Monthly Archives: July 2021

2021-07-19: News Headlines

Workers World Party (2021-07-19). Celebrate the Cuban Revolution with Workers World! workers.org Workers World/Mundo Obrero joins with the Cuban people in celebrating the 68th anniversary of an event which changed the course of history for their island nation. On July 26, 1953, Cuban revolutionaries boldly attacked the Moncada garrison in Santiago de Cuba and simultaneously conducted a siege of the army barracks . . . |

Steve Sweeney (2021-07-19). Cubans take to the street in defense of the revolution. peoplesworld.org

Ramona Wadi (2021-07-19). Biden's Policy on Cuba Reveals Itself. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2021-07-19). Arreaza calls cyberattack on Cuban Foreign Ministry imperial clumsiness. mronline.org In his Twitter account @jaarreaza, Minister Arreaza wrote, "Another characteristic of the international incitement of aggression against #Cuba. Imperialism is clumsy enough to leave traces of its misdeeds." | July 19, 2021…

Staff (2021-07-19). Los dígitos se van de viaje, viaje sorprendente y finales creativos. cubadebate.cu Este acertijo lo dedico a un destacado acertijando camagàºeyano que se recupera de la covid-19, llegue a él toda nuestra energía positiva. Ya descubriremos su identidad. Pondremos a prueba conocimientos, habilidades numéricas; pensamiento vertical y lateral. Y para balancear un ejercicio de buscar finales creativos y con humor criollo.

Staff (2021-07-19). Fallece médico internacionalista cubano en Santiago de Cuba. cubadebate.cu Este domingo, a las 3 de la tarde, luego de una cruenta batalla con la COVID-19, falleció en Santiago de Cuba, el médico internacionalista Graciliano Díaz Bartolo. Integrante de la primera brigada cubana que fue a auxiliar al pueblo de Lombardía, azotado por la pandemia.

Staff (2021-07-19). COVID-19 en el mundo: Reino Unido estrena el primer día sin restricciones por coronavirus con los casos disparados. cubadebate.cu Reino Unido estrena hoy el llamado Día de la Libertad, una jornada en la que quedan eliminadas las últimas restricciones por la pandemia, lo que se acomete pese a que la comunidad científica se muestra contraria y se prevé que las infecciones en el país —que rondan ahora los 50 000 positivos diarios— alcanzarán los 200 000 al día a finales de verano.

Ezili Dantà≤ (2021-07-19). Geopolitics Behind Jovenel Moise's Assassination? Haiti's Rapprochement with Russia, Venezuela and Turkey. globalresearch.ca The …

Alan MacLeod (2021-07-19). Breaking through the western media propaganda coverage of Cuba protests. mronline.org While there are plenty of reasons for ordinary Cubans to currently feel disenchanted about life on the island, there are also strong suspicions that these protests were not quite the grassroots uprising they were made out to be in the U.S. press. | July 19, 2021…

Fight Back (2021-07-19). Memphis rallies in support of Palestine. fightbacknews.org Memphis, TN – On July 17, over 40 people gathered at the intersection of South Cooper Street and Young Avenue here for a rally called by the Memphis chapter of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, in coalition with Memphis Voices for Palestine. Representatives from Never Again TN and Jewish Memphians for Social Justice, two Jewish-led organizations, were also present. | The rally was called in response to a small Christian Zionist protest in East Memphis, a neighborhood that most of Memphis' Jewish population calls home, one week earlier. That rally brought traffic to a screeching halt, forcing the residents…

WSWS (2021-07-19). UK government proceeds with criminal "Freedom Day" and junks COVID safety measures. wsws.org In the last seven days, Britain recorded 296,768 new cases of COVID-19, up 41 percent on the previous week and the second highest seven-day total in the world. Only Indonesia with 341,749 cases, but with a population of 276.5 million—four times the size of Britain—recorded more.

