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Activist Arrested Protesting Menendez's Support for Cuba Blockade

4/8/2026

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Calla Walsh, an activist living in Lebanon, was arrested in 2023 during a protest against Senator Bob Menendez's support for Cuba's blockade.
Walsh criticized the blockade as genocidal.
CodePink, led by Jodie Evans, funded initiatives including a Cuba mission with Isra Hirsi, Ilhan Omar’s daughter.
CodePink organized a Bogota summit featuring Bill de Blasio to support Latin American self-determination.
Critics, including Senator Tom Cotton, condemn CodePink as radical and harmful.

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Calla Walsh, an activist living in Lebanon, was arrested in 2023 during a protest against Senator Bob Menendez's support for Cuba's blockade.
Walsh criticized the blockade as genocidal.
CodePink, led by Jodie Evans, funded initiatives including a Cuba mission with Isra Hirsi, Ilhan Omar’s daughter.
CodePink organized a Bogota summit featuring Bill de Blasio to support Latin American self-determination.
Critics, including Senator Tom Cotton, condemn CodePink as radical and harmful.