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In this ITV News explainer, we examine why tensions between the United States and Cuba are escalating, how Donald Trump's approach to foreign policy has fuelled speculation about Cuba's future, and what options could be on the table for Washington.Presented by ITV News reporter Will Tullis, this video explores the historical roots of US-Cuba hostility, the impact of decades of sanctions and embargoes, and the growing economic crisis facing ordinary Cubans.We look at whether increased pressure on Havana could lead to regime change, a “friendly takeover”, further economic isolation, or a worsening humanitarian situation.Featuring expert analysis from ITV News US Correspondent Dan Rivers and Lillian Guerra, professor of Cuban and Caribbean history at the University of Florida, the video breaks down the political, military and economic factors shaping the relationship between Washington and Havana.

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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla appeals to Congress to avoid "war," as US-Cuba tensions escalate.

Today's National Days. Eben Brown as the Cuban foreign minister appeals to Congress to avoid war as US-Cuba tensions escalate. Yard sales are a nightmare. Rayne Guest on the affect of Ebola and the upcoming World Cup.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today on O'Connor and Company, Larry dives into the latest developments in the world of politics and international relations. The Trump administration has made a significant move by indicting Raul Castro, the former leader of Cuba, for his role in the murder of four American civilians in 1996. This historic decision has sent shockwaves around the world and has sparked a heated debate about the future of US-Cuba relations. Larry also discusses the implications of this move and what it means for the people of Cuba. He also talks to Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who shares his thoughts on the importance of this indictment and what it means for the Cuban people. Plus, Larry explores the latest news on the Iran nuclear deal and the ongoing tensions between the US and China. And, we're getting an update on the California gubernatorial election and the latest developments in the world of entertainment.Become a Townhall VIP member with promo code "LARRY": https://townhall.com/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss the indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro for murder and its implications for US/Cuba relations. And, they talk about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos explaining how to make a billion dollars and President Donald Trump praising independent Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt. Next, Ronald Bailey, science correspondent for Reason magazine, joins the guys to discuss the twentieth anniversary of the release of “An Incovenient Truth,” Al Gore's influential documentary on global warming. Then finally, they discuss tonight's final episode of “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” on CBS, and the legacy of former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), who passed away at the age of 86. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

World news in 7 minutes. Friday 22nd May 2026.Today : France crash responsibility. UK migration. DRC ebola riot. Mali blockade. US Cuba tension. Ecuador iguana smuggling. Israel activist detention. Japan fire. Turkiye Ozel. India Cockroach party.SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities. You can become a supporter at send7.org/supportWith Stephen DevincenziSign up for the new free Friday newsletter! www.send7.org/newsletterContact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us! We do not consent to the podcast being used to train AI.Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Ben Mallett every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org

On May 13th, Cuba ran out of oil, crippling public services for nearly 10 million people. It's a result of a months-long oil blockade initiated by the Trump administration. We'll talk with Ada Ferrer, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of US-Cuba relations, about this latest development in the long-tumultuous relationship between these two nations. She's the author of the new book, “Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter” She weaves together Cuba's history with her own family's story, and she shares what – and who – they left behind to come to America. Guests: Ada Ferrer, professor of history, Princeton University; author of "Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hour 1 for 5/18/26 Drew spoke with China expert Steven Mosher about Trump's recent visit to the country (6:50). Topics: rare earth minerals (13:17), China's population (16:15), and religious freedom (17:55). Then, Steve Bucci from Heritage discusses the war in Iran and the future of US-Cuba relations (31:53), and what's preventing a deal in Iran (37:59). One caller shares her concern about the war in Iran (44:33). Links: Pop.org Heritage.org

AP's Lisa Dwyer reports that a humanitarian aid ship from Mexico has docked in Havana as US-Cuba tensions escalate.

