Gender, Race and Environment in Cuba May Delegation Report Back Listen to some of the delegates who participated in our May delegation to Cuba and learn more about the country and how you can be in solidarity with the Cuban People in front of the US blockade. Find more information about our next delegations to Cuba onhttps://www.solidaritycollective.org/upcoming-delegations or write to us at cuba@solidaritycollective.org. --------------------- Informe de la Delegación de mayo en Cuba Escucha a algunxs de lxs delegados que participaron de esta delegación a Cuba y aprende más sobre el país y cómo solidarizarte con el pueblo cubano frente al bloqueo estadounidense. Si quieres participar en nuestras próximas delegaciones encuentra más información en https://www.solidaritycollective.org/upcoming-delegations o escríbenos a cuba@solidaritycollective.org

WFP delegates reflect on their trip to Cuba focused on art, healthcare, senior living, and agroecology. The report back is focused on the triumph of the Revolution and how Cubans have spent over six decades building a socialist society. Delegates also discuss the effects of recent changes in US-Cuba relations including the longstanding ilegal U.S. Blockade on Cuba.

Some delegates reflect on their experience in Cuba, the lessons learned from their visit to the island and the urgency of ending the US blockade against the Cuban people. If you want to learn more about our delegations, visit our website: https://www.solidaritycollective.org/upcoming-delegations or write to us at cuba@solidariycollective.org.

This presentation is a report back from a Witness for Peace Delegation with the focus of faith, economics, and Cuba US relations in September 2016. Links to current legislation to open relations with Cuba: HOUSE BILLS: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (H.R. 351) Introduced by Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC-1) https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/351 The Cuba Trade Act (H.R. 442) Introduced by Rep.Tom Emmer (R-MN-6) https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/442 The Cuba Agricultural Exports Act (H.R 525) Introduced by Rep. Eric A.Crawford (R-AR-1) https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/525 SENATE BILLS The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (S. 1287) Introduced by Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1287 The Freedom to Export to Cuba Act (S. 1286) Introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1286 The Agricultural Export Expansion Act (S. 275) Introduced by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/275

https://democracynow.org - Last week, there was an attempted assassination on the life of Bertita Zúñiga Cáceres, the daughter of murdered Honduran indigenous and environmental leader Berta Cáceres. Bertita Zúñiga Cáceres was driving back with two colleagues from a community visit in central Honduras when a black pickup truck blocked their path. Three assailants jumped out of the truck and attempted an attack, but Zúñiga and her colleagues narrowly escaped. The incident comes just weeks after Zúñiga was named the new leader of the indigenous rights group Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). She recently demonstrated in support of pending U.S. legislation to suspend U.S. military aid to Honduras. Her protest was a part of a week of action coordinated by the U.S.-based human rights group Witness for Peace. We speak with Bertita Zúñiga Cáceres at her home in La Esperanza, Honduras. Also joining the conversation is Chicago-based Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle, who spent 10 years in Honduras working with COPINH. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https://democracynow.org/donate FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: http://facebook.com/democracynow Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/democracynow Daily Email: https://democracynow.org/subscribe Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DemocracyNow Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracynow Tumblr: http://democracynow.tumblr.com Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/democracynow iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/democracy-now!-audio/id73802554 TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/Democracy-Now-p90/ Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/democracy-now

These children from the Puente Nayero Humanitarian Space in Buenaventura (Colombia) exchanged their toy guns for musical instruments. 🎺🎻 .............................................................................Estos niños del espacio humanitario Puente Nayero en Buenaventura (Colombia) intercambiaron sus armas de juguete por instrumentos musicales. 🎺

These are some photos from a Witness for Peace Colombia delegation to the region of Urabá in December 2016. The title of the delegation was "Women-Led Healing and Survivor-Centered Movements for Healing, Peace and Justice." Photo credit to Marianna Tzabiras, Mónica María Hurtado, and Anita Kline. The song in the background is "El Vendaval." Credit to the CD "Voces de Paz" published by the Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz and the community of Caño Manso.