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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 02/10/2026

OFAC issued new Cuba sanctions that make it harder for U.S. citizens to see the impact of U.S. economic warfare by restricting their travel. The measures also target Cuban entrepreneurs by preventing them from using bank accounts in the U.S. Read more: www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/news/us-tigh...

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 01/10/2026

Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) made headlines recently when she broke with Trump over the mass deportations she has long supported. Belly of the Beast’s María Karla Acosta Toledo breaks down how Salazar helped create the political mess she now finds herself in.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 30/09/2026

A year ago, ICE deported Heidy Sánchez to Cuba, separating her from her husband and two-year-old daughter in Florida. Today, they are still apart. Watch as Heidy tells her story to four members of Congress.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 27/09/2026

At the UN General Assembly today, Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla challenged Trump’s claim that Cuba is a “failed state.” “If that were the case, why did they have to impose a fuel blockade?” he asked. The U.S. diplomat present walked out during his speech.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 26/09/2026

While Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly this week that Cuba is “failing like never before,” world leaders from across the Global South stood with the island to denounce the U.S. economic war on Cuba. Listen to what world leaders had to say about Cuba at the UN.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 25/09/2026

Every weekend, Cuban documentarian Gloria Rolando Casamayor sets up a portable projector and turns her street in Havana’s Colón neighborhood into a movie theater. The screenings honor Cuba’s mobile cinema tradition — and give neighbors somewhere to gather when the power goes out.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 23/09/2026

Ten men set out from Florida to Cuba with guns, planning to spark an uprising A firefight with Cuba’s Border Guard left five dead and five detained Read the first public account of the plot from its participants, w/ @dropsitenews.com @miaminewtimes.com: www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/inside-armed...

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 23/09/2026

At the UN General Assembly this morning, Trump called Cuba a “failed state” that was also somehow capable of providing a safe haven to foreign adversaries that “threaten America” and cultivating “subversive groups” in the U.S. Cuba’s UN delegation walked out while Trump spoke.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 21/09/2026

Cuba’s national power grid collapsed again Friday, leaving millions without power for 32 hours. Cuba’s energy crisis has been caused in large part by Trump’s oil blockade and sanctions that block imports of parts and equipment needed to maintain power plants.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 19/09/2026

Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío told PBS there was “no progress” in talks with the U.S. due to the Trump administration’s unrelenting hostility and policy of “collective punishment.” Watch some of his comments.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 16/09/2026

“Lo Llevamos Rizo,” Cuba’s only natural Afro hair pageant, brought stylists and clients together to celebrate Black roots and beauty. Despite challenges from the U.S. economic war on Cuba, attendees continued embracing identity, resilience and pride in who they are.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 10/09/2026

Greg Levy, a socialist candidate for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, traveled to Cuba and saw firsthand the impact of U.S. sanctions and the blockade. After his trip to the island, Levy understood one thing that U.S. people need to know about Cuba. Watch the full interview.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 09/09/2026

Liva Café in Havana promotes inclusive employment for people with intellectual disabilities and autism. Founded by Mariolis Escobar, it helps its protagonists socialize and work with dignity. Watch the full story👇

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 08/09/2026

Who Is the Oil Blockade Really Punishing? Watch the Full Story👇

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 07/09/2026

The Trump administration Thursday sanctioned one of Raúl Castro’s grandsons and five Cuban entities, expanding Washington’s assault on Cuba’s oil and mining industries. Read more: www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/news/rubio-s...

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 04/09/2026

A federal jury in Miami rejected a Helms-Burton lawsuit from two Cuban-American families who claimed Expedia profited from expropriated property in Cuba. This is Expedia’s second victory over a Cuba-related property claim in as many years. Read more: www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/news/expedia...

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 04/09/2026

The Bahamian government announced it will not renew contracts for 31 Cuban teachers this school year — the latest in a string of Cuban overseas South-South collaboration programs to fall victim to U.S. pressure. Read more below: www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/news/bahamas...

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 01/09/2026

Nearly 1.4 million Cuban students return to school today. But what should be a moment of celebration is instead unfolding under the shadow of U.S. economic warfare. Read more: www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/news/us-econ...

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 31/08/2026

Cuba received 127 deportees from the U.S. this week, bringing the 2026 total to 882 people returned to the island by U.S. authorities. But some migrants aren't being sent home despite Cuba's cooperation with U.S. deportation efforts. Read more below: www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/news/trump-i...

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 21/08/2026

Florida state representative Angie Nixon won the Democratic nomination Tuesday night for the Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in 2025. Nixon supports restoring Obama-era engagement with Cuba and has said she is open to lifting the U.S. embargo on the island.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 20/08/2026

The Trump administration sanctioned leaders of Cuba's Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and nine entities today involved in mining and construction. Rubio said ICAP is used to "corrupt" Americans — echoing July's McCarthyite report linking Cuba to U.S. progressives.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 14/08/2026

The Dominican Republic has ordered nine Cuban diplomats and their families to leave without stating a reason. The Cuban government called the decision a “submission to pressure from the U.S. government in its efforts to isolate Cuba.”

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 06/08/2026

UN human rights experts warn that Cuba is becoming a "silent Gaza." In a statement released this morning, the experts say that the U.S. economic war on Cuba has created “a full-blown crisis, threatening the rights to health, to life, to food and to development."