Staff (2021-07-19). Exposed: Fake News Campaign Misrepresents Havana Demonstrations (Alan MacLeod). orinocotribune.com On Sunday, July 18, renowned MintPress News journalist Alan MacLeod exposed the anti-Cuba fake news operation launched by Fox News in the United States. He revealed the true messages on posters displayed by protesters in support of the Revolution on the streets of Havana. Fox News network had tried to distort reality in Cuba by using a video with blurred banners to present a demonstration in favor of the Cuban government as a demonstration against it. | "Fox News' editors blurred out the signs at what they claimed were 'anti-government' demonstrations in Cuba because they said things like 'Long live the Cuban Rev…

Alan MacLeod (2021-07-19). The Bay of Tweets: Documents Point to US Hand in Cuba Protests. globalresearch.ca

Alan MacLeod (2021-07-19). The bay of Tweets: documents point to U.S. hand in Cuba protests. mronline.org The U.S. government can cause economic misery for the Cuban people, but it cannot, it appears, convince them to overthrow their government. | July 19, 2021 | Newswire…

Staff (2021-07-19). Organización Panamericana de la Salud donará 12 toneladas de insumos médicos a Cuba. cubadebate.cu En las redes sociales, la OPS dio a conocer que el cargamento incluye medicamentos, test de laboratorios y protectores faciales, así como otros medios de protección. Cuba enfrenta en los últimos tiempos una adversa situación epidemiológica asociada a la Covid-19, con cifras de contagios que superan los seis mil por día.

Staff (2021-07-19). Presidente cubano visita plantas productoras de medicamentos e insumos médicos para enfrentar la COVID-19. cubadebate.cu El presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, visita la planta de insumos médicos del Centro de Neurociencias, en el municipio habanero de Playa, donde están enclavadas las líneas de producción de mascarillas quirúrgicas y de hisopos para las pruebas de la COVID-19. Antes estuvo en la Empresa Laboratorios Farmacéuticos AICA.

Staff (2021-07-19). Cuba: Eficacia de los candidatos vacunales y nuevas cepas del SARS-CoV-2 (+ Video). cubadebate.cu La eficacia frente a la enfermedad sintomática del candidato vacunal Soberana 02 en su esquema de tres dosis junto a Soberana Plus es del 91.2%; mientras que Abdala muestra un 92.28%. øQué significan estas cifras? øCuáles son las características de la variante delta y otras que circulan hoy del SARS-CoV-2 en Cuba?

Staff (2021-07-19). De pensamiento es la guerra.. cubadebate.cu Con esta nota me estoy sumando a la batalla de ideas en las redes informáticas. Reconozco que mi generación es la de la circulación de ideas en papel, y no está muy habituada (ni entrenada) a los espacios virtuales. Pero es una generación de revolucionarios que acumula experiencias de otras muchas batallas, las cuales hay que poner en las manos de los jóvenes combatientes de hoy.

Staff (2021-07-19). Cumbre de los dueños de la alimentación. cubadebate.cu Controlar el mercado de los alimentos es un objetivo fundamental de las empresas trasnacionales. Para legitimar el asalto digital y biotecnológico a nuestra comida y sentar nuevas normativas internacionales (léase evitar regulaciones y control públicos), se concibió la llamada Cumbre de Sistemas Alimentarios, a realizarse en septiembre de 2021.

Staff (2021-07-19). "Habana Camerata" se lleva Primer Premio en competencia musical de Serbia. cubadebate.cu La orquesta cubana "Habana Camerata", en representación del Instituto Cubano de la Música, recibió el 1er Premio en la categoría de ensemble de la 12 Edición del World Open Music Competition de Belgrade, Serbia. Su director David Pérez Anido recibió un reconocimiento especial por parte de la asociación de pedagogos de las escuelas de Música de Serbia por las habilidades pedagógicas sobresalientes en la preparación de los laureados del concurso.

Staff (2021-07-19). Ya tenemos los ganadores del concurso Cubadebate entuMóvil. cubadebate.cu El pasado 7 de julio los servicios entuMovil, de la División Habana, de Desoft, y el Portal Cubadebate convocaron a los usuarios de la telefonía móvil en Cuba para que respondieran: øEn qué Juegos Olímpicos Cuba obtuvo mayor cantidad de medallas de oro? Fueron recibidos 1859 SMS y hoy damos a conocer a los ganadores del concurso.

Staff (2021-07-19). El tiempo: Calor y algunas lluvias en la tarde. cubadebate.cu Desde el final de la mañana se incrementará la nubosidad y se nublará en la tarde, con algunos chubascos y tormentas eléctricas, principalmente en zonas del interior y costa norte occidental, así como en el interior y sur del resto del país, más aislados en zonas de la costa norte del centro y el oriente del país.

Staff (2021-07-19). La eficacia de Abdala y Soberana y la nueva cepa, hoy en la Mesa Redonda. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Investigadores principales de los ensayos clínicos de Abdala y de Soberana 02 + Soberana Plus, la Presidenta de la Sociedad Cubana de Microbiología y Parasitología y un reconocido especialista en infectología comparecerán este lunes en la Mesa Redonda, para brindar amplia información sobre los resultados de eficacia en fase 3 de Abdala y de Soberana 02 + Soberana Plus, las características de la cepa Delta y otras que circulan hoy del Sars-Cov-2 y otros temas de interés.