We're learning more about what President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jingping discussed this week in Beijing. On his return to the US, Trump also explained why he rejected Iran's latest peace proposal. A US delegation traveled to Havana to meet with Cuban officials for the first time since 2016. A livestreamer known for posting racist content is facing attempted murder after a shooting. Plus, auditions for the new James Bond have begun – and we'll tell you who may be in the running Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Historian Michael Bustamante joins Ian Bremmer to discuss Cuba's economic freefall, Trump's end game, and the hopes of Cuban Americans. This week, Ian Bremmer sits down with University of Miami historian and Cuba expert Michael Bustamante to make sense of the US-Cuba standoff. Cuba is in its worst crisis in 30 years, with basic necessities like fuel, water and food in short supply. Between one and two million Cubans have left in the past five years, the largest exodus in the island's history. And the opposition is too weak, too scattered, and too decimated by exile and imprisonment to be a real political alternative. Trump says 2026 is the year of liberation. But Bustamante argues the hard realities don't match his expectations, and a military invasion is unlikely. A purely economic deal, closer to Obama's 2015 opening, might suit Trump's deal-making instincts, and Cuba's government has signaled it could live with that too. But it would be a betrayal of everything Cuban Americans in South Florida have been promised. And for Marco Rubio, it would be a defining political problem. Together, Bustamante and Bremmer discuss the realistic outcomes -- will Trump get what he wants, and can the 80 years old communist regime survive this crisis? Subscribe to the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform, to receive new episodes as soon as they're published. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Historian Michael Bustamante joins Ian Bremmer to discuss Cuba's economic freefall, Trump's end game, and the hopes of Cuban Americans. This week, Ian Bremmer sits down with University of Miami historian and Cuba expert Michael Bustamante to make sense of the US-Cuba standoff. Cuba is in its worst crisis in 30 years, with basic necessities like fuel, water and food in short supply. Between one and two million Cubans have left in the past five years, the largest exodus in the island's history. And the opposition is too weak, too scattered, and too decimated by exile and imprisonment to be a real political alternative. Trump says 2026 is the year of liberation. But Bustamante argues the hard realities don't match his expectations, and a military invasion is unlikely. A purely economic deal, closer to Obama's 2015 opening, might suit Trump's deal-making instincts, and Cuba's government has signaled it could live with that too. But it would be a betrayal of everything Cuban Americans in South Florida have been promised. And for Marco Rubio, it would be a defining political problem. Together, Bustamante and Bremmer discuss the realistic outcomes -- will Trump get what he wants, and can the 80 years old communist regime survive this crisis? Subscribe to the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform, to receive new episodes as soon as they're published. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

WOKV's Benjamin Fridkis speaks with Erick Erickson on topics of the potential future of US-Cuba relations, the exit of U.S Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Vice President JD Vance on his way to Islamabad to meet with Iran delegates, and the photos of an Israeli soldier destroying a statue of Jesus Christ in Lebanon.

PREVIEW FOR LATER (1)HEADLINE: US-Cuba Diplomatic Transition and Democracy GUEST: Mary Kissel SUMMARY: Mary Kissel examines State Department efforts to transition Cuba toward democracy and hemisphere transparency. Success requires defanging current leadership, releasing prisoners, and ending dependence on foreign oil to empower the Cuban people. (2)1899 CUBA

Americas correspondent, Katie Silver spoke to Lisa Owen about Venezuela's former president Nicolas Maduro appearing in front of a US court today, as well as US-Cuba tensions escalating - with Fidel Castro's brother reportedly becoming involved in discussions between the two countries.

Latin American political economy professor, Helen Yaffe joins the Green Left Show to discuss the current strangulation policies imposed by the US government against Cuba. View this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1450/world/green-left-show-81-helen-yaffe-very-serious-moment-cuba Cuba needs your solidarity now, she says. This episode covered: 1:47 the current situation in Cuba; 11:09 practical impacts of US strangulation policy; 14:54 oil supplies from Russia, Venezuela and Mexico; 20:23 US-Cuba 'negotiations'; 28:08 the Nuestra América Convoy; 31:36 Cuba as a positive example; 37:38 infant mortality and motherhood in Cuba; and 42:16 why Cuba needs solidarity now! In the interview she refers to this article she wrote in Jacobin. We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenleftaction Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, Itunes and PodcastAddict.

