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How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans and solar-powered Chinese tricycles | CNN cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/52357579 Sept. 5, 2026 How to conserve cellphone battery when recharging options are scarce; how to preserve food when the fridge isn’t working; how to cope with the heat when air-conditioners aren’t an option; how to generate power when the whole country has almost none left. These are the sort of tutorials that have made the Instagram feed of influencer Dayán Marrero indispensable to many Cubans as they try to adapt to the rolling electricity blackouts and fuel shortages that are increasingly part of everyday life… As the #US-imposed #oil #blockade that is worsening the situation bites ever deeper, Marrero and his compatriots are having to get creative. Farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires; commuters ride solar-powered Chinese tricycles; tour guides grind coffee by hand…
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Vermummte legen Hafen im südenglischen Dover lahm Mit Sturmhauben maskierte Personen haben zeitweise den Verkehr im südenglischen Hafen von Dover lahmgelegt. Offenbar handelte es sich um eine Protestaktion gegen Migranten, die regelmäßig in Schlauchbooten an der britischen Küste ankommen. ➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/blockade-hafen-dover-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de #Dover #Hafen #Blockade
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#Rubio Promises Cuba a Better Future — in a Box https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/rubio-promises-cuba-a-better-future-in-a-box August 13, 2026 [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos] The #Trump administration is touting a $100 million aid package for Cuba, most of which is being distributed by #CatholicChurch charities. But the aid is a drop in the bucket compared to the damage caused by #US# sanctions and an #oil #blockade that has plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis. In our latest video, Belly of the Beast journalist Yohan Rodríguez reports from Bejucal, a town on the outskirts of Havana, where residents welcomed the food kits but questioned the policies that made the aid necessary. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #CubaNoEstáSola #SolidaridadConCuba #PetróleoParaCuba #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #USpol
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2 sentenced for blocking logging in Vancouver Island’s Walbran Valley Two protesters from the Walbran Valley blockade were sentenced Tuesday, after pleading guilty to breaching an injunction order in November 2025. The order barred protestors from blocking access to the Tsawak-qin Forestry logging site. Twelve protesters were arrested in total.
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🔴 Naval Incident | 7/10 🇺🇸 🇴🇲 US intercepts tanker in Gulf of Oman US CENTCOM announced that Marines from the 11th MEU conducted a verification boarding of the tanker Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman. US forces redirected three commercial vessels attempting to breach the blockade and disabled one. #OSINT #NewsGroup #US #Oman #Naval #Blockade
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"Houthis🚨ann a full air & naval blockade.🚨Saudi a/ps will be fired on & the Bab el-Mandeb Str will be closed. As I told M Nawfal 1 hr ago, this means🚨60% of remaining ME #oil exports will be cut off from global mkts." -P Pilkington "Ansar Allah (Yemen's Houthis) has rel a form video decl🚨vowing to impose a comprehensive naval & aerial #blockade on Saudi Arabia. The grp states this move is a direct🚨"blockade for blockade" retaliation agst the long-stand restrictions on YE." -X-K #IranWar #USPol
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Video - U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Trump’s Claims About Cuba After Visiting the Island https://peertube.world/w/ru66TuzjNGXDtVQP2rVMPp Duration - 20:10 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] US lawmakers Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), and Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) gave an exclusive interview to BotB during their recent visit to Havana. Their trip to Cuba comes as the #Trump administration ramps up its #oil #blockade and economic war on the island, which it has justified by claiming that Cuba poses a threat to #US national security. After meeting with doctors, farmers, entrepreneurs, diplomats and ordinary Cubans, the lawmakers accused Donald Trump and #MarcoRubio of pushing a “false narrative.” “Walking through a #hospital that is dark and empty because we've cut off energy, we’ve cut off fuel,” said Leger Fernández. “Why would Americans support that?” #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #politics #USpol
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#Trump said Monday that he was reinstating the #US naval #blockade on #Iran ports, just over 3 weeks after ending a monthslong blockade. Trump added that the US would begin charging #fees on ships transiting through the #StraitOfHormuz, claiming the US would levy a 20% fee “for any & all costs necessary” without elaborating on how it would work. In the social media post, he said the reinstated blockade would prevent “Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving.”
