Fri, 7 January 2011 John Kirk is a professor of Latin American Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada. He comments on the nature of Cuban medical aid, which he has been researching for decades, especially as it relates to the cholera epidemic in Haiti. He recalls meetings with Fidel Castro, and the daughter of Che Guevara. |
Showing posts with label Cuba. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cuba. Show all posts
Cubans in Haiti
Latin American solidarity Conference Part 2. October 16
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Cuba's political system (Spanish) - Julie Webb with Jorge Farinas Molina
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Political science lecturer Jorge Farinas Molina talks with Julie Webb about the details of the Cuban political system.
Ex-profesor de Sciencia Politica, Jorge Farina Molina explique detallademente como funciona la systema politica Cubana.
Cuban Elections - (Spanish with English commentary)
\Julie Webb, correspondent for Scoop has been given access to the Cuban electoral process and is an accredited observer. She interviews Valentin Graupier whose nomination as a candidate was successfully contested at a local election meeting. A remarkable insight into the grass roots nature of the democratic process in Cuba, where a general election is coming up in a few months.
Rio Summit 2010 - Toni Solo Part 1
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Toni Solo of Tortilla con Sal comments on the historic decisions made in this year's summit of the Group of Rio and the Latin American summit in which the US and Canada were excluded from key meetings. Toni reports from Nicaragua, and what this historic summit means for the Central American region.
Toni Solo of Tortilla con Sal comments on the historic decisions made in this year's summit of the Group of Rio and the Latin American summit in which the US and Canada were excluded from key meetings. Toni reports from Nicaragua, and what this historic summit means for the Central American region.
Rio Summit 2010 - Toni Solo Part 2
Toni Solo of Tortilla con Sal comments on the historic decisions made in this year's summit of the Group of Rio and the Latin American summit in which the US and Canada were excluded from key meetings. Toni reports from Nicaragua, and what this historic summit means for the Central American region.
Cuban Sex Education (Spanish) - Educacion Sexual en Cuba
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Mariela Castro habla con Julie Webb
sobre su tarea como directora del Centro de Educacion Sexual en Cuba. En Cuba se han desarollado programas para mejorar los derechos de los 'lesbi-gay' incluso el derecho de convivir legalmente como pareja. Tambien han desarollado programas de salud y educacion y un 'hotline' para los afectados por la SIDA.
(Mariela Castro talks to Julie Webb in this fascinating interview about the latest developments in sexual education in Cuba which recognises the lesbi-gay community and certain rights. Mariela is the Director of the Centre for Sex Education in Cuba. Julie Webb is a correspondent for the on line magazine Scoop).
Mariela Castro habla con Julie Webb
sobre su tarea como directora del Centro de Educacion Sexual en Cuba. En Cuba se han desarollado programas para mejorar los derechos de los 'lesbi-gay' incluso el derecho de convivir legalmente como pareja. Tambien han desarollado programas de salud y educacion y un 'hotline' para los afectados por la SIDA.(Mariela Castro talks to Julie Webb
in this fascinating interview about the latest developments in sexual education in Cuba which recognises the lesbi-gay community and certain rights. Mariela is the Director of the Centre for Sex Education in Cuba. Julie Webb is a correspondent for the on line magazine Scoop).
Cuban Booklaunch in Mexico (Spanish) - Traduccion de Marti en Nahuatl
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Julie Webb was in Mexico to attend the booklaunch of a translation of the writings of Cuban leader of the revolutionary war of independence from Spain, Jose Marti, into the indigenous language, Nahautl, by an indigenous schoolteacher from Chiapas in southern Mexico. Nico Tototl is introduced by the Cuban Ambassador to Mexico, Manuel Aguillera de la Paz. A bonus to this event was a short statement by Antonio del Conde, the man who sold the boat The Granma to Fidel Castro whom he still remembers and admires.
Julie Webb asistio en Mexico DF a la presentacion de un nuevo libro - una traduccion en la idioma indigena Nahautl de las obras de Jose Marti por el maestro indigena Nico Tototl. Presente con el, el Embajador Cubano Manuel Aguilera de la Paz y Antonio del Conde, el hombre quien vendio el barco Granma a Fidel Castro.
