Belly of the Beast
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Belly of the Beast tells #Cuba’s untold stories, from the inside. 🇨🇺 Through hard-hitting journalism and stunning cinematography, we inform and inspire.
In a major win for Cuba’s LGBTIQ+’s community, the country’s parliament approved a new Civil Registration Law, which grants people the right to legally change their gender. Read our article: bellyofthebeastcuba.com/news/cuba-appr…
A petition on change.org is praising Cuba’s medical cooperation missions and rejecting the U.S. campaign that deems them “forced labor,” even though doctors volunteer to serve abroad where they are paid many times over their Cuba salaries. change.org/p/support-cuba…
Cuba’s girls’ softball team missed the Caribbean qualifier to the Little League World Series after the coaches and staff were denied U.S. visas, the latest example of Marco Rubio’s de facto travel ban on Cuban sports. Read our article: bellyofthebeastcuba.com/news/cuban-gir…
“The Cuba embargo hasn’t worked…We need to reassess sanctions.” Yes, Tucker Carlson said that at a conference organized by the conservative group Turning Point USA. Watch the video.
U.S. ambassador Mike Hammer was “surprised” to see so many Russians in Varadero. His own country’s policies made that happen. Full video here:
A U.S. logistics company agreed to pay over $600,000 in a settlement with OFAC for “violations of sanctions on Cuba.” The violations were shipments of “foodstuffs not eligible to be licensed by OFAC” through the company’s Colombia subsidiary. ofac.treasury.gov/media/934456/d…
A new Florida law bans the use of software from Cuba and six other “countries of concern” in public Florida labs. In April, the Trump administration blocked nationals from six of those seven countries – including Cuba – from accessing U.S. scientific databases.