Staff (2021-07-19). El águila destronada, el triunfo y el triunfalismo. cubadebate.cu Si los propósitos de la operación político-comunicacional en marcha se cumplieran el primer acto simbólico, no lo dudemos, sería posar nuevamente el águila de donde la espantó la increíble fuerza de un pueblo pequeño y pobre materialmente, que tuvo la osadía y la entereza moral de cambiar su destino.

Staff (2021-07-19). José Gómez: Mis puños me hicieron leyenda. cubadebate.cu En el centro de la ciu ≠dad vive José Gómez. Todos los días se mira ante el espejo de la vida y en ≠frenta un fantasma al que ha apren ≠dido a aceptar, e incluso a abrazar: la nostalgia. Su mirada todavía luce el filo del guerrero, sin embargo, su semblante no puede ocultar las arrugas que trazan sin delicadeza los azotes de la edad. Sobre el ring no conocía el miedo.

Staff (2021-07-19). Chile define candidatos para elecciones presidenciales. cubadebate.cu El exministro independiente Sebastián Sichel y el diputado y exlíder estudiantil Gabriel Boric se convirtieron este domingo en las cartas presidenciales de la derecha y la izquierda, respectivamente, de cara a los comicios del próximo 21 de noviembre. Las primarias se producen después de la instalación de la Convención Constitucional.

Staff (2021-07-19). Fallece Sigfredo Barros, periodista especializado en temas de deportes. cubadebate.cu Este lunes falleció el periodista Sigfredo Barros, reportero durante décadas en el diario Granma, especializado en temas de deportes. De reconocida trayectoria en el gremio, recibió en el 2018 el Premio por la Obra de la Vida que otorga el Inder, por su apego a la ética y al compromiso de servir y representar fielmente el movimiento deportivo cubano.

Staff (2021-07-19). Cuba reporta 6 505 nuevos casos positivos a la COVID-19, 61 fallecidos y más de 10 mil altas médicas (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Cuba confirmó al cierre de este domingo 6 505 casos positivos a la COVID-19, 61 fallecidos y 10 481 altas médicas, informó en conferencia de prensa el doctor Francisco Durán García, director nacional de Epidemiología del Ministerio de Salud Pública. En la jornada de ayer, dijo, se procesaron 44 310 muestras en los laboratorios de biología molecular del país.

Staff (2021-07-19). Díaz-Canel destaca solidaridad del sector privado en tiempos de pandemia: °Somos un solo pueblo! cubadebate.cu Díaz-Canel destacó la solidaridad de los trabajadores por cuenta propia, quienes en estos tiempos de pandemia se han sumado a la lucha contra el coronavirus. En su cuenta en Twitter elogió el gesto de privados residentes en Santa Clara que fueron este Día de los Niños al Hospital de Campaña donde son atendidos 50 niños positivos a la COVID-19.

Chris Banks (2021-07-19). Six ways the cruel U.S. blockade makes Cubans suffer. liberationnews.org Photo: Huge crowds gather in the early morning of July 17 to show support for the Cuban revolution and its government. Credit — CubaDebate.cu The United States, a country with a $20 trillion economy, is waging a full-scale economic war against an island whose economy equals half of one percent of that — Cuba. The …

Staff (2021-07-19). El desafío olímpico de Rafael Alba. cubadebate.cu Rafael Alba es doble campeón mundial y ya entrena en Tokio para buscar una presea que hace cinco años le fue esquiva. Aquella vez cedió en su segunda salida y no pudo acercarse a un podio que lucía posible luego de su oro mundial en 2013 y conquistar una presea de bronce dos años después.

Staff (2021-07-19). Público digital para los estadios de Tokio. cubadebate.cu Una de las últimas iniciativas divulgadas en Tokio para mantener en alto la emoción que siempre se espera durante unos juegos es la de utilizar la tecnología para llevar a los aficionados hasta cada instalación. Lo anunció el mismísimo Thomas Bach durante una de sus primeras conferencias de prensa tras llegar a la capital japonesa.

Staff (2021-07-19). Cuba tiene un puente de amor en Virginia, EEUU. cubadebate.cu Más respaldo contra el bloqueo a Cuba sumó Puentes de Amor a su paso por Virginia. Desde el 27 de junio los integrantes del grupo desandan el trayecto hasta Washington DC, donde el 25 de julio se congregarán frente a la Casa Blanca para exhortar a Biden que cumpla su palabra y levante el bloqueo, en especial las medidas impuestas por Trump.

