cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38395054

October 29, 2025
[from the BellyOfTheBeast news/#video collective]

Washington has spent weeks trying to strong-arm the world into voting against Cuba’s annual resolution at the UN opposing the U.S. embargo. It didn’t work. See more details about the vote below.

Meanwhile, as Hurricane Melissa tore through the island, Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández has been on the ground in Santiago de Cuba reporting on the storm’s impact and the resilience of those in its path.

In other news:

  • Red state farmers want to trade with Cuba
  • Cuban deported from U.S. to Eswatini goes on hunger strike