Support the City of
St. Paul resolution against the blockade
Council members Jane Prince, Rebecca Noecker and Dai Thao, with the support of Council president Amy Brendmoen, are sponsoring a resolution against the U.S. embargo of Cuba in the St. Paul City Council. When the resolution is adopted, St. Paul will join Minneapolis and seven other cities in the U.S. that have done so. Besides the importance such a resolution
would have for the people of Cuba - and of Minnesota - St. Paul has
deep connections with Cuba that go back to the 19th century. This
history is set out in the background information document supporting the resolution.
The resolution is scheduled to be heard at 3:30 pm, Wednesday, January 23, in the City Council chambers at 15 W. Kellogg. Please join us in support of the resolution at the meeting. If you can't make it, please contact council members and Mayor Carter to thank them or to ask for their support.
You can find
contact information for council members here
and
for the mayor here. Print a flyer here.
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To date Sponsors: Betty Lotterman, Craig and Linda Ostrem
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Let's Go to Cuba!
Informational presentations on these upcoming solidarity trips
7:15, Tuesday, February 12
Blegen Hall 210, West Bank Campus, University of Minnesota
Facebook event here
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14th May Day International
Volunteer Work Brigade in
Solidarity with Cuba
April 21 to May 5: join the National Network on Cuba and its member organizations in Cuba.
More information:
ICanGoToCuba@nnoc.info
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30th Pastors for Peace
Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba
June 25 - July 5: travel to Havana and Cienfuegos
and challenge the U.S. blockade of Cuba. More information:
friendshipmentcaravan@ifconews.org
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Venceremos Brigade
50th anniversary
Celebrate the 50th brigade July 21 - August 2, 6
or 13 or July 28 - August 1. Join 300 others in challenging U.S. travel restrictions. Four dates, licensed or unlicensed options.
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Witness for Peace
Five upcoming trips
Three trips in March (arts and culture, advocacy,
Black Americans and Black Cubans), one in July (Afro Cuba) and one in September (art, history and healthcare).
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In a slap to the United States, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday condemning the American economic embargo of Cuba and rejected proposed U.S. amendments strongly criticizing the lack of human rights in the island country.
Resolutions adopted by the 193-member world body are unenforceable, but they reflect world opinion and the vote has given Cuba an annual stage for the last 27 years to demonstrate the isolation of the U.S. on the embargo.
It was imposed in 1960 following the revolution led by Fidel Castro and the nationalization of properties belonging to U.S. citizens and corporations, and two years later it was strengthened. More.
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October 19-23, 2018
- Miguel Fraga, First Secretary, Cuban Embassy, visits Minnesota
- National Network on Cuba annual meeting
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- Travel to Cuba is still legal.
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Help support Afro-Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando's new film, Sisters of the Heart
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Videos
- Gail Walker, Executive Director, Pastors for Peace, address to the Albany Cuba Solidarity celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, January 4, 2019
- Say NO to US Intervention in Venezuela, Steve Ellner, November 10, 2018
- Socialism and Black Liberation in Cuba, report back from a panel of Black women who traveled to Cuba in July, October 15, 2018
- Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel at Riverside Church in Harlem, September 26, 2018
- The Purposeful Invisibility of Haiti, September 15, 2018, Facebook or YouTube
- Let's go to Cuba! Why we went, what we learned, how to get there. Report back on recent trips to Cuba, June 7, 2018
- How do we end the blockade of Cuba? Cuban religious leaders speak at Westminster Presbyterian Church, May 16, 2018.
- The Recent Cuban Elections and U.S.-Cuba Relations, April 17, 2018, presentation by Professors Luis Hierro Sánchez and August Nimtz, Minneapolis. YouTube, Facebook
- People's Power Democracy and the Historic 2018 Elections in Cuba, March 16, 2018, presentation by Professor Luis Hierro Sánchez, Minneapolis. YouTube, Facebook
- Women in Cuba, our achievements and continuing struggles, Griselda Aguilera Cabrera, Chicago Cuba Solidarity Coalition, January 15, 2018
- Minnesota Swedes Raising Cane in Cuba, East Side Freedom Library, January 4, 2018
- U.S.-Cuba relations, Ernesto Dominguez Lopez, University of Havana, University of Minnesota, December 7, 2017
- Cuba responds to the Hurricanes: Irma, Maria and Trump, Minneapolis panel, November 9, 2017, video
- National Network on Cuba annual meeting, October 20-22, videos
- June 17, 2017, webinar, What I Learned about Cuba by Going to Havana on May Day
- The March 19 webinar Guantanamo, More than a Prison is archived here. (A free Dropbox subscription may be required).
- Two films from the 2017 Minnesota Cuban Film Festival: Community Doctors (English or Spanish) and Memories of Overdevelopment.
- Por Siempre, Fidel, Forever, panel discussion on the death of Fidel Castro, Minneapolis, December 15, 2016, video
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Next Minnesota Cuba Committee meeting: 6:00 pm, Sunday, January 27, Boneshaker Books. Anyone interested is invited to attend.
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Check our Travel page for information about travel to Cuba in the wake of the Trump changes. |
For recent news about Cuba, scroll through our Facebook feed here (no sign-in required). If you have a Facebook account, you can also follow us here.
Mailing address: Minnesota Cuba Committee
c/o Franklin Curbelo · 400 E. Lake St. · Minneapolis, MN 55408
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