As Iran continues to block ships from moving through the Strait of Hormuz, farmers around the world are seeing their fertilizer supplies coming up short, and some countries are having to shut down down their LNG plants. Also, we wrap up our weeklong housing affordability coverage with a wider discussion about tackling the rising cost of housing at its root. And, a look at the history of US-Cuba relations. Also, the K-pop megastars of BTS are back together after a long break to complete their military service. Plus, a look at a family tradition for Nowruz. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show, host Allen Ruff is in conversation with Peter Kornbluh of the National Security Archive, an expert on US-Cuba relations. White House threats to Cuba are making the daily news, and just this week, President Trump said he plans on “taking Cuba in some form” and doing anything he wants with it.  Kornbluh sketches the US's long antagonism toward Cuba. He says the seeds of the current situation are in the early twentieth century, when the US “appropriated” Cuba's war of independence against Spain and into a neocolonial relationship with Cuba with the Platt Amendment. Kornbluh reminds listeners that March 20 is the 10th anniversary of President Obama's historic trip to Havana.  Currently the crisis of the Cuban electrical grid is taking a humanitarian toll and the lack of fuel is impacting all areas of life on the island. Kornbluh says that Trump “needs to stop suffocating Cuba.” But Trump's “imperious attitude” makes it hard for diplomacy to proceed. He effectively created what Kornbluh calls a “sphere of intimidation” in Latin America where other countries are concerned if they could be the President's next target.  Peter Kornbluh is a Senior Analyst at the National Security Archive. He currently directs the Archive's Cuba and Chile Documentation Projects. He was co-director of the Iran-Contra documentation project and director of the Archive's project on U.S. policy toward Nicaragua. From 1990-1999, he taught at Columbia University as an adjunct assistant professor of international and public affairs. Featured image of the Cuban flag.  Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Economic Warfare That's Suffocating Cuba appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

With the Iran war not going entirely as planned, does Donald Trump have his eye on another easier regime-change much closer to home? Cuba has been on his to-do list for a while, but the signals are that he needs a quick win right now, and Havana fits the bill. The Communist regime there is on its knees anyway, with its oil from Venezuela cut off, and its economy falling apart, 67 years after the Castro revolution. So could Cuba cut a deal, and what would that look like? Professor Joseph Gonzalez of Appalachian State University, North Carolina, who is writing a history of US-Cuba relations, tells Phil and Roger a surprising number of Cubans would welcome a new dose of US neo-colonialism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Lyal White, faculty at Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) about: The status of “BRICS” during the current war in Iran; meeting of the “Shield of the Americas” summit; what can US-Cuba talks achieve; José Kast sworn into office in Chile. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. Listen out for #LesterInYourLounge which is an outside broadcast – from the home of a listener in a different part of Cape Town - on the first Wednesday of every month. This show introduces you to interesting Capetonians as well as their favourite communities, habits, local personalities and neighbourhood news. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Good Morning CapeTalk with Lester Kiewit broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/xGkqLbT or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/f9Eeb7i Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk5See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the Iran campaign's economic shocks, the upsides for Russia, US-Cuba negotiations, and the three ways the Iran war could end.

World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 11th March 2026.Today : Madagascar dissolved. Tunisia airport. US Cuba next? Mexico no guns. Turkiye Cyprus. X bans millions. UK author protest. Croatia military.  Iran war. School investigation. Australia reward. Japan hair hope grows.SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities. You can become a supporter at send7.org/supportWith Stephen DevincenziSign up for the new free Friday newsletter! www.send7.org/newsletterContact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us! We do not consent to the podcast being used to train AI.Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Niall Moore every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org

(2017) A still relevant discussion with Congressman Rick Crawford on Cuban-American relations and the connection that America's Heartland has to the island through agriculture exports. Cohosting* the interview are Frank Mora, Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Sebastian Arco, Associate Director of the Cuban Research Institute, and Michael Scadden, an independent regional consultant and also a Research Associate of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy.*All participants are referred to by their roles at the time