Cuba - Julie Webb interviews prize winner
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Juan Flores was awarded the Casa de las Americas 2009 Premio Extraordinario de Estudios Sobre Los Latinos en los Estados Unidos for his latest book Bugalú y otros guisos: ensayos sobre culturas latinas en Estados Unidos .
Short review: The Diaspora Strikes Back - The eminent ethnic and cultural studies scholar Juan Flores examines what happens to the home country when it is being constantly fed by emigrants returning from abroad. He looks at how 'Nuyoricans' (Puerto Rican New Yorkers) have transformed their home country, introducing hip hop and modern New York culture to the Caribbean island.
Bio:Juan Flores (Ph.D., German Studies, Yale University) is Professor of Latino Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. Dr. Flores’ teaching, research, and publications center on Puerto Rican Studies, social and cultural theory, popular music, theory of Diaspora and transnational communities, and Afro-Latino culture. His many publications include Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity (1993), Cortijo’s Wake (2004), and From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity (2000). His current projects include: Companion to Latino Studies (co-edited with Renato Rosaldo). He was recently awarded the Casa de las Americas Extraordinary Prize for studies on Latinos in the United States for his book Bugalu y otros guisos: ensayos sobre culturas latinas en Estados Unidos .
Short review: The Diaspora Strikes Back - The eminent ethnic and cultural studies scholar Juan Flores examines what happens to the home country when it is being constantly fed by emigrants returning from abroad. He looks at how 'Nuyoricans' (Puerto Rican New Yorkers) have transformed their home country, introducing hip hop and modern New York culture to the Caribbean island.
Bio:Juan Flores (Ph.D., German Studies, Yale University) is Professor of Latino Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. Dr. Flores’ teaching, research, and publications center on Puerto Rican Studies, social and cultural theory, popular music, theory of Diaspora and transnational communities, and Afro-Latino culture. His many publications include Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity (1993), Cortijo’s Wake (2004), and From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity (2000). His current projects include: Companion to Latino Studies (co-edited with Renato Rosaldo). He was recently awarded the Casa de las Americas Extraordinary Prize for studies on Latinos in the United States for his book Bugalu y otros guisos: ensayos sobre culturas latinas en Estados Unidos .
Cuba's Hurricane Pt1 - Julie Webb
Julie Webb, independent journalist, and reporter for Scoop has spent several years reporting from Latin America, including Cuba. Julie brings home to us the horrific impact of two hurricanes on Cuba (under reported in mainstream media) and the effects on the lives of the Cuban people, how they are responding, and some aspects of the international reaction to the reports.
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Cuba's Hurricane Pt 2 - Julie Webb
In this second part of a three part interview, Julie Webb, freelance journalist and reporter for Scoop talks about the frustration of the Cuban government in trying to deal with the effects of two hurricanes that have devastated the country, while still under the restrictions of the US economic embargo. Even lifting the illegal embargo for six months, would make a world of difference to the Cuban people, and their efforts to recover from the aftermath of the hurricane, far more than 'gifts' of food and materials would. Julie describes the history of the illegal blockade, and its long term effects on Cuba and its people.
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Cuba's Hurricane Pt 3. - Julie Webb
Part 3 of a three part interview with Julie Webb, independent journalist and correspondent for Scoop. Much of Cuba looks like ground zero on a nuclear strike. She describes in graphic detail how this hurricane is like no other. Where to go if you want to assist. (Australia Cuba Friendship Society), and what else is happening in the region.
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The Cuban 5, Pt3 - Julie Webb on a ten year travesty of Justice
Julie Webb correspondent for 'Scoop' explains the inordinate influence that the Miami Cuban expatriate 'mafia' have on the US political system, resulting in the perversion of justice for the 'Cuban Five' now spending their tenth year in gaol. She outlines the repudiation and disappointment with the US justice system both domestically and internationally, with high profile identities delivering a petition and five people being arrested in a huge demonstration to demand justice for the Cuban Five. The travesty of justice is significantly harming respect for the US and its' political integrity.
