2023-10-11: News Headlines

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-11). Carlos Acosta announces new tour of UK and US. plenglish.com London, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Renowned Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta and Norwich Theater will make the 2024 On Before tour of the United Kingdom and the United States.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-11). Cuban Museum of Fine Arts to exhibit posters dedicated to Che Guevara. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The Havana-based National Museum of Fine Arts will inaugurate the exhibition "You are Everywhere: 11 Posters Dedicated to Che" on October 12, the institution announced on social media.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-11). Cuba defending the South at the UN Human Rights Council. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The re-election of Cuba as a member of the UN Human Rights Council opens new opportunities for the defense of the interests of the South within the organization.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-11). Cuba highlights recognition of the work done on human rights issues. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba considers the broad support it gained as an international recognition of the work it has done in human rights, which allowed it to join the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-11). Venezuelan Chancellor praises election of Cuba to the HRC of the UN. plenglish.com Caracas, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, considered the election of Cuba as a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations to be good news for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-11). Netanyahu's "False Flag" is a "Copy and Paste": The Pentagon's Secret "Operation Northwoods"(1962) directed against Cuba. "Casualty Lists Would Cause a Helpful Wave of Indignation" globalresearch.ca Author's Introductory note | Early Saturday October 7, 2023, Hamas launched "Operation Al-Aqsa Storm". On that same day, Netanyahu confirmed a so-called "State of Readiness For War". A complete blockade on the Gaza Strip was initiated on October 9, 2023 …


teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-11). Eligen a Cuba para integrar Consejo de Derechos Humanos de ONU. telesurtv.net La decisión fue tomada mediante voto secreto, directo e individual por 146 Estados miembros.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-10). Cuba is elected a member of UN Human Rights Council. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will be once again a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, after winning 146 votes at the 78th General Assembly on Tuesday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-10-10). Vietnam's Thai Binh presents possible business deals in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The Vietnamese company Thai Binh presented to some 130 representatives of Cuba's State and private business sector some business opportunities in areas like energy, agriculture, iron and steel, electronics, recycling, electromotive, biotechnology and aviation.

kwjorinoco (2023-10-10). AMLO Confirms Summit on Migration to Be Held in Mexico. orinocotribune.com The heads of state and/or foreign ministers of 12 countries will meet on October 22 at a Presidential Summit on Migration to be held in Palenque, Mexico, confirmed the president of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador. | AMLO explained that representatives from Ecuador, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Panama were invited to the meeting. The attendance of Colombia's President Gustavo Petro's and that of Guatemala's president remain to be confirmed. | AMLO pointed out that these 12 countries, including Mexico as host, remain committed to the migration issue…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-11). Cuba and France boost university and academic cooperation (+Photo). plenglish.com Paris, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Minister of Higher Education Walter Baluja concluded a busy agenda in France on Wednesday to strengthen bilateral ties in the university and academic fields, and outlined the participation in various events.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-11). Culture of Spain's comics and visual arts under Cuba's spotlight. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The Cultural Week of Spain in Cuba, which will end tomorrow Thursday, invites you to enjoy an afternoon of comics and visual arts at the Vitrina de Valonia, located in Havana's Historic Center.


Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-11). Perceptible earthquake confirmed in central Cuba. plenglish.com Santa Clara, Cuba, Sep 11 ( Prensa Latina) A perceptible earthquake was reported on Tuesday in the south of central Villa Clara province, sources from the Meteorological Institute in this territory confirmed.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-11). Cuban cinema in China promotes culture and ties among peoples (+Photos). plenglish.com Beijing, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba opened an exhibition of national cinema in this capital on Wednesday, as part of the celebrations on Cuba's Culture Day, and to strengthen exchanges between the two countries.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-11). Exhibition about Cuba opens in Argentina. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban and Argentine artists will display their work in this capital on Wednesday as part of a joint exhibition that reflects the ties between the two countries and peoples.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-11). French Film Festival begins in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The French Film Festival in Cuba begins at Yara movie theater in this capital on Wednesday with the screening of the feature film "El tiempo de los secretos" (The Time of Secrets-2022) directed by Christophe Barratier.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-10). Cuba is among the candidates for UN Human Rights Council. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba reaffirms its commitment to protecting universal guarantees as the United Nations General Assembly elects 15 seats to the Human Rights Council on Tuesday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-10). EXIMBANK, PEMEX, and extraterritoriality of US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Washington, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The recent sanction by a US financial agency against the state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) for exporting fuel to Cuba shows the extent of the other dimension of Washington's blockade, its extraterritoriality.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-11). Perceptible earthquake confirmed in central Cuba. plenglish.com Santa Clara, Cuba, Sep 11 ( Prensa Latina) A perceptible earthquake was reported on Tuesday in the south of central Villa Clara province, sources from the Meteorological Institute in this territory confirmed.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-11). Cuban cinema in China promotes culture and ties among peoples (+Photos). plenglish.com Beijing, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba opened an exhibition of national cinema in this capital on Wednesday, as part of the celebrations on Cuba's Culture Day, and to strengthen exchanges between the two countries.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-11). Exhibition about Cuba opens in Argentina. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban and Argentine artists will display their work in this capital on Wednesday as part of a joint exhibition that reflects the ties between the two countries and peoples.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-11). French Film Festival begins in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The French Film Festival in Cuba begins at Yara movie theater in this capital on Wednesday with the screening of the feature film "El tiempo de los secretos" (The Time of Secrets-2022) directed by Christophe Barratier.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-10). Cuba is among the candidates for UN Human Rights Council. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba reaffirms its commitment to protecting universal guarantees as the United Nations General Assembly elects 15 seats to the Human Rights Council on Tuesday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-10). EXIMBANK, PEMEX, and extraterritoriality of US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Washington, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The recent sanction by a US financial agency against the state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) for exporting fuel to Cuba shows the extent of the other dimension of Washington's blockade, its extraterritoriality.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-11). Belize celebrates ceremony for the start of Cuba's Independence Day. plenglish.com Belmopan, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The diplomatic mission of Cuba in Belize conmemorated the 155th anniversary of the beginning of the independence of the island and the day of the national culture with a political celebration, the legation reported Wednesday.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-11). Cuba beats Türkiye, remains undefeated in Junior Baseball World Cup5. plenglish.com Ankara, Türkiye, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) With its victory today over the host team in a pair of sets (6-4 and 10-0), Cuba maintained its undefeated record and leadership of its qualifying group in the first World Junior Baseball Cup5.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-11). Unicef promotes girls' rights and leadership in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) On the International Day of the Girl Child, the Cuban office of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) today promoted the right of girls to learn, dream, grow, succeed and prosper.

teleSUR (2023-10-10). Members of UN Human Rights Council, 15 States Elected. telesurenglish.net The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 States to serve on the 47-member Human Rights Council for the 2024-2026 term. | RELATED: | The decision was made by secret, direct and individual ballot of 146 member states. The States elected were: Burundi, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Malawi (for Africa); China, Indonesia, Japan and Kuwait (for Asia-Pacific); Albania and Bulgaria (for Eastern Europe); Brazil, Cuba and Dominican Republic (for La…

Julio Adamor, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-11). Haiti Is The Victim Of Orchestrated Chaos. popularresistance.org Haiti was once self-sufficient in grain production. In the early 1970s, it produced almost 100% of what it needed. Five decades later, the country buys 82% of the rice its population consumes from the United States. The causes are the structural adjustment policies imposed on the country, which encourage imports and prevent the state from financing the peasant economy. Among the consequences is unemployment, which today affects 70% of the population. | This is the assessment of Haitian scholar Camille Chalmers, leader of the Rasin Kan Pèp la (Socialist Regroupment for a New National Initiative) party. According t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-10). Haiti: Neocolonial Intervention, Grass Roots Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton From the 2004 coup d'état against President Jean Bertrand Aristide until 2017, Haiti was occupied militarily initially by US and Canadian troops and subsequently by a multinational force of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), always under the clear direction of the governments of the United States and its allies, mainly…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-10). Haiti Is the Victim of Orchestrated Chaos That Prevents It From Setting Its Own Course, Says Camille Chalmers. orinocotribune.com By Julio Adamor — Oct 6, 2023 | Haitian scholar Camille Chalmers rejects yet another international intervention and says Haiti's issues have deeper roots which much be addressed | Haiti was once self-sufficient in grain production. In the early 1970s, it produced almost 100% of what it needed. Five decades later, the country buys 82% of the rice its population consumes from the United States. The causes are the structural adjustment policies imposed on the country, which encourage imports and prevent the state from financing the peasant economy. Among the consequences is unemployment, which today affects 70%…

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-10-10). Policía haitiana evita cierre de frontera con República Dominicana. telesurtv.net El alcalde de Dajabón a través de su cuenta en Facebook confirmó el suceso y agregó que en ningún momento las autoridades dominicanas intervinieron en el incidente.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-10). Gobierno dominicano abrirá corredores comerciales con Haití. telesurtv.net El restablecimiento de los Corredores Comerciales Provisionales iniciará el próximo miércoles 11 de octubre a las 06H00 (hora local).

TASS (2023-10-11). Former Haitian senator pleads guilty to conspiracy to assassinate president — paper. tass.com According to the report, the former Haitian politician expected to take…

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-10-11). Haití se niega a abrir su frontera con República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Las autoridades haitianas que primero se mostraron de acuerdo a la apertura más tarde informaron que no abrirían las puertas.

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Haiti Refuses to Open Its Border With Dominican Republic. telesurenglish.net Haitian authorities on Wednesday refused to reopen their side of the border with the Dominican Republic for commercial activities as planned. | RELATED: | Haitian authorities decided to keep their border closed after previously agreeing to reopen it. They thus make it impossible for their citizens to enter Dominican territory. | Elio Uceta, of the General Directorate of Migration, met with Haitian authorities to inf…

G. Dunkel (2023-10-10). Haiti, Kenya and imperialist maneuvering. workers.org Bulletin: According to an Oct. 9 comment from the Communist Party of Kenya on X, a "Nairobi Court has temporarily halted the planned deployment of police officers to Haiti," calling this ruling "a significant step in ensuring justice." About half of all Haitians don't get enough food on a daily . . . |

teleSUR (2023-10-10). Haiti: Democrats Concerned Over Security Situation. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the National Progressive Democrats Group expressed its deepest concern for the poor security situation in Haiti and also condemned that 80 percent of the capital is controlled by gangs. | RELATED: | According to official reports, armed groups rob and kidnap citizens for ransom, forcing residents to leave their besieged neighborhoods and seek refuge in other safer areas. | Despite the serious violence c…

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Report: US, Venezuela in Talks to Ease Oil Sanctions. sputnikglobe.com Amid high gas prices, the Biden administration is offering sanctions relief to spur oil production in the South American country in exchange for electoral reforms.

Staff (2023-10-11). President Maduro Condemns 'Coyote Network' Linked to Opposition Leadership. orinocotribune.com This Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro condemned a "network of coyotes" promoting the illegal migration of Venezuelans to the United States. Behind the network are Venezuelan opposition politicians such as David Smolansky, Carlos Vecchio, Leopoldo López, and Juan Guiado, using social media platforms such as TikTok. | "That perverse quartet, fugitives from Venezuelan justice, is behind the coyote networks, and they enrich themselves" with it. "They have deceived thousands of Venezuelans into going to different destinations in South America. Now they take them in the worst conditions, charging them thousa…

Staff (2023-10-11). President Maduro Condemns Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. orinocotribune.com This Monday, President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza strip. | "The Secretary-General of the United Nations issued a statement, which we read carefully, as a warning and alert about the genocide that has begun against the Palestinian people in Gaza," said President Maduro. "We have witnessed in the past massacres and brutal atrocities against the Palestinian people." He pointed out that the current situation is a "new apartheid system" against Palestinians. | President Maduro recalled that the UN in 1967 voted on the establishment of a two-states solution,…

