Category Archives: Past Trips to Cuba

If you want to learn about the REAL Cuba, talk to the REAL people and go ‘beneath the surface’, then join our 28th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba this July, and be a part of challenging the US economic blockade of Cuba. July 11-28, 2017. Cost of program- $1650 plus travel to Mexico City and backContinue reading “28th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba – FILLED – Not taking applications anymore”

The Venceremos Brigade (VB) is a political education project that, since 1969, has directed its efforts toward developing solidarity with the Cuban Revolution.  Despite the U.S. blockade against Cuba, the VB has sent more than 9,000 people from across the U.S., striving to send highly diverse contingents. The VB works to raise consciousness around issuesContinue reading “Cuba Venceremos Brigade – FILLED – Not taking applications anymore”

Dates: August 15-24, 2017 Places: Chicago, Cuba (7 days in Havana including one day trip outside the city) Partners:  Village Leadership Academy (hosting for Chicago orientation), AfricaFocus Bulletin (on-line educational resources). Participants: 18 to 20. General Background about Making the Road Making the Road (MTR) is a US-based educational project, led by Prexy Nesbitt, aimedContinue reading “Making the Road Travel Seminar to Cuba”

To mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Che Guevara, the Cuban Friendship Institute – ICAP (Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos) – invites you to participate in an International Brigade / In the Footsteps of Che from October 1-15, 2017. Click here to read the Invitation from Cuba to the World forContinue reading “In the Footsteps of Che International Brigade”

This year, Russia will host the 2017 World Festival of Youth and Students. On 14-22 October, young people from all around the world will come to Sochi to participate in this great event, the biggest gathering of anti-imperialist youth in the world.  Ages are 18 to 35 years The World Festival of Youth and Students has been active sinceContinue reading “19th World Festival of Youth in Sochi, Russia (Anti-Imperialism Festival)”

Dates: 1-2 weeks in January or February, 2018 for 1-2 weeks TBD by Cubans’ and US participants schedules Location: Rural Santiago de Cuba Province and City of Santiago de Cuba Partners: Family Farm Defenders (FFD), BIOECO (Cuba), Universidad de Oriente (2nd largest Cuban National University)-Center for Energy Studies, Dr. Martin Luther King Center (Cuba) PopularContinue reading “Cuba Food Sovereignty/Agroecology Working Tour”

~300+ people attended from over 29 countries, countries that attended: Brazil, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Ireland, Argentina, Korea, Japan, Congo, Haiti, Zambia, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland, Bolivia, Peru, Greece, Ghana, and United States (US cities included: Chicago, LA, NYC, Baltimore, Miami, Washington D.C., Omaha, Lincoln & Denver) This is the first time a United States delegation (~55Continue reading “Cuba’s 12th May Day International Brigade”