The secret deal that temporarily suspended the Cold War is revisited by Foreign Policy Executive Editor Dan Ephron and SpyTalk host Michael IsikoffDan EphronSpy: The U.S., Cuba, and the Secret Deal That Ended the Cold War Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter:https://twitter.com/SpyTalkerFollow Michael Isikoff on Twitter:https://twitter.com/isikoff Follow SpyTalk on Twitter:https://twitter.com/talk_spySubscribe to SpyTalk on Substackhttps://www.spytalk.co/Take our listener survey where you can give us feedback.http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Acknowledgement of CountryNews HeadlinesLev Lafayette, Part 2 of the interview with the president of the Australia China Friendship Society Victoria on the first day of the Lunar New YearRapper Philly performing at the Abolish Australia event held on 25th of January - Language warning for this musical performanceDr. Mariano Heyden - Potential impacts of second Trump presidency on the Australian business landscapeSasha Gillies-Lekakis - USA-Cuba policy backflip concerning the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism

Latin America is in Trumps crosshairs and a US foreign policy priority for action; why the US should not take back the Panama Canal; US-Cuba police whiplash as Trump reinstates “terrorism” designation. Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Lyal White on these stories from Latin America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Joan Flores-Villalobos, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Southern California, and author of The Silver Women: How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal.First, we hear from a man involved in the handover of the canal from the United States to Panama in 1999. Then, DJ and singer Leonardo Renato Aulder explains how the canal led to the creation of Reggaeton music. Next we go to Cuba. An old comrade of Fidel Castro recounts the violent start of the Cuban revolution in 1953. And a member of the Obama administration explains how he negotiated better US-Cuba relations in 2014.Finally, the story of the 442nd US military regiment, made up almost entirely of Japanese Americans, that earned more than 4,000 Purple Heart medals for extraordinary heroism during World War Two.Contributors: Alberto Aleman Zubieta - Panama Canal administrator. Leonardo Renato Aulder - Reggaeton singer and DJ. Joan Flores-Villalobos - Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California. Agustín Díaz Cartaya - Cuban revolutionary. Ben Rhodes - Speechwriter for US President Barack Obama. Clyde Kusatsu - son of 442nd Regiment veteran.(Photo: World War Two veterans from the highly decorated 442nd Regiment in 2015. Credit: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

 Dr Vince Houghton and Eric Driggs discuss their new book: Covert City: The Cold War and the Making of Miami (PublicAffairs Books, Apr 2024) with AFIO President James Hughes. The history of how the entire city of Miami was constructed in the image of the US-Cuba rivalry. From the Bay of Pigs invasion to the death of Fidel Castro. They discuss secret operations, corruption, crime, and a city teeming with spies and why Miami was as crucial to winning the Cold War as Washington, D.C., or Moscow. Interview: Monday, 20 May 2024. Hosted by James Hughes, AFIO President. 

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are lucky to be joined by a special guest in Cuba as well as a special guest host whom many of you will likely remember from past episodes of the show.  Here, we bring on Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández from Belly of the Beast to discuss Bob Menendez (who was just convicted on corruption charges), US-Cuba policy, and how these are related. This episode is being based off of two documentaries that Liz hosted for Belly of the Beast - Hardliner of the Hudson which takes a deep look at Menendez, and Uphill on the Hill which is an examination of recent US-Cuba policy. Watch these, and subscribe to Belly of the Beast on YouTube! Adnan was not able to join Henry for this one, so we drafted in our friend and former guest Taylor Genovese as a special guest host.  Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Dutchess Community College, an editor at Iskra Books, and a documentary filmmaker.  You may remember Taylor as a guest from two previous episodes - Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and Art and the Working Class.  Major thanks to Taylor for coming in on relatively short notice for this one! Liz Oliva Fernández is a Cuban journalist and the presenter of The War on Cuba, for which she won a Gracie Award. Apart from her journalism and filmmaking, Liz is a dedicated anti-racist and feminist activist.   Follow Belly of the Beast on Twitter @bellybeastcuba to keep up with Liz's work. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

