Yas Rodriguez: From Cuba to West Belfast

Eagrán speisialta mar cheiliúradh ar Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan.  Is gníomhaí pobail agus sóisialach í Yas Rodriguez ó Chúba a chuir fúithi i mBéal Feirste breis is scór bliain ó shin agus a bhí mar pháirt de réimse feachtais anseo ó shin, ach go háirithe dlúthpháirtíocht le Cúba in éadan imshuí Mheiriceá ar an tír s’aici.  Bhí ról lárnach aici ag cruthú a brat Cúbach is mó sa stair a nochtadh ar an Sliabh Dubh in 2021 mar chuid den fheachtas #UnblockCuba.

Special episode to celebrate International Women’s Day.  Yas Rodriguez is a community and socialist activist from Cuba who has lived in Belfast for over 20 years and who has been part of a range of community campaigns here since, especially around Cuban Solidarity against the US blockade on her country.  She played a central role in making the biggest Cuban flag in history that she then helped put on Black Mountain in West Belfast in 2021 as part of the UnblockCuba campaign.