Articles by Manolo de los Santos

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US Tells Another Bedtime Story to Scare Away Normal Relations with China and Cuba
Manolo De Los Santos and Kate Gonzales | Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service, 19 Jun 2023

9 Jun 2023 – Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that China has plans to set up a “spy base” in Cuba to “eavesdrop” on the United States and “identify potential strike targets.”

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Young People from the U.S. Travel to Cuba and Break the Siege
Manolo de los Santos and Kate Gonzales | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 May 2023

It’s a very hot and crowded Tuesday morning in the Yoruba Cultural Center in Havana. Yet, 150 young organizers from the U.S. listen attentively to two leaders of the cultural movement in Cuba before submitting their questions—on climate change, on housing, on fighting racism, about hope in the future—before time is up.

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Peru’s Oligarchy Overthrows President Castillo
Manolo de los Santos | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service, 19 Dec 2022

8 Dec 2022 – The coup against Pedro Castillo is a major setback for the current wave of progressive governments in Latin America and the people’s movements that elected them. This coup and the arrest of Castillo are stark reminders that the ruling elites of Latin America will not concede any power without a bitter fight to the end. And now that the dust has settled, the only winners are the Peruvian oligarchy and their friends in Washington.

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How Cuba Is Eradicating Child Mortality and Banishing the Diseases of the Poor
Vijay Prashad and Manolo de los Santos | Globetrotter - TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Jul 2022

5 Jul 2022 – To move from 59 infant deaths out of every 1,000 live births to no infant deaths in the matter of a few decades is an extraordinary feat.

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Cuba Should Be Removed from the U.S. List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
Roger Waters, Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Jul 2022

8 Jul 2022 – There are currently four countries on that list: Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria. Cuba, rather than exporting weapons around the world, has a long history of medical internationalism with an international campaign for Cuban doctors to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Why would a country that floods the world with health care be targeted as a state sponsor of terrorism?

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How U.S. Interference in Cuba Creates a False Picture of Its Society
Manolo De Los Santos and Vijay Prashad | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Nov 2021

26 Oct 2021 – The atmosphere is charged. The U.S. government and right-wing Cubans who are in the U.S. Congress have tried to define the terrain for events in mid-November in Cuba. They will ramp up pressure to overthrow the government.

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The United States Tries to Take Advantage of the Price Cubans Are Paying for the Blockade and the Pandemic
Manolo De Los Santos and Vijay Prashad | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service, 19 Jul 2021

13 Jul 2021 – Yesterday Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel told a press conference that Cuba is facing serious shortages of food and medicine. “What is the origin of all these issues? It is the blockade.” If the U.S.-imposed blockade ended, many of the great challenges facing Cuba would lift. Meanwhile, the United States hardens a cruel and illegal blockade of the island, a medieval siege that has been in place for six decades.

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