2023-08-18: News Headlines

Juan M. Garcia (2023-08-18). Cuban President meets with head of Brazil's Special Advisory. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel met at the Palace of the Revolution on Friday with the head of the Special Advisory to the Brazilian President, Celso Amorím, who is visiting Cuba to strengthen bilateral relations.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-08-18). Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister meets with UAE ambassador. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodriguez met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Haz Ahmed Alkaabi, at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry on Friday.

teleSUR (2023-08-18). Cuba Seeks to Accelerate Tourism Industry's Recovery. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Tourism Ministry (MINTUR) informed that Cuba has received more than 1.2 million tourists so far in 2023 amid a steady increase in Russian tourist arrivals. | RELATED: | It comes as the island prepares for the start of the upcoming tourist peak season, which runs from October to March. At the same time, in Varadero, the country's most popular seaside resort, actions are implemented to reinvigorate the n…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-17). Trial on the efficacy of a drug against Alzheimer advances in Cuba. plenglish.com Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The phase III clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the neuroprotective drug NeuralCIM in patients with mild or moderate Alzheimer's amnestic variant is progressing positively today in this central province of Cuba.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-17). Cuba slams recent terror attacks on Shah Cheragh temple. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Thursday strongly condemned recent terror attacks on religious temples in Iran, and expressed his deepest condolences to families and relatives of the victims.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-17). Cuban FM mourns deaths over traffic accident in Bolivia. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Thursday mourned the death of human lives over a tragic traffic accident occurred on Cochabamba-Santa Cruz route, in Bolivia.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-17). Housing Turquino Plan underway for Cuban farmers. plenglish.com Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) One of the largest housing construction plans of the last decade in the mountainous areas of this central Cuban province is underway this year, as confirmed by the Turquino Plan directors.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-08-18). Haitian political parties condemn gang attacks. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) The January 30 Collective of Political Parties on Friday condemned the gangs' attacks on residents in Carrefour Feuilles, and denounced deaths and injuries at the hands of armed groups.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-08-18). Reportan más de 2.400 muertos por violencia en Haití. telesurtv.net Hasta el 15 de agosto, al menos 2.439 personas fueron asesinadas y otras 902 resultaron heridas.

manager (2023-08-17). Haiti News Roundup: Thousands Displaced Due to Violence. cepr.net Tensions in Carrefour Feuilles, a suburb of the capital, are escalating after the police clashed with the population on August 7 during a protest against the devastating violence of the gangs, with reports stating that people couldn't breathe after being tear gassed during a heavily attended march. Less than a week later, beginning the night …

teleSUR (2023-08-17). Call For More Initiatives for Haiti Deployment Force. telesurenglish.net Every day, the pressure on the Haitian Prime Minister to define a real and effective proposal against the problem of insecurity in the country increases. It seems that Ariel Henry is waiting for an external solution to solve his own problems, while progressive sectors are calling on him to take charge of Haiti once and for all, and to call for sovereign and self-managed alternatives for self-defense. | Insecurity has plunged the entire Caribbean country into chaos, especially in the capital and in the populous Cité Soleil neighborhood. Aug. 17, 2023.

Dan Cohen, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-08-17). US Apparel Industry Endorses Looming Haiti Invasion. popularresistance.org As the Biden administration works diligently to organize an invasion of Haiti — most recently with Kenya's pledge to send 1,000 police officers — the sweatshop labor industry is celebrating. | American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) president and CEO Steve Lamar applauded Kenya's recent announcement that it would send 1,000 police officers in support of an "anti-gang" mission, telling the trade publication Sourcing Journal that it "reinforces that a country like Kenya has shared values, and shared prosperity, with the United States and with Haiti, and is trying to be a long-term partner. He a…

Narkys Blanco (2023-08-18). President Maduro Proposes Opening New Electoral Centers. orinocotribune.com During a tour of the La Ladera sector's La Hoyada neighborhood in La Vega parish, Caracas, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, proposed the opening of new voting centers. | "We have to create new electoral centers in the epicenter of each community, so that voters can go to vote with peace of mind," President Maduro said. | The president made the announcement during the celebration of the 10th Anniv…

teleSUR, lag, JDO (2023-08-18). Conviasa supera 6.300 vuelos durante primer semestre de 2023. telesurtv.net La aerolínea bandera de Venezuela implementó en 2023 nuevos vuelos directos a destinos como Damasco y Manaos.

Ricardo Vaz (2023-08-18). Venezuela: ExxonMobil Aims to Join CITGO Auction Over 77M Arbitration Award. venezuelanalysis.com The ongoing court-mandated share sale could lead to the breakup of Venezuela's most important foreign asset.

Staff (2023-08-17). President Maduro Receives Credentials From Ambassadors of Chile, France, and Colombia. orinocotribune.com Chilean diplomat Jaime Gazmuri Mujica has been appointed by the Chilean government as ambassador plenipotentiary—an ambassador with full authority to sign treaties or act otherwise on behalf of a state—to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, whose credentials were received by President Nicolás Maduro at Miraflores Palace. | The Chilean ambassador was appointed on May 25 by the government of President Gabriel Boric, assuming…

Staff (2023-08-17). UK Appoints New Chargé d'Affaires to Venezuela's Maduro Administration. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The UK imperialist approach toward Venezuela allows the UK to arbitrarily select who is the legitimate authority of Venezuela. When the UK makes decisions related to diplomatic and consular appointments and diplomatic relations, it chooses to formalize everything trough the only legitimate government headed by President Nicolás Maduro. However, when the UK has to deal wi…

Staff (2023-08-17). Venezuela: National Assembly in Permanent Session to Appoint Electoral Authorities. orinocotribune.com

teleSUR (2023-08-17). Venezuela Increases Oil Production Amid US Sanctions. telesurenglish.net In its latest report on the world market, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) highlighted that the Venezuelan oil production increased by 10.65 percent between February and August of this year. | RELATED: | In that period, the state company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) registered an average increase of 78,000 barrels per day. Between January and August, the average daily production went from 732…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-08-18). Colocan en alerta verde a ocho provincias dominicanas por lluvias. telesurtv.net El ente precisó, que las ocho provincias están en alerta verde: María Trinidad Sánchez, Monte Plata, Hato Mayor, San Cristóbal, Duarte, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Samaná.

teleSUR (2023-08-17). Dominican Republic Explosion Death Toll Rises to 27. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE) of the Dominican Republic, Juan Manuel Méndez, confirmed that the death toll from the explosion in San Cristóbal has risen to 27 people. | Related: | The highest authority of the entity also informed that 59 people were injured, and so far, no missing persons have been reported. | Likewise, during a press conference, he stated that it has not been possible to i…

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