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The Cuban 5 Pt 2 - Julie Webb
The background on the Cuban expatriate 'mafia' - the criminals who left Cuba when Castro's revolutionary forces came to power and were forced to abandon the mafia backed rackets in gambling, prostitution and drugs. They want it back, and their influence in the US political system has meant that the Cuban Five are victims of 'payback'. And the US justice system in Florida is happy to go along with it.
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The 'Cuban 5' - Pt1 - Julie Webb on a ten year travesty of Justice
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Julie Webb correspondent for 'Scoop' from Latin America gives us the background history of five Cubans who have spent ten years in a US prison for the simple act of passing on information about expatriate Cuban terrorist cells in Florida and Miami. These remnants of the Batista regime of the 1960s, who fled to the US when Castro's revolutionary forces came to power have not been able to accept the historical reality of the Cuban revolution, and continue to plot and plan a comeback. They have been responsible for numerous deaths and plots not only in Cuba, but in the US. The FBI responded to this information by imprisoning the people who (perhaps naively) passed the compromising information about these terrorist cells on. Ten years later they are still in gaol. Julie Webb reports.
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Colombo conference - Asia Pacific, Cuba has a high profile - why?
Julie Webb talks about the Asia Pacific Conference. And Cuba is getting lots of respect! Why? Cuba's influence in the Pacific is outside the parameters of the industrial military complex, and the gaining of economic autonomy from US based multinational corporations. Medical and literacy assistance and education, social programs, seem to be winning more respect than the World Bank and the IMF when it comes to the real issues that need to be dealt with by the Asia Pacific Forum.
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Tim Anderson - Cuban Medical Brigade
Tim Anderson. Cuban medical education.
Tim Anderson, academic in Sydney University speaks about a video documentary he has produced as a result of his visits to Timor Leste, and more recently, Cuba, where he interviewed students who are beneficiaries of the one thousand scholarships Cuba granted to the Timorese. The Australian government, thus far has proved reluctant to match this generosity, although over 300 Cuban doctors in Timor Leste, over the last five years, have shouldered the burden of community health services.
Tim will be doing further research expeditions in Timor Leste, in the near future, but meanwhile his video documentary will be released with multilingual translations in Australian. Watch this space.
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Tim Anderson, academic in Sydney University speaks about a video documentary he has produced as a result of his visits to Timor Leste, and more recently, Cuba, where he interviewed students who are beneficiaries of the one thousand scholarships Cuba granted to the Timorese. The Australian government, thus far has proved reluctant to match this generosity, although over 300 Cuban doctors in Timor Leste, over the last five years, have shouldered the burden of community health services.
Tim will be doing further research expeditions in Timor Leste, in the near future, but meanwhile his video documentary will be released with multilingual translations in Australian. Watch this space.
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Sydney Free the Cuban Five demonstration
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Over 30 people joined this international action to free the Cuban Five in response to the June 4 court ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal in the US. (See:article here )
Roberto Perez Live in the Studio
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Roberto Perez talks about the Cuban way into a sustainable future.This is a truly excellent and wide ranging interview fostered by an informed interviewer which discusses Permaculture, and the role of solidarity with Cuba.
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VIDEO SOURCE:Mullumbimby Community Action Group was formed in response to Woolworth's potential high-jacking of our local economy with their multinational globalisation policies. In contrast, we aim to localise; strengthen our economy sustainably, building community solidarity and resilience at this time of global warming and peak oil.
Roberto Perez - Empowering Community - Part 1
Roberto Perez shares his experience of sustainable development and permaculture in Cuba. He works for the Foundation for Nature and Humanity in Havana.Participating: Robyn Francis from Erda Institute, Nimbin.
Questions by Wolfgang and Matthias from Nimbin Radio 2NIM-FM 102.3
Recorded at Djunbung Gardens, Nimbin, 10 March 2008
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