Staff (2021-07-19). Entran en vigor las nuevas regulaciones para la importación de alimentos, aseo y medicamentos. cubadebate.cu Desde hoy los pasajeros que arriben a Cuba puedan importar alimentos, aseos y medicamentos, sin pagar los aranceles de Aduana que actualmente están establecidos. Es una autorización excepcional, como parte de medidas que contribuyen a mejorar la situación de escasez de estos productos, debido a la crisis económica del país por la pandemia y el bloqueo.

Staff (2021-07-19). Rusia prueba con éxito su misil hipersónico "Tsirkon" (+ Video). cubadebate.cu La Armada rusa ha ensayado con éxito un misil de crucero hipersónico "Tsirkon", informó su Ministerio de Defensa. Según el comunicado, el misil fue disparado por la fragata "Admiral Gorshkov" desde el mar Blanco contra un blanco situado en la costa de mar de Barents. Rusia planea pertrechar con estos misiles tanto buques de superficie como submarinos.

Staff (2021-07-19). Compañía israelí utilizó software espía contra periodistas, políticos y activistas de todo el mundo. cubadebate.cu Una empresa israelí acusada de suministrar software espía a gobiernos fue vinculada a la divulgación de una lista de 50.000 números de teléfonos inteligentes de activistas, periodistas, ejecutivos de empresas y políticos de todo el mundo, según informes difundidos este domingo.

Staff (2021-07-19). Desde Canadá, medicamentos e insumos para el hospital de Cárdenas. cubadebate.cu Desde Calgary, Canadá, llegó a Matanzas una ayuda solidaria para el hospital de Cárdenas. Cubanos residentes en esa ciudad norteña prepararon el donativo que incluye insumos, analgésicos, jeringuillas y otros materiales necesarios.

Jake Johnson (2021-07-19). Ocasio-Cortez Slams Biden for Upholding 'Absurdly Cruel' Cuba Embargo. zcomm.org "It is never acceptable for us to use cruelty as a point of leverage against every day people."

Still We Rise (2021-07-19). Let Cuba Live Video Exposes Embargo by Failed US State. indybay.org The ANSWER Coalition has an excellent Webinar broadcast on Bastille Day, July 14, 2021, now on Youtube, describing the latest attempt of the failed state, the United States, to overthrow the socialist government of Cuba. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkwYhzAt8Fk

Dan Roberts (2021-07-19). The Shortwave Report 07/16/21 Listen Globally! indybay.org A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio.

Olivia Engling (2021-07-19). Puerto Rico Medicaid Funding Advances in Congress. indybay.org Permanent Fix Needed for 1.5 million US Citizens, Asserts Religious Development Group…

sputniknews (2021-07-19). As Hunger in Gaza is Rising, a Local Embarks on an Initiative to Feed the Poor. sputniknews.com Half of the Gaza Strip's population lives below the poverty line, which is why purchasing meat for the Eid al-Adha holiday that commences on Tuesday is beyond the means of many of the Palestinian enclave's residents.

Staff (2021-07-19). If Biden Wants to "Stand With the Cuban People," He Can Ease the Cruel Blockade. truthout.org The corporate media have been

Staff (2021-07-19). Cuban President Díaz-Canel and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez Review Bilateral Agenda to Strengthen Cooperation. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 16, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, received the Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, who is on a working visit in the Caribbean island country. | During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the main aspects of the cooperation relation between the two nations and other topics of interest, like the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. | The Cuban president ratified the unwavering solidarity of Cuba with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its people, reported a pr…

Paul Dobson (2021-07-19). Venezuela Voices Solidarity with Cuba Against 'Imperialist Onslaught,' Media Manipulation. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas' vice president visited Havana on Friday to meet President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

_____ (2021-07-19). Klaus Schwab the Humanist versus Klaus Schwab the Terrorist. strategic-culture.org The rising technocratic dystopia may appear to carry forward the legacy of social-democracy, though perversely, and therefore the utilization of Green parties and social-democratic parties in Europe to implement these is both predicted and rational. | There are two men named Klaus Schwab, no doubt. | One man named Klaus Schwab is seen by the true-believers, fachidiots, the liberal intelligentsia, the institutionally refined population, as a man who deeply cares about humanity. It seems they believe his warnings to be earnest even if uncannily and strikingly prescient. The World Economic Forum after all, must have…

Mickey Z. (2021-07-19). What do you really know about U.S.-Cuba relations? dissidentvoice.org The need to possess Cuba is the oldest issue in U.S. foreign policy. — Noam Chomsky, Excerpted from Rogue States, 2000 When you watch the latest news stories about unrest in Cuba, are you relying on critical thought to process them, or are you lazily falling back on decades of deeply embedded propaganda about Castro, …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-07-18). Cubans protest against US, foreign interventions. en.mehrnews.com Thousands of Cubans demonstrated in the capital Havana on Saturday against foreign interventions in internal affairs of the country.