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U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light. https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/u-s-blockade-cut-the-power-u-s-citizens-brought-the-light July 10, 2026 [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective] Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island. But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark. Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes. Also: MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity HomesDespite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #EmbargoHow Cubans Are Surviving Endless BlackoutsWe Found the “Russian Spy Base” in CubaSecond Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer #OilForCuba! #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #politics #USpol
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Video - Bruno Rodríguez Calls Out US Ambassador at UN General Assembly https://peertube.world/w/7MZP4bJXZbKxuPAK69rC2F Duration - 0:20 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] In an astounding denial of reality, #US Ambassador to the #UN #MikeWaltz told the General Assembly on Tuesday that "there is no American #blockade" on Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Minister #BrunoRodríguez responded to Waltz, a former Green Beret: "This is the #UnitedNationsGeneralAssembly, not a Green Beret camp. You're a liar, Mr. Waltz." #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #politics #USpol
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@AlienJay@burningboard.net Ach - und es ist ja noch entwürdigender: Die gewählten Abgeordneten des deutschen Bundestages (Legislative) lassen sich nicht nur durch den Koalitionsausschuss der Parteivorsitzenden viel zu viel vorschreiben. Sie werden derzeit nicht einmal mehr tätig, wenn sich die Exekutive nicht einigen kann und wichtige Gesetze wie das EEG auszulaufen drohen!!! #Bundestag #MdB #Legislative #EEG #Erneuerbare #Friedensenergien #Gesetzgebung #Blockadehttps://digitalcourage.social/@BlumeEvolution/116840768235909121
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Ganz aktuell blockieren sich das SPD- geführte Umweltministerium & das CDU-geführte Wirtschaftsministerium im Streit um die weitere Förderung von Solarenergie & Netzausbau. Ein funktionierendes Parlament würde sagen: Kein Problem, wir sind ja die Legislative. Also erarbeiten die Fachleute der Regierungsfraktionen im direkten Dialog & öffentlicher Beratung die Gesetze! Aber der deutsche Bundestag hat seine Gesetzgebungsaufgabe längst aufgegeben & wartet (!) seit Monaten auf Anweisungen der Regierung (!!). Ministerin Reiche kann sogar damit drohen, dass das EEG dann eben auslaufe - denn der Bundestag wird von selbst nicht mehr tätig! Als begeisterten Anhänger der parlamentarischen Demokratie unseres Grundgesetzes schmerzt mich diese Farce. Und dann verstehe ich auch die wachsende Wut der Wählerinnen & Wähler, die über 600 Abgeordnete in die Legislative gewählt & hilflose Parteisoldaten bekommen haben… #Bundesregierung #Exekutive #Bundestag #Legislative #Solarboom #EEG #Blockadehttps://www.t-online.de/finanzen/energie/id_101320308/eeg-foerderung-wird-abgeschafft-das-kostet-das-ende-der-einspeiseverguetung.html
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Video - UN Official: U.S. Sanctions Are Disrupting Humanitarian Aid to Cuba https://peertube.world/w/euSiVyEWMnYH6tJnT9C3Ld Duration - 19:27 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] #US sanctions and the recent #oil #blockade have not only destroyed Cuba’s economy and fueled a humanitarian crisis. They are now also blocking #HumanitarianAid meant to alleviate suffering caused by US policy. #UN Resident Coordinator Francisco Pichón sat down with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández to explain what he's seeing on the ground: how US #sanctions, fuel shortages and what is known as “over-compliance” by banks are delaying the delivery of medicines, food and other critical supplies. “If the fuel blockade continues, the humanitarian consequences for Cuba will grow deeper and could become irreversible,” he warned. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity#LetCubaLive #news #politics #USpol
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