Belize-Cuba Solidarity Movement condemns US media coverage of the ongoing crisis in Cuba
Posted: Monday, July 19, 2021. 9:02 pm CST.
By BBN Staff: The Belize-Cuba Solidarity Movement, a community group dedicated to sharing information regarding the struggle of the Cuban people, is condemning the media coverage of United States-based media with regard to the ongoing crisis in the island nation.
The movement issued a statement of solidarity today, calling on the US to end the 57-year economic embargo on Cuba, which has caused increasing hardships for the country and its people.
Ambassador of Cuba to Belize speaks on civil unrest: We are fighting a war without weapons
This week, Ambassador of Cuba to Belize Lissette Perez said that the ongoing civil unrest in Cuba is deeply rooted in external pressures being brought on the United States, describing the situation as "fighting a war without weapons."
Former Prime Minister Dean Barrow sends words of encouragement to Cuban Ambassador
Posted: Thursday, July 15, 2021. 8:05 am CST.
By Benjamin Flowers: Former Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow reached out to Cuban Ambassador to Belize H.E. Lissette Perez this week, with words of encouragement as civil unrest in Cuba continues to make international headlines.
Ambassador to Cuba: unrest is a direct result of the United States blockade
Posted: Thursday, July 15, 2021. 5:27 am CST.
By Benjamin Flowers: Over the weekend, riots broke out in Cuba as people protested food and medicine shortages which were made worse by the pandemic, but Ambassador of Cuba to Belize H. E. Lissette Perez believes that the unrest is ultimately linked directly to the economic embargo placed on Cuba by the United States.
Former Prime Minister Said Musa expresses solidarity with the people of Cuba
Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2021. 4:23 pm CST.
By Benjamin Flowers: As anti-government protests rage on in Cuba, former Prime Minister of Belize Said Musa has publicly declared his support for the country and its people.
Musa took to his Facebook account today, noting that, while protests are an occurrence that every nation in the world must contend with on occasion, the people of Cuba have a unique situation.