Michael Tracey (2021-07-18). Democrats and Republicans Unite to Demand US Invasion of Cuba. globalresearch.ca

Francisco Dominguez (2021-07-18). The Only Way to End Economic Hardship in Cuba Is to Lift the US Blockade. globalresearch.ca

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2021-07-18: News Headlines

Francisco Dominguez (2021-07-18). The Only Way to End Economic Hardship in Cuba Is to Lift the US Blockade. globalresearch.ca

Abayomi Azikiwe (2021-07-18). Washington's Interference: Continued US Sponsored Destabilization in Haiti and Cuba. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2021-07-18). The Dominican Republic Calls for Commitment With Haiti. telesurenglish.net Dominican Republic's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MIREX) called on the International community to support a national dialogue in Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7. | RELATED: | MIREX expressed the necessity of a "broad, inclusive, and sustained" political dialogue in Haiti to path the way to "fair, free, and transparent" elections. | The Dominican Government supported the principle of non-interven…

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-07-18). Chavista Chronicles from Caracas — Jen McKinney and Luisa Herrera — DSA Delegation to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 17, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—In this new episode of Chavista Chronicles from Caracas, we had the pleasure to interview Jen McKinney and Luisa Herrera of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). They were part of a larger delegation that visited Venezuela to participate in the Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World, held from June 22 to June 24. | Jen McKinney is a full-time mom and chair of DSA's National Political Committee. She has devoted most of her time to building mutual aid efforts within the organization. And Luisa Herrera is a community activist on the board of the DSA Inte…

Staff (2021-07-18). Venezuela Condemns Chile's Granting of Political Asylum to Another Fugitive Accused of Cota 905 Terrorism. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza reported on Friday, July 16, through a

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-07-18). Cubans protest against US, foreign interventions. en.mehrnews.com Thousands of Cubans demonstrated in the capital Havana on Saturday against foreign interventions in internal affairs of the country.

Still We Rise (2021-07-18). Let Cuba Live Video Exposes Embargo by Failed US State. indybay.org The ANSWER Coalition has an excellent Webinar broadcast on Bastille Day, July 14, 2021, now on Youtube, describing the latest attempt of the failed state, the United States, to overthrow the socialist government of Cuba. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkwYhzAt8Fk

Dan Roberts (2021-07-18). The Shortwave Report 07/16/21 Listen Globally! indybay.org A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio.

Olivia Engling (2021-07-18). Puerto Rico Medicaid Funding Advances in Congress. indybay.org Permanent Fix Needed for 1.5 million US Citizens, Asserts Religious Development Group…

teleSUR, JGN (2021-07-18). México dona a Cuba 800.000 jeringas para enfrentar la pandemia. telesurtv.net Esta contribución busca fortalecer las acciones que se llevan a cabo en Cuba y en la región para hacer frente a la pandemia.

teleSUR (2021-07-18). Venezuela's Vice President Rodriguez Ratifies Support to Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez concluded an official visit to Cuba, where she ratified her country's support for the Cuban Revolution. | RELATED: | On Friday, she met Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel to discuss cooperation agreements and the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. | Rodriguez delivered a message of solidarity from Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro while also rejecting the U.

