{"id":2220,"date":"2023-08-02T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2023-08-02T16:26:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:26:32","slug":"august-3-2023-escalating-lies-against-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/02\/august-3-2023-escalating-lies-against-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"August 3, 2023: “Escalating Lies Against Cuba”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Escalating Lies Against Cuba”
A special bilingual webinar<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday August 3, 2023<\/strong>
8:00 PM Eastern Time (Havana)
5:00 PM Pacific Time <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoom Registration: <\/strong>https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_1pCKvCXBSgOBbkVsOI3dmA<\/a>
Facebook event: https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/32ov4KHAb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ambassador Yuri Gala L\u00f3pez<\/strong>
Deputy Permanent Representative, Cuban Permanent Mission to United Nations. Gala Lopez previously served as the Cuban Ambassador for Jamaica, as well as the Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs of the Directorate of Multilateral Affairs of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liz Oliva Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>
29-year-old award-winning Cuban journalist and producer with Belly of the Beast. She has won a Gracie Award and was co-winner of a One World Media Award for her work presenting the documentary series The War on Cuba. Apart from her journalism and filmmaking, Liz is a dedicated anti-racist and feminist activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor William LeoGrande<\/strong>
American University, Washington, DC; Co-Author of “Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana” (University of North Carolina Press) and many articles on US-Cuba relations including, \u201cWeaponizing leaks: The Chinese \u201cspy base\u201d in Cuba” for Responsible Statecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Bolender<\/strong>
Author and journalist in Canada specializing in Cuba-US relations. Author of 3 books on Cuba including, “Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba” and “Manufacturing the Enemy- Media war against Cuba” (Pluto Press).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organized by: <\/strong>
U.S. Cuba Normalization Conference Coalition<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Escalating Lies Against Cuba” A special bilingual webinar Thursday August 3, 2023 8:00 PM Eastern Time (Havana) 5:00 PM Pacific Time Zoom Registration: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_1pCKvCXBSgOBbkVsOI3dmAFacebook event: https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/32ov4KHAb Featuring speakers: Ambassador Yuri Gala L\u00f3pezDeputy Permanent Representative, Cuban Permanent Mission to United Nations. Gala Lopez previously served as the Cuban Ambassador for Jamaica, as well as the Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs of the Directorate of Multilateral Affairs of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Liz Oliva Fern\u00e1ndez29-year-old award-winning Cuban journalist and producer with Belly of the Beast. She has won a Gracie Award and was co-winner of a One World Media Award for her work presenting the documentary series The War on Cuba. Apart from her journalism and filmmaking, Liz is a dedicated anti-racist and feminist activist. Professor William LeoGrandeAmerican University, Washington, DC; Co-Author of “Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana” (University of North Carolina Press) and many articles on US-Cuba relations including, \u201cWeaponizing leaks: The Chinese \u201cspy base\u201d in Cuba” for Responsible Statecraft. Keith BolenderAuthor and journalist in Canada specializing in Cuba-US relations. Author of 3 books on Cuba including, “Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba” and “Manufacturing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230803-Escalating-Lies-Against-Cuba-Poster.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7dbkE-zO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2225,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions\/2225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}