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Articles with keyword "Cuba"
Breaking Barriers: Humanitarian Aid to Palestine and Cuba
Posted on: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Keywords: Midwives for Peace, Palestine, Cuba, Middle East, LAC, Humanitarian Aid
This post originally appeared in Peace x Peace. By Yifat Susskind “They are among the most marginalized people, suffering at the hands of governments playing political games with their lives. In my travels to Cuba and Palestine, I have seen this firsthand.” *** “Blockade”...
Send Messages of Hope for Cuba and Palestine
Posted on: Thursday, July 26, 2012
Keywords: Cuba, Palestine, Middle East, Latin America and Caribbean, Women's Health
Click here for a chance to have your voice heard by our sisters in Cuba and Palestine.
Ten Years of Torture
Posted on: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Keywords: Latin America and Caribbean, US Foreign Policy, Cuba, Human Rights Advocacy
MADRE Condemns Human Rights Violations at Guantanamo.
MADRE Applauds Latest US-Cuba Policy Changes and Calls for Full Normalization of Relations
Posted on: Monday, January 17, 2011
On Friday, President Obama announced changes to US foreign policy towards Cuba, particularly impacting longstanding barriers to travel and remittances to that country. MADRE applauds this step as a necessary change to a failed policy that has undermined the well-being...
Congressional Hearing on Cuba Scheduled - Take Action!
Posted on: Monday, November 16, 2009
Keywords: Cuba, US Foreign Policy, Latin America & Caribbean
This Thursday, November 19th at 10 AM, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a public hearing on travel to Cuba: “Is it Time to Lift the Ban on Travel to Cuba?” (Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office...
Obama Continues Failed Bush-Era Policy on Cuba
Posted on: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Keywords: Cuba, UN, US Foreign Policy, Latin America & Caribbean
Today, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on a resolution calling for an end to the US embargo against Cuba. For the 18th consecutive year, a nearly unanimous grouping of nations came together to condemn this 47-year-old policy, now...
Haiti and Cuba: Emergency Response Update
Posted on: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Cuba, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief
After a series of storms devastated Haiti and Cuba last month, MADRE members responded. MADRE was able to send emergency aid to our partner organizations in both countries. HaitiCurrent SituationThe five back-to-back storms that hit Haiti in the span of...
MADRE Delivers Emergency Aid to Women and Families in Cuba Devastated by Hurricane Dennis
Posted on: Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Keywords: Emergency Relief, Cuba, Latin America and Caribbean
MADRE's emergency shipment of humanitarian aid included $744,000 dollars worth of anti-parasite medicine for women and families affected by Hurricane Dennis. At least 16 people in Cuba were killed by the hurricane, which destroyed 150,000 homes and buildings, causing over...
Cuba
Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2005
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Cuba, Latin America and Caribbean
A MADRE Position Paper Proponents of neoliberal economics routinely claim that the only way to improve healthcare in poor countries is through free trade, privatization, and corporate deregulation. Yet Cuba demonstrates that high standards of health and healthcare are attainable...
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