Solidarity: Time to end sanctions on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela
London, February 13 - Under the motto, "Trump has gone - time to end sanctions on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela", a virtual event organized by the solidarity campaigns in the United Kingdom with these three countries was held today.
Cuba's Ambassador to London, Barbara Elena Montalvo, stressed that an unprecedented 242 sanctions, with 136 of them having extraterritorial effects, were applied by the Trump Administration against the island. In a tight summary, she mentioned the most significant ones and examples of the damages they cause.
Five more nominations for Nobel Peace Prize made on behalf of Cuban medical brigades
A further five Members of Parliament and British academics proposed Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize award at the end of January. This brings the total number of public nominations from the UK made with the support of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign to 42, and includes 28 parliamentarians and 14 academics.
Another four British MPs nominate Cuban medical brigades for the Nobel Peace Prize
A further four British Members of Parliament have made official nominations for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade.
John McDonnell MP, Ian Mearns MP, Zarah Sultana MP and Angus MacNeil MP, all received confirmation of their official nominations to the Nobel Prize Committee in January. This brings the total number of British parliamentarians to have nominated the Cuban medics to 26, plus a further eleven academics.
In support of his nomination, John McDonnell MP Labour Party MP for Hayes and Harlington said:
The 22nd British parliamentarian to nominate Cuba's medical brigades for the #NobelPeacePrize21
Jeremy Corbyn is the 22nd British parliamentarian to formally nominate Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade (HRIMB) for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Jeremy was elected MP for Islington North in London in 1983 and was leader of the Labour Party from 2015-19.
In support of his nomination he said:
“Since Hurricane Katrina, the HRIMB have shown themselves unsurpassable in their sheer determination to volunteer anywhere at any time to save lives, be that into a widespread natural disaster or epidemic.”
Three more British academics have formally nominated Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade (HRIMB) for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Thank you to Professor Marjorie Mayo, Professor Antoni Kapcia. and Dr Muir Houston who bring the number of British academics to make public nominations to eleven.
Professor Mayo explained some of the reasons for her nomination:
“I made this nomination because this is such an exceptional story of international solidarity. The Brigade's altruism provides hope for the future. In these dark times we need to remember that there are positive alternatives for humankind.”
Professor Antoni Kapcia said: