Snails of Cuba! In the end, we found 5 species, including the most endangered and arguably also most beautiful, Polymita sulphurosa. Unfortunately, we also encountered illegal sale of the shells on mountain pass.
Why? Project is on the evolution and conservation of these snails, led by Dr Bernardo Reyes in Cuba and working with colleagues from London zoo, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.
Cuba, who we have placed sanctions on for 60 years, has a higher life expectancy than the United States.
Why?
Healthcare.
#Healthcare #MedicareForAll #UnitedStates #Cuba
Watched "The Missiles of October" over the weekend and found two and a half hours of men sitting in a room, talking, riveting.
Adapted from JFK's book, the Kennedys are portrayed as concerned about how the US, the leader of the Free World, will look if it attacks a small Caribbean country. No mention is made of the CIA engineered coup in Honduras during Eisenhower's administration.
Now watching some very funny comedy.
Check your local library for the DVD.
#NuclearWar #JFK #Khruschev #Cuba
JFK files show the CIA contaminated sugar from Cuba bound to the USSR with chemicals.
In case you thought socialism and communism is bad, you’re wrong. We are being lied to, past CIA leaks prove that. #Cuba #USSR #Communism #Socialism #Democrats #Republicans #JFKfiles
Cuba's healthcare system, despite decades of US sanctions, remains a global leader in medical innovation and international health solidarity.
The universal, free, accessible, and community-centered system prioritizes equitable access, public health education, and early intervention. Cuba's healthcare approach emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention, and the integration of medical care and rehabilitation.
@kkarhan@infosec.space@MNSpy I wounder if @AuswaertigesAmt actually has that case on their monitors and/or is going to provide consular assistance...
Cuban Green Anole, Playa Ancon, #Cuba. While photographing on this peninsula, it was very hot and humid, and I couldn't find anywhere selling water, or any water fountains, so I decided to venture out without water (something I will never do again). When I returned to the village of Playa Ancon, at the base of the peninsula, I found a vendor selling orange sodas and downed three in a few minutes. One of my best memories of quenching thirst. #macrophotography
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1952, US-backed dictator Fulgencio #Batista took power in a coup in #Cuba. He suspended a democratic constitution and murdered at least 20,000 Cubans suspected of socialist activity. His #PoliceState was never denounced by the US; instead, it gave him aid.
@Peter_Link@expressional.socialCuba Sends #Doctors, the US Sends #Sanctions
The #UnitedStates calls #Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the #GlobalSouth.
from #Jacobin
By #HelenYaffe
March 8, 2025
On February 25, #US secretary of state #MarcoRubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s overseas #medical-assistance programs. A #USStateDepartment statement clarified that the sanction extends to “current and former” officials and the “immediate family of such persons.”
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/cuba-medical-programs-us-sanctions
#CubanMedicalInternationalism
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #press #politics #healthcare #embargo
@cubainfo
@kkarhan@infosec.space@onlymildlyneurotic [mastodon.social] OFC #Cuba's #SoftPower strategy is #MedicalAssistance and #DevelopmentAid and I do think that this is a net positive.
Wonen’s Rights in Cuba #cuba #latinamerica #women #womensday #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth
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@Radical_EgoCom
@TheDialecticalCommunist
@PeoplesVoice
Wonen’s Rights in Cuba #cuba #latinamerica #women #womensday #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth
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@Radical_EgoCom
@TheDialecticalCommunist
@PeoplesVoice
Wonen’s Rights in Cuba #cuba #latinamerica #women #womensday
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@Radical_EgoCom
@TheDialecticalCommunist
@@PeoplesVoice
Cubans rallied in #Guantanamo to call for the removal of the US’ torture camp. Its naval base is located on land that was stolen from #cuba.
Local communist party leaders condemned Trump’s plans to deport migrants to the camp in violation of their human rights.
More than 50,000 Cubans set to protest in Guantánamo against US foreign policy
The rally seeks to demonstrate the Cuban people’s historic rejection of the US presence at the Guantánamo Naval Base, as well as against Trump’s decision to transfer 30,000 deportees considered “dangerous.”
@jdm2@palcarajo.socialIn yet another instance of the USA immigration system fucking up, only 2 players from the Cuban national basketball team were allowed to travel to Puerto Rico to play in a FIBA Americup qualifier window.
Source in Spanish:
Street Scene Historic Camagüey Cuba
On the last day of our trip in Cuba we were exploring the Historic Centre of Camagüey Cuba.
One of the first seven villages founded by the Spaniards in Cuba, Camagüey played a prominent role as the urban center of an inland territory dedicated to cattle breeding and the sugar industry.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/street-scene-historic-camaguey-cuba-cool-car-wayne-moran.html
#Camaguey #Cuba #antiqueCars #ClassicCars #cars #caribbean #Island #landscape #travel #Photography
Raven's 10 Policy Platform for Good Governance in 2025, Independent of the Country:
1. Every citizen and documented immigrant should be guaranteed and be able to expect the government to do it's best to represent their needs and best interests as best as it possibly can to enable to maximum health, fulfillment, and enjoyment in life.
2. Universal Single Payer Healthcare, free at the point of service for all citizens and documented immigrants, and a buy in option for undocumented immigrants and visitors. (Basically Bernie Sander's Medicare For All Proposal)
3. Housing For All, make it free for all citizens and documented immigrants, and a right for them. Undocumented immigrants and visitors would need to pay for housing or seek temporary residence shelter status. (Closest to Cuba's housing model)
4. Free Public Transportation, free for all citizens and documented immigrants, undocumented immigrants and visitors can buy in, privatized and privatization of public transportation would be illegal.
5. Disabled Inclusion and Equity, Disabled citizens and documented immigrants have a right to self determination and independence so long as a group of 10 physicians and judge via a court ruling or criminal trial waiver as a result of insanity determine otherwise. Treatment of disabilities must be inline with best efforts and good faith to both improve the quality of the disabled citizen or documented immigrant's life and their health. Disabled citizens and documented immigrants who cannot provide the means of living for themselves will be cared for.
6. LGBTQ Rights, any number of people who can and do consent to a sexual, romantic, and/or marriage based relationship should have the right to do so and all the same amenities and legal affordances that any monogamous cisgendered heterosexual couple would have.
7. Free Universal Education, all education is free for citizens and documented immigrants: free tuition, free learning materials, free textbooks, and free basic needs. When you are a full time student, your job should be to learn. Getting into college and higher education is enough. This would ban the employment of students in full time attendance to any educational institution. Undocumented immigrants by being accepted to a specialty lower education institution or a higher educational institution of any type should be granted documentation and legal residency. Programs should be made to entice these immigrants to become citizens and stay after receiving their education.
8. Birth Right Citizenship, if you are born within a nation's borders, you should be entitled to citizenship of that nation.
9. Citizenship By Heritage, one ancestor of pure heritage or of citizenship of the land in the last 5 generations Can be done with birth records, adoption paperwork, or reputable DNA testing results.
10. Citizenship By Immigration & Assimilation, documented immigrants should be encouraged to assimilate, this should be done through free language courses and certifications and free culture courses and certifications. The formation of ethnic enclaves by immigrants should be fiercely discouraged, but families and friends must never be separated to achieve this goal. Voluntary sublimation of the immigrant population into the predominant and preexisting culture is the ultimate goal. Prospective immigrants without a criminal records and/or who are dodging the draft or oppression of any enemy nation and/or who are the victims of genocide(s) abroad, must be prioritized. Prospective immigrants personal finances should not matter in the immigration process. Becoming a documented immigrant should be simple and sensible and follow these guidelines.
USA vs. Cuba