Peter Koenig (2021-07-18). Cuba and Venezuela Under Siege? The Failed "Soft Coups" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-07-18). No Cops, No Corporations — Boston LGBTQ Community Reimagines Pride Celebrations. truthout.org Far from the tourist traps and high-end shopping establishments that line the route the Pride Parade once took through the commercial Downtown Boston, an alternative vision of what a pride march can be has been taking shape in the city over the past two summers. In the neighborhoods of Dorchester, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain — predominantly communities of color — grassroots marches organized by Trans Resistance MA took to the streets to celebrate LGBTQ life and push mainstream LGBTQ…

Staff (2021-07-18). Detroit's Prison Population Will Soon Be Stuck Living Next to a Toxic Site. truthout.org "It felt all too real," Siwatu-Salama Ra said from her home in Detroit, Michigan. Her lifelong struggles against two injustices plaguing her community — pollution and incarceration — had become fused in a surreal way. | Three years ago, Ra,

teleSUR, JL (2021-07-18). Latinoamericanos expresan solidaridad a la Revolución Cubana. telesurtv.net Centenares de ciudadanos se concentraron en las Embajadas de Cuba en Argentina, Chile, Perú y Colombia para expresar solidaridad ante los ataques de EE.UU.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-18). Cuba: Beside the People, With the People and for the People, the Revolution Continues! libya360.wordpress.com Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Republic of Cuba, in the act of revolutionary reaffirmation, in the esplanade of La Piragua, Havana, on July 17, 2021, Year 63 of the Revolution. Dear Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution; People of Cuba, Cuban men and women; Compatriots: Long…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-07-18). Plan Vuelta a la Patria Marítimo repatriará a 650 venezolanos. telesurtv.net

Rosa Miriam Elizalde (2021-07-18). What they don't say about Cuba. zcomm.org Cuban journalist Rosa Miriam Elizalde reflects on the international multimedia disinformation campaign launched against Cuba…

Editor2 (2021-07-18). Hands off Cuba! The US Peace Council Stands in Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution! orinocotribune.com By U.S. Peace Council — Jul 14, 2021 | The recent protests in Cuba over deteriorating conditions have a material basis that cannot be dismissed. No matter how heroic a people may be, socialism must provide for their material needs. The U.S. blockade of Cuba is designed precisely to thwart that and to discredit socialism in Cuba and anywhere else where oppressed people try to better their lot. | Cuban President Díaz-Canel warned in 2019: | "The US began to intensify a series of restrictive measures, a tightening of the blockade, of financial persecution against the energy sector with the aim of suffocating ou…

Nino Pagliccia (2021-07-18). Venezuela's Successful Resistance and Self-Destruction of the United States. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jul 16, 2021 | Venezuela today is the epicentre of a revolutionary movement that wants to establish a different political paradigm for Latin America; a new paradigm of an autochthonous ideology with historical and cultural elements, with a single vision but a renewing tactical approach on the basis of a constant dialectical analysis of the global context of our era. Analyst Yanis Iqbal fittingly

Ricardo Vaz (2021-07-17). Venezuelan Oil Output Continues Slow Recovery as Washington Approves LPG Imports. venezuelanalysis.com The Treasury Department's license is unlikely to ease cooking gas shortages in the South American nation.

teleSUR (2021-07-17). Mexico Reaffirms His Rejection to US Blockade Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net Speaking at a press conference at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Friday, Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard reaffirmed his country's rejection of the U.S. unilateral blockade against Cuba. | RELATED: | He highlighted that the U.S. inhumane measure against the Caribbean island and other countries were causing "serious impacts" on the population while worsening these nations' humanitarian situation.

teleSUR (2021-07-17). Mexico Reaffirms Its Rejection to US Blockade Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net Speaking at a press conference at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Friday, Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard reaffirmed his country's rejection of the U.S. unilateral blockade against Cuba. | RELATED: | He highlighted that the U.S. inhumane measure against the Caribbean island and other countries were causing "serious impacts" on the population while worsening these nations' humanitarian situation.

_____ (2021-07-17). 'Cuba Is Not Alone,' International Solidarity Movements Stress. popularresistance.org Progressive political organizations, social movements, intellectuals, and opinion leaders from around the world continue to affirm their support for the Cuban people and government amid the new attempt by the United States to destabilize the order in this Caribbean nation.

Staff (2021-07-17). US failed in destroying Cuba despite spending billions. en.mehrnews.com Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says the United States could not destroy Cuba despite spending billions of dollars.

sputniknews (2021-07-17). US Activists Urge Biden to Lift Sanctions Fueling Cuba's Economic Crisis. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Biden administration is using starvation as a weapon against Havana by refusing to lift the very sanctions that helped fuel Cuba's economic crisis in the first place, including those targeting payments from relatives in America, activists told Sputnik.

sputniknews (2021-07-17). Pot Meet Kettle: Biden Refers to Cuba as 'Failed State'. sputniknews.com Liberation Heroine Assata Shakur turns 74; Anniversary of bold Young Lord's hospital occupation; Nigerian-American basketball players appeal to play in Olympics…

_____ (2021-07-17). Documents Point To US Hand In Cuba Protests. popularresistance.org "For those new to the issue of Cuba, the protests we are witnessing were started by artists, not politicians. This song 'Patria y Vida' powerfully explains how young Cubans feel. And its release was so impactful, you will go to jail if caught playing it in Cuba," said Florida Senator Marco Rubio, referencing a track by rapper Yotuel.

