer #OilForCuba! #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #politics #USpol

Video - Cuba Calls Out Mike Waltz at the UN With ICE Photos https://peertube.world/w/5WRUkCRRUKiT9n7F7vGhCD Duration - 1:23 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Cuba’s FM #BrunoRodríguez confronted #US Amb. Mike Waltz at the #UN on Tuesday, after Waltz accused Cuba of human rights abuses, holding photos of people detained and killed by #ICE. “This did not happen in Cuba,” said Rodriguez. #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #AbolishICE#politics #Uspol

Video - How Cubans Are Surviving Endless #Blackouts https://peertube.world/w/bQRSHMmPe4wDEUhAhR7BWJ Duration - 1:58 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] As Cuba’s fuel crisis deepens under the U.S. oil blockade, elderly Cubans are being forced to: cook with charcoal and sit in the dark as they wait for the lights to return. #OilForCuba #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo#politics #USpol

Video - Bruno Rodríguez Calls Out US Ambassador at UN General Assembly https://peertube.world/w/7MZP4bJXZbKxuPAK69rC2F Duration - 0:20 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] In an astounding denial of reality, #US Ambassador to the #UN #MikeWaltz told the General Assembly on Tuesday that "there is no American #blockade" on Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Minister #BrunoRodríguez responded to Waltz, a former Green Beret: "This is the #UnitedNationsGeneralAssembly, not a Green Beret camp. You're a liar, Mr. Waltz." #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #politics #USpol

Video - U.S. “Pressure, Blackmail and Threats” to Stop UN Debate on Embargo https://peertube.world/w/33gSt2eZUrZ5pokqmarVcW Duration - 1:20 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Cuba’s Foreign Minister #BrunoRodríguez accused the U.S. State Department of carrying out “pressure, blackmail and threats” to derail a debate about the U.S. blockade at the #UnitedNations General Assembly on July 7. According to Rodríguez, the #US State Department is pressuring governments to prevent the session from taking place. He also claimed that Washington is circulating documents urging countries not to support Cuba at the #UN. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity#LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba#PetróleoParaCuba #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol

Video - UN Official: U.S. Sanctions Are Disrupting Humanitarian Aid to Cuba https://peertube.world/w/euSiVyEWMnYH6tJnT9C3Ld Duration - 19:27 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] #US sanctions and the recent #oil #blockade have not only destroyed Cuba’s economy and fueled a humanitarian crisis. They are now also blocking #HumanitarianAid meant to alleviate suffering caused by US policy. #UN Resident Coordinator Francisco Pichón sat down with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández to explain what he's seeing on the ground: how US #sanctions, fuel shortages and what is known as “over-compliance” by banks are delaying the delivery of medicines, food and other critical supplies. “If the fuel blockade continues, the humanitarian consequences for Cuba will grow deeper and could become irreversible,” he warned. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity#LetCubaLive #news #politics #USpol

Video - Cuba’s Green Solution to the U.S. Oil Blockade: Solar-Powered Electric Tricycles https://peertube.world/w/ghzAPXvGNjjy2M36YTk4pE Duration - 2:44 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Electric tricycles have exploded across Cuba as the country faces extreme fuel shortages due to the #US-imposed #oil #blockade. But blackouts now last so long — 20 or more hours a day — there isn’t enough electricity to charge them. So drivers are now installing #SolarPanels on top of their tricycles. “As long as the sun is out, it’s charging the battery,” says Evanys Peréz. “Now we can travel up to 90 miles.” #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity#LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba#PetróleoParaCuba #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #news #politics #USpol #sanctions #embargo #SustainableEnergy#Sustainability

“You cannot blockade the sun”: how to help Cuba’s green transition https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/you-cannot-blockade-the-sun-how-to-help-cuba-s-green-transition [weekly newsletter about #Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news / #video collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos] Feb. 20, 2026 ...most media outlets have focused on how the island has radically cut back fuel consumption. But that's not the only story: The Cuban government insists overcoming the #energy crisis requires a bold shift to #RenewableEnergy. A new #solidarity initiative offers ways you can help. Also: BotB Cuts Through “Bullshit” PropagandaMore Talk About Talks — and More Anonymous Sources#Spain to Send Food, #Russia Signals Upcoming Fuel DeliveryUN Human Rights Commission Condemns #Oil #BlockadeCanadian Mining Company Suspends Cuba OperationsMexico Offers to Serve as “Air Bridge” to #Cuba#NuestraAméricaConvoy #OilForCuba! #LetCubaLive #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #news #politics #USpol