U.S. sanctions blocked two Swiss companies from selling ventilators to Cuba. So Cuban engineers figured out how to make their own using open-source designs from MIT and University College London.

Protests happen in countries across the world but the U.S. doesn’t see them all the same. In Colombia, dozens were killed compared to only one death in Cuba, yet Biden is sending $100s of millions to Colombian security forces while punishing Cuba with sanctions.

Cuban opinions in Cuba and within the Cuban American disapora.

What happened this July 11th during Cuba's biggest protests in decades? And most importantly, why?

The Biden administration says its Cuba policy is governed by concerns for democracy and human rights, but it does not apply the same standard to allies such as Israel, Colombia and Saudi Arabia.

Dachelys and Hope are Cuba's first legally recognized same-sex parents. They hope Cuba's new Family Code will legalize marriage for LGBTQ couples.

In April 1961, the CIA backed an armed invasion of Cuba that was crushed by Cuba’s army. Sixty years later, the U.S. is still trying to topple the Cuban government.

Belly of The Beast + Progressive International Present: LESSONS FROM CUBA with Vijay Prashad and Vijay De Los Santos Progressive International + Belly of The Beast Present a speaker forum on the connections between Cuba and solidarity movements in the Global South. While the United States blockade on Cuba is the longest trade embargo in modern history, there's also a long history of solidarity against this blockade and towards Cuban sovereignty.

The documentary series, The War on Cuba, gives an inside look on the effects of U.S. sanctions on Cuban people. Episode 3 explores Cuba's healthcare program and medical brigades. We talk to doctors who served in Brazil, Bolivia and Italy, and of course the ones who held it down in Cuba during COVID-19.

The documentary series, The War on Cuba, gives an inside look on the effects of U.S. sanctions on Cuban people. Episode 2 explores the impact of the US-imposed “oil blockade” on Cuba and the ways in which Cubans are finding alternatives to scarcities caused by US sanctions.

This is a premiere of episode 1 of "The War on Cuba", a documentary that gives an inside look on the effects of U.S. sanctions on Cuban people. Belly of The Beast is a Havana-based project made up of Cubans and foreigners. It is unique in countering parachute journalism and providing stories directly from the island for a Western audience.

Belly of The Beast counters parachute journalism by providing stories directly from the island. This documentary series gives an inside look on the effects of U.S. sanctions on Cuban people.

Belly of The Beast presents the first part of the "Lessons from Cuba" speaker series – re-energizing the political relationship between Cuba and the U.S.

Part one of our three-episode short documentary series comes out on October 9.

Belly of The Beast presents the first part of the "Lessons from Cuba" speaker series – re-energizing the political relationship between Cuba and the U.S. James Early has spent forty five years traveling to Socialist Cuba in solidarity with the Cuban Ministry of Culture, traditional and plastic artists and intellectuals. Devyn Springer is a community organizer, writer, cultural worker, and independent researcher who studies African and African Diaspora history and Art History.

Moya is a printmaker who works doing xylography and linoleumgraphy, following a tradition of dedicated Cuban artists, including Belkis Ayón. He introduces his art and the connections between religious symbolism and Cuban society.