BRIGHTON, 8 September 2025 – In a forceful speech at the 157th Annual Congress of British Trade Unions (TUC), the counterpart organisation of the Cuban Workers' Central (CTC), Ambassador Ismara Vargas Walter presented the ‘unvarnished truth’ about the devastating impact of the United States' economic, commercial and financial blockade against our country.
Monday 9 June 2025 – Brighton. On the sidelines of the 2025 GMB Congress in Brighton, trade unionists, campaigners and internationalists gathered in solidarity with the Cuban people at a packed fringe meeting titled “Hands Off Cuba!”, hosted by the GMB North West & Irish Region, and supported by Cuba Solidarity Campaign and Thompsons Solicitors.
London dressed up from 16 to 29 March 2025 to host the second edition of Screen Cuba, the festival that celebrates the richness and diversity of Cuban cinema. In the capital, the screenings took place in two emblematic venues: The Garden Cinema and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), which contributed to consolidating Screen Cuba as an interesting event on the London cultural billboard. The cities of Aberystwyth, Pontypridd, Oxford and Nottingham also hosted presentations.
London, November 8 - The Cuban Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ismara Vargas Walter, made a very successful visit to the city of Bristol, where she met with friends and sympathizers of the Cuban cause, visited emblematic places in the city and participated in various activities with solidarity organizations, trade union leaders and local Labour Party councillors. This day of exchange was a demonstration of the friendship and solidarity that unites the Cuban people with the British community, especially at a time when Cuba is facing the U.S.