Staff (2023-10-11). Venezuela: Opposition Deputy Suspended for Falsely Claiming to Represent Parliament on Israel. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The president of the National Assembly, deputy…

Staff (2023-10-11). Venezuela's Vehicle Sales Increase in 2023, Still Far Below Pre-Sanctions Levels. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Automotive Chamber (Cavenez) reported that in the first three quarters of the year, 5,019 new vehicles have been sold, one of the highest figures since 2020. | According to Banca y Negocios, an outlet specialized in financial matters, "390 [vehicles were sold] in January, 414 in February, 491 in March, 459 in April, 713 in May, 596 in June, 642 in July, 569 cars in August, and 655 in September." | The Chamber's perspective is that the fi…

TASS (2023-10-11). US ready to ease sanctions on Venezuela in response democratic reforms — State Dept. tass.com According to a US Department of State spokesperson, Washington "continues to urge representatives of [Venezuelan President] Nicolas Maduro and the [opposition] Unitary Platform to reach a comprehensive, durable solution by returning to the dialogue process in Mexico City."

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-11). Venezuela presenta Informe ante Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU. telesurtv.net En Venezuela el respeto a la vida es inviolable por lo que el Estado es garante que ningún organismo policial o militar aplique la pena de muerte, aseguró el canciller Yván Gil.

kwjorinoco (2023-10-10). Venezuela & Qatar Strengthen Friendship & Cooperation. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez held a meeting with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Joaan bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in which they reviewed bilateral cooperation issues. The meeting was publicized via social media. | "We thank His Royal Highness, Emir of the State of Qatar… for receiving us during our stay in his country," wrote Rodríguez. "We presented greetings from President Maduro and the Venezuelan people. In this friendly meeting, we ratified our intention to strengthen ties of friendship, and we reviewed areas of common cooperation for the benefit of both peoples." | Agradecemos a su Alteza Real,…

kwjorinoco (2023-10-10). Venezuela & Qatar Tighten Friendship & Cooperation. orinocotribune.com

teleSUR, SH (2023-10-10). Venezuela aboga por el respeto a derechos del pueblo palestino. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado venezolano sostuvo que los hechos ocurridos en la zona, ha sido calificado por Naciones Unidas y organismos de Derechos Humanos, como "el nuevo apartheid"

TASS (2023-10-10). Venezuelan leader slams West for ignoring how Kiev-bound weapons turn up on black market. tass.com "A reign of absolute corruption has begun in Ukraine, where the trafficking of weapons of all kinds has been going on since Zelensky [took office as president]," Nicolas Maduro stressed…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-10-11). Venezuela rechaza genocidio contra Palestina y bloqueos de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Vicepresidenta ejecutiva Delcy Rodríguez reitera llamado al cese al fuego contra el pueblo de Palestina y aboga por la paz.

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Venezuelan Vice President to Attend Energy Forum in Russia. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez arrived in Moscow, Russia to participate in the 6th Energy Week 2023 International Forum. | RELATED: | Upon her arrival in the Russian capital, she was received by the Venezuelan ambassador to Russia Jesus Salazar and by authorities of the Eurasian nation. | "The Russian Energy Week is of vital importance to address issues of global energy balance and cooperation. Venezuela has i…

Will Hodgkinson, Workers' World. (2023-10-10). Boston Demands Indigenous Peoples Day! popularresistance.org On Oct. 7, over 200 Indigenous activists and their allies gathered on Boston Common to demand that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts abolish Columbus Day and immediately designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. | This action continued the Indigenous-led movement to end the racist cult glorifying Christopher Columbus, a Genoese mercenary backed by Spanish monarchs and mercantile investors. He commanded the 1492 voyage to the Caribbean that initiated the transatlantic slave trade and began the ongoing settler-colonial genocide of Indigenous peoples.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-10-11). Martinique congratulated for designation of site as heritage site. plenglish.com Castries, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) congratulated Martinique for the designation of Mount Pelée and the northern peaks of that territory as World Heritage of Humanity, its website reports today.

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