Manny Ramirez

Educator, Researcher, and Organizer | PhD Candidate in Sociology | Racism, migration, & U.S.-Cuba studies | @Cubans4Cuba | @AllianceforCuba

[Belly of the Beast @bellybeastcuba]

“I have been bombarded with propaganda that Cubans participating in the medical missions were slaves (...) I believe this is part of a broader economic war against Cuba” Mark Ginsburg for @48hills about his recent visit to Cuba
https://t.co/ZxVdkWl8JL

[Manny Ramirez @Manny_A_Ramirez]

@USRepKCastor https://t.co/zvqDg70BaG
"Cuban families, including many of our neighbors in the Tampa area, businesses and educators will benefit as both countries cast off outdated Cold War policies that limit interaction and progress on economic and human rights reform." - Rep. Castor 2015

[Belly of the Beast @bellybeastcuba]

Rep. Barbara Lee reads from a letter, signed by over 100 civil society organizations in Cuba, calling for the country to be removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list: “Cuba is not a terrorist state. There’s absolutely no evidence that may support a claim otherwise.”

[DSA International Committee @dsa_intl_comm]

🚨 Over 50 elected officials, labor leaders, and solidarity organizations nationwide are calling on @POTUS to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, ease Trump-era sanctions, and send humanitarian aid. It’s time to act. https://t.co/MmNoYNy0BU

[Sanctions Kill @KillSanctions]

https://t.co/q87lOelPeb

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

#BREAKING
United States VETOES Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of all hostages

RESULT
In Favor: 14
Against: 1 (US)
Abstain: 0

[Belly of the Beast @bellybeastcuba]

Marco Rubio, who drove U.S. policy toward Latin America behind the scenes during Trump’s first presidency, will now do so officially. @NYTimes reports that he will be named Secretary of State. He will be joined by fellow hard-line Floridian Mike Waltz, reported to be named NSA.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

You can hear Miller’s total disregard for the international community when asked about the Cuba embargo vote.

Matt Lee: It was 187 to 2

Miller: I’m aware of the history of votes

Lee: At what point are you gonna realize the entire world, with the exception of you and Israel, thinks the embargo is a bad idea

Miller: We take their opinion seriously but we make our own policy

Lee: You do? It’s 32 years in a row

Miller: We take their views quite seriously

Lee: That’s not borne out by the facts

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

#BREAKING
UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba

Result of the vote:
In favor: 187
Against: 2 (Israel, US)
Abstain: 1 (Moldova)

[Samuel 🇲🇽 @resisres]

🇲🇽🇨🇺 SHEINBAUM: We are AGAINST the blockade on Cuba.

[Belly of the Beast @bellybeastcuba]

🚨 UPDATE: A federal appeals court overturned a Miami judge's ruling that cruise liners pay $439 million for taking US citizens to Cuba.

Our reporters exposed the politics and lobbying behind the law enabling the suit and its ruinous impact on Cuba.

👉 https://t.co/X8Stoh6CST

#bellyofthebeastcuba

[Cuban Americans For Cuba @Cubans4Cuba]

CAFC member @Manny_A_Ramirez shares a personal story of family, resilience, and helping others, drawing a parallel to the Cuban people's struggle under the U.S. blockade. It’s time to end this unjust policy. #EndTheBlockade #Cuba

https://t.co/T4jwW5oYHE

[Manny Ramirez @Manny_A_Ramirez]

Very important read👇
#letcubalive #Cuba

[Cuban Americans For Cuba @Cubans4Cuba]

Apagones and Embargo: What's really behind #Cuba's energy crisis? This piece unpacks the myths, the human impact, and how the U.S. embargo fuels the struggle for power. https://t.co/jyCaStpUOc

[Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) @AllianceForCuba]

Join the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect for a virtual briefing with leading scholars on new Cuba policy polling

"Public Opinion on Cuba Policy, Recent Polling and the U.S. Presidential Elections"

Thursday October 31 — 12:00-1:15pm ET

Register: https://t.co/XyYtHbqVeZ

[Manny Ramirez @Manny_A_Ramirez]

Recent poll data from @InGlobalAffairs shows that most Americans across all age groups support normalizing relations, lifting sanctions, and ending travel restrictions. Why not pursue a U.S.-Cuba policy that is popular and familiar to you, @USRepKCastor?

[Manny Ramirez @Manny_A_Ramirez]

Virtually all countries already demand better for the people of Cuba each year at the UN General Assembly when they vote in support of ending the U.S. blockade against Cuba. Something that you previously supported during the Obama administration, @USRepKCastor.

[U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor @USRepKCastor]

Decades of neglect and dependence on imported fossil fuels, compounded by a suffocation of people’s rights under communism and hopes to live free, should rally all countries to demand better for the people of Cuba.

[Manny Ramirez @Manny_A_Ramirez]

@USRepKCastor, if you want better for the people of Cuba, I encourage you to once again support normalized relations, lifting the embargo, and ending travel restrictions https://t.co/p3TWoxNre3

[Manny Ramirez @Manny_A_Ramirez]

https://t.co/sqrTP7vTYW
#letcubalive #offthelist #UNVote4Cuba

[Belly of the Beast @bellybeastcuba]

Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) trains thousands of young people from around the world to become doctors. Most of the students at the ELAM are from other Global South countries, including more than 200 from Palestine.

Murid Abukhater is one of them.

“We all have something in common,” said Murid, who left Gaza in 2017 to study in Cuba. “We couldn't study medicine in our own countries and we received a full-ride scholarship in Cuba.”

“We learn to become humane doctors with ethical values, caring for people's needs
rather than focusing on money or materialistic things,” he said. “The Latin American School of Medicine means a lot to Palestinians because it has given us a great opportunity to achieve our dreams of becoming doctors. We are here to return to our homeland as doctors and help our people.”

🎥 From Gaza to Cuba is now LIVE. Watch the full film and share Murid’s story with the world: https://t.co/rtt0yqtpcM

RSVP for our virtual screening and panel discussion on October 15th at 8 PM EST: https://t.co/Di6qt76qqn

#bellyofthebeastcuba #FromGazatoCuba

[Helen Yaffe @HelenYaffe]

Award-winning German-Cuban cooperation in cancer therapy
https://t.co/jEFIcM0GtD #tubraunschweig