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Silvia from Miami, Eduardo from Hialeah, Abel from Lakeland. The names pour in on the donations page for “Syringes to Cuba” as Carlos Lazo

Cuba, the first Latin American country to develop its own COVID-19 vaccines, is presently short of syringes for immunizing its population against the virus. It’s not feasible for Cuba to make its own syringes, and the U.S. blockade prevents Cuba from importing them from abroad.

-The Hagstrom Report Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., last week introduced bipartisan legislation to lift the Cuba trade embargo. The Freedom to Export to Cuba Act would repeal the current legal restrictions against doing business with Cuba, including the original 1961 authorization for establishing the trade embargo; subsequent laws that required enforcement of the embargo; and other restrictive statutes that prohibit transactions between U.S.-owned ...

by Medea Benjamin / June 1st, 2021 Waiting in line for food in Cuba. Photo credit: UPI.com Silvia from Miami, Eduardo from Hialeah, Abel from Lakeland. The names pour in on the donations page for “Syringes to Cuba” as Carlos Lazo promotes the campaign on his popular Facebook livestream. An energetic Cuban-American high school teacher in Seattle, Lazo created a group called Puentes de Amor, Bridges of Love, to unite Cuban Americans who want to lift the searing U.S. blockade that is immiserat...

Despite talk that his Cuba policy will be guided by human rights, Joe Biden seems more concerned about catering to right-wing Cuban Americans

Legislative Watch:

From the editorial: "While Klobuchar’s bill would repeal key provisions that have long been blocking Americans from doing business in Cuba, it wouldn’t overturn portions of law that address human-rights violations there."

OTHER VIEWS: Minnesota could cash in on Cuba trade From the editorial: "While Klobuchar’s bill would repeal key provisions that have long been blocking Americans from doing business in Cuba, it wouldn’t overturn portions of law that address human-rights violations there." Written By: Duluth News Tribune Editorial Board | 1:00 pm, May 24, 2021 × Minnesota Opinion editorial DULUTH — In Cuba, beyond the crumbling buildings, poverty, and aging cars and farm equipment an...

Our View: Minnesota could cash in on Cuba trade From the editorial: "While Klobuchar’s bill would repeal key provisions that have long been blocking Americans from doing business in Cuba, it wouldn’t overturn portions of law that address human-rights violations there." Written By: News Tribune Editorial Board | 11:00 am, May 24, 2021 × In Cuba, beyond the crumbling buildings, poverty, and aging cars and farm equipment and so much else because new anything isn’t avai...

OTHER VIEWS: Minnesota could cash in on Cuba trade From the editorial: "While Klobuchar’s bill would repeal key provisions that have long been blocking Americans from doing business in Cuba, it wouldn’t overturn portions of law that address human-rights violations there." Written By: Duluth News Tribune Editorial Board | 1:00 pm, May 24, 2021 × Minnesota Opinion editorial DULUTH — In Cuba, beyond the crumbling buildings, poverty, and aging cars and farm equipment an...