For the past six years on this show, we've talked to working people from across the United States, from virtually every walk of life, about their lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles. But today, we're going to talk about what it's like to live and work in a country that has been designated a political enemy of US empire, a country that sits only 90 miles away from the US, a country that American politicians have resolved to strangle into oblivion for the past 60 years. In this episode, we speak with Liz Oliva Fernández from Cuba. Liz is an award-winning Cuban journalist with Belly of the Beast, an independent outlet covering Cuba and US-Cuba relations, and she is the presenter of two new documentaries, Hardliner on the Hudson and Uphill on the Hill. In addition to exposing the sinister interests behind, and the devastating real-world impacts of, the Cold War Cuban policy of Joe Biden's administration, pushed by powerful hardliners like Senator Bob Menendez, former Chair of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the films also document Liz's experience as a Black journalist from the Global South coming to the US to confront the predominantly white politicians and interests waging economic war on her country. We talk about Liz's new films, and we talk about growing up in Cuba, becoming a journalist, and life for woking people in Cuba under the US-imposed blockade and designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.Additional links/info below…Belly of the Beast website, Facebook page, Instagram, and YouTube channelBelly of the Beast, Hardliner on the HudsonBelly of the Beast, Uphill on the HillAndrew Buncombe, The Guardian, “Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation"Ju-Hyun Park, The Real News Network, "Cuba's protests and the long crisis of US intervention"Permanent links below…Working People Patreon pageLeave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter pageIn These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter pageThe Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter pageWorking People Podcast show page.Featured Music…Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme SongStudio Production: Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: Jules TaylorHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcast

For the past six years on this show, we've talked to working people from across the United States, from virtually every walk of life, about their lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles. But today, we're going to talk about what it's like to live and work in a country that has been designated a political enemy of US empire, a country that sits only 90 miles away from the US, a country that American politicians have resolved to strangle into oblivion for the past 60 years. In this episode, we speak with Liz Oliva Fernández from Cuba. Liz is an award-winning Cuban journalist with Belly of the Beast, an independent outlet covering Cuba and US-Cuba relations, and she is the presenter of two new documentaries, Hardliner on the Hudson and Uphill on the Hill. In addition to exposing the sinister interests behind, and the devastating real-world impacts of, the Cold War Cuban policy of Joe Biden's administration, pushed by powerful hardliners like Senator Bob Menendez, former Chair of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the films also document Liz's experience as a Black journalist from the Global South coming to the US to confront the predominantly white politicians and interests waging economic war on her country. We talk about Liz's new films, and we talk about growing up in Cuba, becoming a journalist, and life for woking people in Cuba under the US-imposed blockade and designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism . Additional links/info below… Belly of the Beast website, Facebook page, Instagram, and YouTube channel Belly of the Beast, Hardliner on the Hudson Belly of the Beast, Uphill on the Hill Andrew Buncombe, The Guardian, “Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation" Ju-Hyun Park, The Real News Network, "Cuba's protests and the long crisis of US intervention" Permanent links below… Working People Patreon page Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page Featured Music…   Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme Song

World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 29th May 2024.Today: Ireland, Spain, Norway recognize Palestine. South Africa votes. Ukraine Belgium support. Taiwan changes. Zambia hunger. Lebanon protests. Bangladesh, India cyclone. India, Pakistan heatwave. Mexico candidate murders. US Cuba changes. And peanuts for babies.With Stephen DevincenziTranscripts are avilable for our amazing supporters at send7.org/transcriptsOur weekly news quiz for our amazing supporter is here send7.org/quizIf you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at send7.org/supportWe give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.Contact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us!SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.For more information visit send7.org/contact