Daniela Jimenez (2021-07-17). Caracas Metro Line 5 Restoration Works Continue: Bello Monte Station to be Completed Soon. orinocotribune.com Restoration work of the Caracas Metro system is now fully underway, not only for maintenance of parts and equipment for trains, but also in restarting the works for Line 5, thanks to Venezuelan labor and engineering. This was informed by Hipólito Abreu, Venezuelan minister for Transport, via his social media accounts. | In Minister Abreu's words, the restarting of the metro works represents "an act of sovereignty that is only possible when a people is determined to be free." He also stressed that these tasks are being carried out by Venezuelan engineers "in the midst of an atrocious blockade and without the tutel…

DLI (2021-07-17). USA regime fans anti-Cuba protests. indybay.org 2 weeks after thoroughly embarrassed by a UN vote(184-2!) on the illegal & immoral blockade on Cuba, the Evil Empire strikes back, by promoting and hyping street protests in Cuba. Trying to salvage "face" in the international community, Washington tries to channel global opinion away from its criminal culpability in the rising domestic tensions on the Caribbean island socialist government.

adapted from Damany Fisher, Ph.D (2021-07-17). Afro-Latino Presence in Early California – Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Afro-Latinos migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California's population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of "race" had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. Established in 1849, Negro Bar, today's Sacramento County is a singular remnant of a golden legacy.

Staff (2021-07-17). US Government Uses Colombia to Destabilize Latin America: Cabello Dixit. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, July 15, the First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, referring to the assassination of Haiti's president Jovenel MoàØse, characterized the position of the government of Colombia as shameless, when, in an attempt to absolve the mercenaries, a high-ranking official of the Colombian National Police said that the detained mercenaries were going to arrest the president of Haiti. | Given this, Diosdado Cabello wondered aloud: at what cost were they hired to detain him? On what grounds could Colombia send a mercenary to arrest a president? Who could…

The Lancet (2021-07-17). [Editorial] COVID-19 in Africa: a lesson in solidarity. thelancet.com Many countries in Africa face a serious third wave of COVID-19 that is both larger and more burdensome on health systems than previous waves. This predictable turn of events has been driven by a morally reprehensible lack of vaccine equity (<1% of the population are fully vaccinated), leaving the continent vulnerable to new and more transmissible variants of the virus, behavioural and economic pandemic fatigue, and complacency. A lack of diagnostic capacity in some countries means the epidemiology of this current wave is uncertain, but South Africa, Namibia, and Zambia are reporting the highest numbers of new cas...

_____ (2021-07-17). Biden's Policy on Cuba Reveals Itself. strategic-culture.org The assumption that military intervention would fix Cuba only illustrates how the interests of the Miami dissidents are aligned with those of the U.S. | As protests erupted in Cuba over shortages of basic necessities, the decades-long illegal U.S. blockade on Cuba was no longer a part of mainstream media narratives. In 2020, media focus was on the Cuban contribution to the fight against Covid19 and how, despite the blockade, Cuba had still managed its internationalist approach, while manufacturing its own vaccines. For a brief period, talk about lifting the illegal blockade on Cuba was also part of the internatio…

_____ (2021-07-17). The Bay of Tweets: Documents Point to U.S. Hand in Cuba Protests. strategic-culture.org The U.S. government can cause economic misery for the Cuban people, but it cannot, it appears, convince them to overthrow their government. "The current events in Cuba constitute in reality the U.S.S. Maine of 2021," August said. If this really was an attempted color revolution, as August is implying, it was not a very successful one, amounting to little more than a Bay of Tweets.

