cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38366797

Appeals Raise Funds for Emergency Medical Aid to Cuba in Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

November 1, 2025

The representative of Poland, speaking on behalf of Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, as well as his own government, told the assembly the group would abstain, citing Cuba’s alleged support of “Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine.” He echoed one of Washington’s charges, accusing Havana of “turning a blind eye on the active participation of its nationals in an illegal war of aggression… we refer specifically to the large number of Cuban nationals who are participating in ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine just across our borders.”

On October 11, Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinRex) had issued a statement rejecting these very allegations as “slanderous.” It pointed out that since these accusations were first made in 2023 no evidence or substantiation has been offered.

all 5 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 15 points 1 year ago

Cool cool. See you for the 34th vote?

  • source
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Down us imperialism!

  • source
  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I think a trading embargo with America is the best thing for Cuba right now.

  • source
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Sad seeing Ukraine having to parrot the USA

  • source
  • "For example, the stated goal of both the Helms-Burton Act and the Torricelli law is to strangle the Cuban economy by cutting off its ability to carry out normal financial relations around the world."

    Torricelli law, that's a principle of fluid dynamics, guess they shared a name, they must have meant the Torricelli-Graham Bill.

  • source
  • 3 comments in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml view that post
    [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean sure, but the US is also starving it's own citizens right now as well.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Should the illegal embargo against my ancestral homeland be lifted? Yes.

    Will it be lifted? Most likely, no

    I know that many instances here don't see eye-to-eye politically but I think we can all agree that the U.S. has no right impose an embargo against Cuba simply because they don't like its government. Cuba has the right to determine its own destiny. The same applies to Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. Lets end these relics of colonalism and imperalism once and for all.

  • source