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 03/08/2026

After visiting Cuba, Gustavo Petro had a message for Washington. Watch what he said:

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 03/08/2026

Cuba suffered two major power grid failures this weekend. A partial collapse on Saturday was followed by a nationwide blackout late Sunday, the sixth since the Trump administration imposed an oil blockade on the island in January.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 29/07/2026

Colombian President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella announced Sunday he will end diplomatic relations with Cuba. Cuba hosted the negotiations that produced the 2016 peace accord between the Colombian government and the FARC rebel group, ending 52 years of armed conflict.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 27/07/2026

The Trump administration sanctioned nine more Cuban entities and two individuals last week, including Cuba's health minister, the state company running its overseas medical missions, and the agency and director who recruit doctors for them.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 22/07/2026

After their fact-finding trip to Cuba, four members of Congress asked to meet with the U.S. Embassy in Havana. The embassy denied their request. We asked three of the lawmakers if this is normal. Listen to what Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) had to say:

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 16/07/2026

Donald Trump says big changes are coming to Cuba in the next two months, but it won’t be the same as Venezuela. So what does he think is about to happen instead? Watch the clip of his interview with Fox News and decide for yourself what he meant

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 16/07/2026

U.S. sanctions have caused a container with 3.5 million syringes and needles bound for Santiago de Cuba’s health system to be stranded in Jamaica, according to Cuban state media outlet Cubadebate.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 15/07/2026

The Trump administration sanctioned 10 more Cuban entities Monday, including Cuba’s Tourism Ministry as well as state-owned companies involved in foreign trade and those that import fuel for Cuba’s private sector.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 14/07/2026

BREAKING: Cuba has plunged into darkness again after its national electrical grid failed today. Today’s nationwide blackout is the third in the last eight days, and the fifth since the Trump administration imposed its oil blockade in late January.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 14/07/2026

Another foreign mining company is trying to save its Cuba operation by appeasing the Trump administration Bloomberg reports Antilles Gold, an Australian company developing a gold and copper mine in Cuba, proposed selling a controlling stake in its joint venture to U.S. investors

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 10/07/2026

Cuba’s FM Bruno Rodríguez confronted U.S. Amb. Mike Waltz at the UN on Tuesday, after Waltz accused Cuba of human rights abuses, holding photos of people detained and killed by ICE. “This did not happen in Cuba,” said Rodriguez.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 09/07/2026

As the U.S. oil blockade deepens fuel shortages, elderly Cubans are adapting to a new reality: cooking with charcoal, sitting in the dark and waiting for the lights to return.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 08/07/2026

In an astounding denial of reality, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz denied the existence of the U.S. blockade on Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez replied: "You're a liar, Mr. Waltz."

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 08/07/2026

Last week, Democrat lawmakers joined National Nurses United to demand an end to Trump’s economic war on Cuba. Representatives Delia Ramirez, Pramila Jayapal, Jonathan Jackson and Ro Khanna denounced the weaponization of food, fuel and medicine against the Cuban people.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 06/07/2026

As Cuba prepares to present the humanitarian impact of U.S. sanctions before the UN tomorrow, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly urging governments to oppose even debating the issue, according to a leaked State Department cable obtained by The Nation.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 03/07/2026

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez says the U.S. is using “pressure, blackmail and threats” to stop the UN General Assembly from debating the blockade against Cuba on July 7. Subscribe to our newsletter www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/signup

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 01/07/2026

In the face of the U.S.-imposed oil blockade, Cuba is going green. First, people started buying electric tricycles. But then they faced another problem — no way to charge them as blackouts last 20+ hours a day. Now, drivers are installing solar panels on top of their tricycles.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 30/06/2026

The Trump administration has been pressuring governments around the world to end their medical cooperation agreements with Cuba. But Calabria, one of Italy’s poorest regions, isn’t backing down.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 24/06/2026

Infant mortality has doubled. Only 30% of essential medicines are available. UN Resident Coordinator Francisco Pichón says Cuba’s healthcare system is under extraordinary pressure due to the U.S. fuel blockade and sanctions, with 67,000 children at risk of missing vaccines.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 24/06/2026

The U.S. indicted Raúl Castro over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown. Former Cuban intelligence agent René González, who infiltrated the organization, explains what’s really behind the indictment.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 22/06/2026

Childhood cancer survival rates have fallen from 85% to 65%, nearly 3,000 dialysis patients have faced disruptions in treatment and 300 of the country's 395 essential medicines are now unavailable, according to a recent report in Cuban state media outlet Cubadebate.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 22/06/2026

The fallout from Trump's May 1 executive order is continuing to ripple across Cuba. EnviosCuba, one of the largest online platforms used by Cuban Americans to send food, clothing and other basic necessities to relatives on the island, has stopped accepting new orders.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 22/06/2026

U.S. politicians call Cuba’s medical missions “forced labor,” without providing evidence to back the claim. Listen to Cuban doctors in Italy’s Southern region of Calabria respond to U.S. accusations in our latest film, “From Cuba to Calabria.” www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/from-cuba-to...

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 19/06/2026

Raúl Castro was indicted for the shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue planes 30 years ago. The group’s leader was a former CIA terrorist who claimed to have renounced violence, but never did according to former Cuban intelligence agent René González.

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 18/06/2026

Companies from Canada, Spain, France, Germany and Australia are leaving Cuba. They’re not fleeing communism. They’re fleeing U.S. sanctions. So who stands to gain?

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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 18/06/2026

Last week, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk issued one of the strongest condemnations yet of the Trump administration's Cuba policy. "Children are dying because doctors lack access to essential medical supplies and medicines. This is unacceptable."

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