Voices from Cuba: Public meeting, October 31
Join us at Auckland Trades Hall on October 31st to hear from the Cuban ambassador and Global Health Partners about the current situation in Cuba, and how you can help.
More than 1,000 academics denounce U.S. measures against Cuba
More than 1,000 academics have denounced the United States’ unilateral aggression against Cuba. The international academic network represents over 800 research institutions across 56 countries. While Western news coverage of the letter is scant, prominent scholars have publicly verified their participation. More information here: https://extremearturo.substack.com/p/more-than-1000-academics-denounce
Support Cuba’s fight to reduce infant mortality
The Auckland Cuba Friendship Society is supporting an international campaign by Global Health Partners, working with Cuba’s Ministry of Health to combat a sharp rise in infant mortality. Cuba’s infant mortality rate has more than doubled since 2018, one of the cruelest impacts of the economic crisis intensified by Washington’s blockade. The campaign, Neonatal and …
Media Release: BRICS nations’ statement of solidarity with Cuba
The Aotearoa New Zealand Cuba Friendship Society welcomes the BRICS New Delhi Declaration which expresses deep concern over the tightening of unilateral blockade measures against Cuba and calls for their end in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/80/4, which 165 member countries supported. It is noteworthy that the Cuban situation received a dedicated paragraph …
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Cuban Ambassador denounces US aggression and violations of international law
A conversation with Luis Ernesto Morejn Rodrguez, Cuba’s ambassador to Wellington, New Zealand. This is a moment of great peril for the small Caribbean nation of Cuba. Nothing less than its sovereignty is on the line as the US drives its knee into the neck of 10 million Cubans by means of a crushing air …
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Media Release: End The Genocidal Siege Of Cuba
The New Zealand Cuba Friendship Society (NZCFS) condemns the United States’ latest slew of sanctions on Cuba’s sovereign leadership as well as family members of Cuba’s former leaders. These sanctions come just weeks after the United States’ extrajudicial indictment of Raúl Castro, Cuban revolutionary and former president of Cuba, for protecting the sovereignty of Cuba …
The world owes Cuba a debt – and the USA condemnation
“In 2015 the John Key government announced a cooperation agreement that would see NZ Aid pay for Cuban doctors to be taught English in New Zealand before their deployment to the Pacific Islands as part of the communist island’s Medical Brigades.” Click here to read more