Staff (2021-07-17). UK Supreme Court to Decide Soon on Seized Venezuelan Gold Dispute. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 16, the lawyers representing the Constitutional Government of Venezuela confirmed that the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will settle the dispute over Venezuela's gold reserves held by the Bank of England next week. | The seized gold case reached the British courts last year, after the Bank of England refused to hand over Venezuelan gold reserves back to the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), arguing that a similar request had come from a banking board appointed by the self-proclaimed "president" and former National Assembly deputy Juan Guaidó. | In the first instance, the London Commercial Cou…

a guest author (2021-07-17). Comentario de Workers World / China y àÅfrica: Cooperación mutua, no neocolonialismo. workers.org Por Ernie Hamer (Autor invitado) Basado en una charla dada en una reunión de Workers World/ Partido Mundo Obrero en Buffalo, N.Y., el 27 de abril de 2021. Con la República Popular de China en ascenso, las fuerzas del imperialismo estadounidense están comenzando a entrar en pánico a medida que . . . |

teleSUR (2021-07-17). 'Cuba Will Never Be a Land of Hatred', Diaz-Canel Says. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, thousands of Cubans gathered at the La Piragua square in Havana to show their support to the Cuban Revolution's leaders and to reject the political instability and destabilization campaigns promoted by the U.S. government. | RELATED: | Chanting "You can count on me Canel" and "I'm Fidel", Cuban Revolution's supporters attended the event in response to the acts of violence affecting the Caribbean nation in…

A Guest Author (2021-07-17). Cuba's streets belong to revolutionaries. workers.org Prepared for en.granma.cu by Juan Diego Nusa Peñalver, Yudy Castro Morales and Milagros Pichardo Pérez, published July 13. "We are here because the streets belong to Fidel, because the streets of Cuba belong to revolutionaries." This was the phrase we heard the loudest walking along several Havana avenues Sunday afternoon, . . . |

Ben Burgis (2021-07-17). The US Must End Its Brutal Sanctions Against Cuba. zcomm.org As protests break out in Cuba, some politicians are calling for US intervention. That would be a disaster…

scorinoco (2021-07-17). Russia Blasts US Bid to Provoke Unrest in Cuba as Part of 'color revolution'. orinocotribune.com Russia has lambasted the US over its attempts to provoke social unrest in Cuba as part of a "color revolution" in the Caribbean country, where anti-government protesters have demanded President Miguel Díaz-Canel's resignation. | The protest rallies started in several cities of Cuba over the weekend, drawing thousands of people to the streets to voice their grievances against Díaz-Canel's government at a time the island country is going through its worst economic crisis in three decades, with chronic shortages of electricity and food exacerbated by crippling US sanctions. | On Monday, July 12, the Cuban president…

Editor2 (2021-07-17). The Assassination of Jovenel Moise: What Next for Haiti? orinocotribune.com By Seth Donnelly — Jul 13, 2021 | Today, the people of Haiti are facing down the US-backed dictatorship of the ruling Haitian Tet Kale Party (PHTK) that came to power through the fraudulent election of Michel Martelly in 2010 and maintained its grip on power through the fraudulent election of Jovenel Moise in 2016, what Haitian activists refer to as electoral coup d'etats. Both elections were held under UN occupation and sponsored by the US government. As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton detoured from her trip to the Middle East at the height of the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt and personally intervened…

Editor2 (2021-07-17). Defend the Cuba Revolution and Struggle for More Socialism, Not Less! orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka — Jul 15, 2021 | Millions have turned away from the illusions and corruption of capitalism toward the possibility of organizing a society informed by the values of cooperation, equality, community, peace, and life. | "Capitalism transforms water into a commodity, food into a luxury, education into an impossibility and basic healthcare into a distant dream.' | Hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths, an economic crisis, broken supply chains, killer cops, mass incarceration, government s…

WSWS (2021-07-17). Official story of assassination in Haiti begins to unravel. wsws.org With far-right figures tied to the former Duvalier dictatorship implicated in the crime, Washington is backing a coverup to facilitate an accommodation between the warring factions of the Haitian elite.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-17). Latin America in Dispute: Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza. libya360.wordpress.com Over the next hour, we will examine events in the region, the facts, the analysis and the outlook. In an interview for the program "Latin America in Dispute", broadcast by the multi-state Telesur, the Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, stated that the Bolivarian Government's commitment is to integration, peace and dialogue…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-17). Confronting Interference, for an End to the Blockade and Respect for Cuba's Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com Statement of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power We address Parliaments, Parliamentary Friendship Groups and legislators, to spread our truth in the face of the immense and brutal political-media operation against Cuba, oriented and financed from the United States, deployed through social networks, with automated patterns with hundreds of thousands…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-17). Cuba: Statement of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power. libya360.wordpress.com Confronting Interference, for an End to the Blockade and Respect for Cuba's Sovereignty We address Parliaments, Parliamentary Friendship Groups and legislators, to spread our truth in the face of the immense and brutal political-media operation against Cuba, oriented and financed from the United States, deployed through social networks, with automated patterns with hundreds of thousands…

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