On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel interviewed Jason Martinez, an Anchor at FOX 29 Philadelphia. Martinez joined the FOX 29 News team in June 2019, as co-anchor of The FOX 29 News broadcasts weeknights at Five, Six, Ten and 11 p.m. An Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter, Martinez moved to Philly from San Diego, where he was the morning anchor at KGTV the prior four years. His experience there includes anchoring non-stop coverage of the devastating Lilac Fire, which destroyed more than 200 homes, the international border conflict, immigration issues and California's cost of living crisis. Prior to San Diego, Martinez spent five years as an anchor at WPLG in Miami, covering some of the wildest "only in Florida" stories of his career. He covered Presidential elections in the swing state, US-Cuba relations, fake plastic surgeons, a violent face-eating incident and two Miami Heat NBA championships. Martinez's experience reporting in the field has taken him through floods, crime scenes, presidential elections, plane crashes, tornadoes, and hurricanes. In Fresno, CA, Martinez won an Emmy Award providing coverage for a devastating freeze that destroyed Central California's citrus crops. He also worked in Los Angeles, where he earned his fourth Emmy Award for team coverage of Michael Jackson's shocking death. After graduating from Chapman University in Orange, California, Martinez began his career as a reporter at WTVG in Toledo, Ohio. There, he covered several major stories including the November 2002 outbreak of tornadoes, "The Big Blackout," and he interviewed a young high school kid named LeBron James, who was good at basketball. Being a "Daddy" is Martinez's true love and he is the proud father of four children: Jagger, Carson, Angelina and John-Michael. He and his wife Lissette are involved in the "Live Like Bella Foundation," which benefits research to fight childhood cancer. Just days after he was born, Martinez's son Carson nearly died after contracting a blood infection. His remarkable recovery motivated Martinez to get involved with causes that benefit Children's Hospitals across the country. He lost his grandfather to Alzheimer's disease, which is another cause near and dear to his heart. He has been a partner with the Alzheimer's Association for many years. Martinez's other love is music. He has been a drummer since the age of four and has shared the stage with great musicians covering a variety of genres such as funk, country, jazz, Latin, R&B, soul and rock. A former college baseball player, he is a sports fanatic who, as a kid, played travel baseball with former Phillies great Chase Utley. He is also an avid golfer who cannot seem to find the fairway. Jason Martinez Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-martinez-8402604a/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonmartineztv/ X:https://twitter.com/JasonFox29 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonmartineztv?lang=en FOX 29 Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fox-television/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox29philly/ X: https://twitter.com/FOX29philly

Wednesday 6th March 2024WARNING - disturbing news between 2:30 - 4:30 - Please skip if you are with children.Today: Ukraine sinks Russian ship. France abortion constitution. Netherlands survivor. Israel UN report. Ghana camp. Morocco fossil. Haiti airport. US Cuba spy. And Meta is down but Bitcoin is up!With Stephen DevincenziContact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at send7.org/support . We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us!SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.For more information visit send7.org/contact

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On November 3rd the United Nations is set to vote on ending the US blockade against Cuba, and local solidarity activists are demanding Nancy Pelosi join in the calls to end the embargo. On Thursday, November 3rd at 4:30 pm a broad coalition of Bay Area groups will rally at the SF Federal Building (7th St. near Mission) to call on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to “Let Cuba Live!” The rally will take place on the day that the United Nations General Assembly is expected to overwhelmingly condemn, for the 30th year in a row, the illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade that the US imposes against Cuba. People will then march to UN Plaza to spotlight the significance of the UN vote. We speak with Diana Block, an anti-imperialist, abolitionist, feminist who works with the Bay Area – Cuba Saving Lives Committee. She also is also a founding and active member of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, and a co-founder of San Francisco Women Against Rape. Check out Diana Block's website: https://dianablock.com/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post UN to vote on US-Cuba blockade w/ Diana Block appeared first on KPFA.

In March 1999 the Baltimore Orioles became the first US Major League team to play in Cuba for more than 40 years. Fans in Cuba eagerly awaited the fixture, and the game was played in a carnival atmosphere, with Fidel Castro looking on from the crowds. It was hailed as a success of sporting diplomacy. Cuban baseball star Enrique Diaz was in the national team that day. He tells Witness about the highlight of his sporting career. (Photo: Cuban and American flags. Credit: Getty Images)

Cuba is a small island nation of 11.3 million people, but the country has long loomed large in the American political imagination. Viewed as both a hostile pro-Soviet neighbor and an anti-imperialist revolutionary, Cuba has held a contentious relationship with the US. The Obama administration began to repair the strained diplomatic relationship, but the invasion of Ukraine and enduring Trump-era sanctions are once again inflaming deep-rooted Cold War tensions.   In this week's episode, we explore the deep roots of Cuban internationalism…and its impact on everyday Cubans. We begin with historian William Kelly, who charts Cuba's little-known history of solidarity with Ukraine—and how Cuba's pro-Putin stance is turning this history on its head. Then, Ray is joined by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Ada Ferrer, whose new book Cuba: An American History offers a new take on US-Cuba relations.   Guests:   William Kelly, lecturer in Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University   Ada Ferrer, Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American Studies at New York University and Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Cuba: An American History    Host:   Ray Suarez   If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

