NOLA Loves CUBA

06/13/2026

🎉🥳👏CONGRATULATIONS!!! To our Raffle Winners!!! 🎉🥳👏🏽 It was so exciting to let the computer select winners from the 521 entries that we received.

First Place - 7-day Cruise Winner - Eboni W.
Second Place - 2-night Hyatt Stay - Shalon P.
Third Place - Dinner for 2 at Lola’s - Godfrey P.
Fourth Place - Dinner for 6 at Carrabba’s - Lindsey
Fifth Place - Havana Gold Rum basket - Johnell G.

Although we didn’t make our financial goal through the raffle, we loved everyone’s support. If you would like to make a donation to help us send the food container please follow the link in the first comment.

06/11/2026

Hey everyone!!! The raffle has officially closed. We will announce the winners this Saturday! Thanks for your support!

06/10/2026

This is where we are now. PLEASE DONATE!! https://www.ungeneva.org/en/news-media/news/2026/06/119419/children-are-dying-us-sanctions-push-cuba-brink-warns-un-human?fbclid=IwdGRjcASWeAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe0yZ39sleZcBdAbk123Sq2kkAXCuCf-_gT1DT-v4RSfsjxm_K0pStYKHeSAc_aem_7nbkImS_LXyyZhEeX1oXVQ

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06/04/2026

The situation is getting worse! https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eq3V4XCyB/?mibextid=wwXIfr

A new report says U.S. oil restrictions affecting Cuba have paralyzed the distribution of tons of food across the island. According to the Spanish news agency EFE, roughly 20,000 tons of food from the United Nations World Food Programme are stuck or moving slowly because of severe fuel shortages. The restrictions are part of the Trump administration's broader pressure campaign aimed at forcing political and economic changes in Cuba.

During a forum at Miami's Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, local leaders and members of the Cuban exile community argued that Cuba's government, not U.S. sanctions, remains the primary driver of the island's ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis. The event focused on efforts to revive Cuba's 1940 constitution as a potential blueprint for a future democratic government, with participants calling for political change and greater awareness of Cuba's pre-revolution constitutional history.

05/29/2026

Here’s our story in the New Orleans Agenda

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05/23/2026

Thanks to our student volunteers who took their community service day to read about the conditions in and make a social media post about our raffle https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8pgLJRr/

05/06/2026

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A new report from the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has found that increased U.S. sanctions were likely the primary cause of a 148% rise in Cuban infant mortality from 2018 to 2025.

“If the rate of infant mortality had remained unchanged, then approximately 1,800 fewer babies would have died since 2018,” according to CEPR.

​The report explains that up until the first Trump administration, Cuba’s health indicators paralleled European numbers, and often exceeded U.S. figures.

“The Trump policy of ‘maximum pressure’ on Cuba has killed a lot of babies — and, although we don’t yet have data for the last few months, it’s highly likely that more babies are dying now, and at an even higher rate than last year as a result of the current U.S. fuel blockade targeting Cuba,” said CEPR’s Director of International Policy Alexander Main, one of the report’s coauthors.