CIRCLE WITH A DOT

What’s next for Cuba? Trump turns the screws as the island runs out of jet fuel
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/49082?p=%2C%2C%2C20%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3Arecentpostdate%2Fsticky%2C%2Cyaffe%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C117838574

from #CNBC via CubaNews
Feb. 14, 2026

#Cuba’s emergency measures should be seen as crucial test for the #BRICS bloc of developing nations, according to #HelenYaffe, a Cuba expert and professor of #LatinAmerica political economy at the University of Glasgow.

“This is probably the most important test now for BRICS … If BRICS cannot protect, defend and rally around a member, then what is it worth?” Yaffe told CNBC.

Cuba acquired “partner country” status of the BRICS group in January last year, bolstering its ties with the likes of #Brazil, #Russia and #China. Indeed, each of these three countries have sought to offer support to Cuba in recent days.

“The Cuban government is not going to submit,” Yaffe said. “The fact is, [the #US is] going to keep squeezing and the Cubans are going to keep resisting and there’s going to be a lot of unnecessary suffering.”

#news #politics

Cuba-bound humanitarian aid flotilla organized as economic sanctions tighten
https://latinamericareports.com/cuba-bound-humanitarian-aid-flotilla-organized-as-economic-sanctions-tighten/13589/

from #LatinAmericaReports
Feb. 14, 2026

An alliance of progressive advocacy groups announced on Thursday their intention to organize a humanitarian aid flotilla – named the #NuestraAméricaFlotilla – to #Cuba next month amidst increased economic pressure on the island by the #US.

Major groups participating in the flotilla include #ProgressiveInternational, an international left-wing activist organization, and #CodePink, a female-led grassroots peace and social justice group.

The flotilla’s mission has been endorsed by a variety of leading international figures, such as Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila, member of Colombia’s Chamber of Representatives María Fernanda Carrascal and US Congresswoman #rashidatlaib.
Prominent left-wing American streamer Hasan Piker has confirmed his participation in the project.

#OilForCuba!
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#news #politics #USpol

UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful; Trump effectively ends greenhouse gas regulations; Nationalist party wins Bangladesh elections
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/uk-ban-palestine-action-trump-epa-greenhouse-gasses-epa-bangladesh-election-bnp

Drop Site Daily
from #DropSiteNews
Feb 13, 2026

Palestinian paramedic dies in Israeli detention. Whistleblowers say CPJ held back its index to protect #Israel. Western governments move to oust #UN rapporteur over remarks on #Gaza, UN refuses to support her. #Trump to launch Gaza reconstruction fund and Stabilization Force at first “Board of Peace” meeting. #Palestinian citizens of Israel suffer disproportionately from crime wave. Widespread Israeli military assaults and settler attacks in the occupied #WestBank. New York Fed says Americans bear most of the cost of Trump tariffs. Trump administration announces end to #ICE operation in #Minnesota. Raskin calls conditions at Baltimore ICE facility “disgraceful”. Mexican aid ships arrive in Havana, #Cuba.

#FreePalestine
#BoycottIsrael
#news #politics #USpol #Palestine

Indonesia prepares possible Gaza deployment; GOP weighs ban on mail-in voting; Lawmakers report back on unredacted Epstein files
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/indonesia-gaza-gop-weighs-ban-mail-in-voting-unredacted-epstein-files-drop-site-daily

Drop Site Daily
from #DropSiteNews
Feb 10, 2026

Israeli attacks kill at least six #Palestinians across #Gaza. Red Crescent evacuates patients from Gaza under Israeli restrictions. #Israel detains at least 30 Palestinians, including children, in West#Bank raids. Indonesia prepares possible troop deployment to Gaza. #US military kills two in 38th vessel strike. The US military boards a #Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after a long pursuit. Former police chief says #Trump knew of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse in 2006. Lawmakers who viewed unredacted #Epstein files say DOJ blacked out the names of men who are “likely incriminated.” The White House pushes Republicans to restrict mail-in voting. #NYC nurses reach a deal to end their #strike at 2 major hospital systems.

#FreePalestine
#news #politics #USpol #Palestine #UKpol

EXCLUSIVE: Marco Rubio Is Deliberately Blocking Trump From Cuba Talks
The Secretary of State has told the president that talks are happening with high-level Cuban officials. No such talks exist. Purported negotiations in #Mexico? Actual fake news.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/marco-rubio-is-deliberately-blocking

from #DropSiteNews
Ryan Grim, Noah Kulwin, and José Luis Granados Ceja
Feb 09, 2026

A crisis is rapidly developing in #Cuba, as the #Trump administration’s efforts to block fuel from reaching the island have become increasingly effective since an executive order threatened tariffs on any country trading with Cuba. Mexican President #ClaudiaSheinbaum has buckled under the pressure and halted #oil deliveries to Cuba.

Meanwhile, back in Washington, President Trump claims that negotiations are underway to resolve the standoff. That, it turns out, is simply false—a lie being told to him by Secretary of State #MarcoRubio as part of his ambitious play to overthrow the Cuban government.

#news #politics #USpol

Cuba Must Not Fall!
The survival of Cuba’s socialist project remains one of the most critical holdouts against hemispheric domination, making its defense a global litmus test for sovereignty.
https://resumen-english.org/2026/02/cuba-must-not-fall/

from #ResumenLatinoamericano
by Isaac Saney
Feb 7, 2026

The struggle to defend the #CubanRevolution—to preserve #Cuba’s independence, sovereignty, and right to self-determination—is not simply the struggle of a small #Caribbean nation resisting a powerful neighbour. Nor is it confined to the geographical contours of an island of eleven million people. It is, rather, a struggle with profound and incalculable consequences for #LatinAmerica, the Caribbean, and the global fight for justice, human dignity, and the right of peoples to live free from imperialist diktat.

...Cuba asserted the radical proposition that a small, formerly colonized country could chart its own path, control its own resources, and prioritize social justice over foreign capital.

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