Thinking Cap Theatre's Artistic Director Nicole Stodard PhD talks with Lillian Manzor Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures and Hemispheric Caribbean Studies at the University of Miami and Founding Director of the Cuban Theater Digital Archive. LILLIAN MANZOR's BIO Dr. Lillian Manzor is Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures and Hemispheric Caribbean Studies at the University of Miami and Founding Director of the Cuban Theater Digital Archive (www.cubantheater.org). She is series coeditor of Sualos, published by Havana's Editorial Alarcos and Miami's CTDA Press. She is widely published in Latin American and Latinx theater and performance studies. She has coedited Latinas on Stage, Teatro cubano actual: dramaturgia escrita en los Estados Unidos, and coauthored Cuban Theater in Miami: 1960-1980 (http://scholar.library.miami.edu/miamitheater/) and El Ciervo Encantado: An Altar in the Mangrove (http://ciervoencantado.tome.press/). Her book Marginality Beyond Return: US-Cuban Performances and Politics is forthcoming with Routledge July 2022. Her research has been funded the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, American Council of Learned Societies, Ford Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation. As a community engaged scholar, she has fostered US-Cuba cultural dialogues through theater and performance since 1993. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-cap-theatre/support

Good guys with guns are also bad. Every detail that emerges about the Uvalde, Texas shooting at an elementary school is worse than the last. The takeaway remains the same: we need gun control NOW. If there isn't the political will, the people are gonna have to make it so. Comedian and union organizer Nato Green is back to discuss the details of another somber week in America. Dave Weigel, political reporter for the Washington Post, also joins to break down both parties' strategy in a midterm/primary season that is swimming in SuperPAC cash. And even still, progressive have claimed victories! Finally, LA mayoral candidate Gina Viola on why neither Karen Bass nor Rick Caruso are delivering what Los Angeles desperately needs. Finally a *BONUS BISH* on Eric Adams becoming Dems new pro-cop darling, and a positive update on US-Cuba relations. Become a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to watch and listen.Featuring:Nato Green, comedian https://twitter.com/natogreen Dave Weigel, political reporter at the Washington Post https://twitter.com/daveweigel Gina Viola, candidate for LA mayor https://twitter.com/GinaForLA, https://ginaforla.com/ @LA VOTE JUNE 7th! The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Good guys with guns are also bad. Every detail that emerges about the Uvalde, Texas shooting at an elementary school is worse than the last. The takeaway remains the same: we need gun control NOW. If there isn't the political will, the people are gonna have to make it so. Comedian and union organizer Nato Green is back to discuss the details of another somber week in America. Dave Weigel, political reporter for the Washington Post, also joins to break down both parties' strategy in a midterm/primary season that is swimming in SuperPAC cash. And even still, progressive have claimed victories! Finally, LA mayoral candidate Gina Viola on why neither Karen Bass nor Rick Caruso are delivering what Los Angeles desperately needs. Finally a *BONUS BISH* on Eric Adams becoming Dems new pro-cop darling, and a positive update on US-Cuba relations. Become a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to watch and listen.Featuring:Nato Green, comedian https://twitter.com/natogreen Dave Weigel, political reporter at the Washington Post https://twitter.com/daveweigel Gina Viola, candidate for LA mayor https://twitter.com/GinaForLA, https://ginaforla.com/ @LA VOTE JUNE 7th! The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join hosts Jon, Saskia and Max for the Layover — the travel talk show that brings you the latest travel headlines, your tourism traffic report and lesser-known locations to inspire your next adventure. In this week's episode, we look into the Argentinian Blue Dollar and how you can make the most of your currency exchange abroad, explain Cuba's current tourism status and explore Uppsala, Sweden as a new holiday destination.

