International Tribunal Denounces the U.S. Blockade of Cuba.
By Brenda Lopez and Mark Friedman- A report by participants
Brussels, Belgium. November 16-17 marked a prominent meeting at the European Parliament of 263 anti-blockade activists,
government figures, lawyers, prosecutors, scientists, doctors, artists and others from 21 countries.
This new documentary tells the story of the Oct. 6, 1976, bombing of a Cubana Airlines flight from Barbados by US-backed opponents of Cuba’s revolutionary government. All 73 passengers were killed, including the entire Cuban junior fencing team, many of them teens. Washington never prosecuted the US-based counterrevolutionaries responsible for the crime. The bombing was part of Washington’s 64-year-long, ongoing efforts to overthrow the Cuban Revolution, including brutal economic sanctions. Footage includes Fidel Castro’s powerful speech to one million Cubans after the bombing.
¡El FBI debe dejar de hostigar y criminalizar la Solidaridad con Cuba!
* Featuring speakers from the U.S. & Puerto Rico who are standing up against FBI harassment *
Webinar available in English y en Español
THURSDAY DECEMBER 15 2022
4pm Vancouver / Pacific Time
7pm Cuba / Eastern Time
8pm Puerto Rico Time
Event Co-Moderators:
DÉBORAH B. SANTANA – Organizer with the Cuba Solidarity Committee in Puerto Rico, Brigadista with the Juan Rius Rivera Brigade, retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College
TAMARA HANSEN – Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), Organizer with the U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference Committee & Author of “5 Decades of the Cuban Revolution: The Challenges of an Unwavering Leadership.”
Special introduction:
NANCY CABRERO – Casa de las Américas New York City
Invited Speakers:
CARLOS LAZO – Cuban American founder and central organizers of Bridges of Love (Puentes de Amor) who Initiated the Caravan Movement to End the U.S. Blockade and unite Cuban families
GAIL WALKER – Director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization / Pastors for Peace
MILAGROS RIVERA – President of the Committee of Solidarity with Cuba in Puerto Rico and Director of the Juan Ríus Rivera Brigade
BANBOSE SHANGO – All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP), former co-chair National Network on Cuba, led 2022 delegation to CUBA