Media coverage abundantly shares issues of scarcity of medicines, shortage of food, blackouts, a rise in Covid cases and deaths and an arguably rigid government response to the economic problems. However, the illegal and immoral blockade and how it has shaped the economic reality is only mentioned without proper understanding of its role in the issues of greater concern. We try to bring balance to understanding the problem by continuing to expose little known facts regarding US micro and macroaggressions against Cuba and the quality of life in Cuba. We review the hundreds of millions of dollars poured into Cuban civil society by CIA surrogates USAID and NED beginning late last century to date, with the primary motivation of overthrowing the Cuban political economic model. A crime of gross sovereignty violation, by any country's legal standards. All sold to the American public as ‘bringing democracy' to Cuba (whether they like it or not. We review Max Blumenthal's recent 7/25/21 article, Cuba's Cultural Counter Revolution: US Government backed rappers, artists gain fame as catalyst for current unrest. We include an overview history of terrorism including airplane dropping incendiary devices on sugar crops and mills, the introduction of sugar cane smut, blue mold, along with biological attacks on tobacco seedlings, bovine attacks, pig swine with the entire pig population destruction, dengue fever, and other aggressions such as the bombing of a civilian airliner in midflight killing more than 70 souls all through the end of the last century that resulted in more than 3500 Cuban deaths. Yet, Cuba is put on the US State Department of terrorist nations without ever committing a terrorist offense on US land or taking a single American life. Last week we had TJ Masters a millennial, who spent his formative years in Florida share comments and questions. This week Greg Ciotti who is old enough to remember as an adolescent the Cuban Missile crisis joins us with comments and questions for Pedro Gatos as we seek in pt. III of our series to Bringing Light into the Darkness to US -Cuba history and relations as well as unfolding current protests. Listen in and study the content of our show and join the discussion by emailing the show. In pursuit of social justice & Siempre fieles, tell us what you think! Pgatos pgatos00@gmail.com If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. - Malcolm X

Media coverage abundantly shares issues of scarcity of medicines, shortage of food, blackouts, a rise in Covid cases and deaths and an arguably rigid government response to the economic problems. However, the illegal and immoral blockade and how it has shaped the economic reality is only mentioned without proper understanding of its role in the issues of greater concern. We try to bring balance to understanding the problem by continuing to expose little known facts regarding US micro and macroaggressions against Cuba and the quality of life in Cuba. We review the hundreds of millions of dollars poured into Cuban civil society by CIA surrogates USAID and NED beginning late last century to date, with the primary motivation of overthrowing the Cuban political economic model. A crime of gross sovereignty violation, by any country's legal standards. All sold to the American public as ‘bringing democracy' to Cuba (whether they like it or not. We review Max Blumenthal's recent 7/25/21 article, Cuba's Cultural Counter Revolution: US Government backed rappers, artists gain fame as catalyst for current unrest. We include an overview history of terrorism including airplane dropping incendiary devices on sugar crops and mills, the introduction of sugar cane smut, blue mold, along with biological attacks on tobacco seedlings, bovine attacks, pig swine with the entire pig population destruction, dengue fever, and other aggressions such as the bombing of a civilian airliner in midflight killing more than 70 souls all through the end of the last century that resulted in more than 3500 Cuban deaths. Yet, Cuba is put on the US State Department of terrorist nations without ever committing a terrorist offense on US land or taking a single American life. Last week we had TJ Masters a millennial, who spent his formative years in Florida share comments and questions. This week Greg Ciotti who is old enough to remember as an adolescent the Cuban Missile crisis joins us with comments and questions for Pedro Gatos as we seek in pt. III of our series to Bringing Light into the Darkness to US -Cuba history and relations as well as unfolding current protests. Listen in and study the content of our show and join the discussion by emailing the show. In pursuit of social justice & Siempre fieles, tell us what you think! Pgatos pgatos00@gmail.com If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. - Malcolm X

Spectrum Bay News 9's Rick Elmhorst and Roy DeJesus discuss the status of the U.S. approach toward Cuba and if sanctions are still needed.