Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-30). Development strategies are assessed in Santiago de Cuba. plenglish.com Santiago de Cuba, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel verified the performance of strategic programs for development in the framework of a government visit to the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-30). Cuban president pays tribute to revolutionaries killed by tyranny. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday paid tribute to revolutionaries Josué País, Floro Vistel, and Salvador Pascual, who were assassinated during the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship in 1957.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-30). Cuba reports 20 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com According to the closing report of June 29 at midnight, 16 patients were discharged, so the number of recovered people rose to 1,106,184. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, 1,114,846 Cubans have suffered from the disease. | The report stated that the death toll remains at 8,530 and 73 people are currently positive cases in Cuba. | Minsap added that 90.8 percent of the Cuban population is fully vaccinated, while 8,758,876 citizens have been administered booster doses of Cuba's homegrown vaccines.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-30). México encabeza medallero de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net Colombia, Cuba y Venezuela ocupan el segundo, tercer y cuarto lugar, en ese orden cuando se cumplió el séptimo día de competencias en las diversas modalidades deportivas.

Joe Parkin Daniels (2023-07-01). World Report] Flooding complicates Haitian health provision. thelancet.com Violence and unrest have increased the impact of flooding, which might exacerbate an ongoing cholera outbreak. Joe Parkin Daniels reports.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-30). Haitian capital's prosecutor addresses prolonged preventive detention. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Edler Guillaume, the new government commissioner in the Haitian capital, addresses the issue of prolonged preventive detention, as a result of which 8 of 10 detainees are in that condition.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-06-30). Instan a Dominicana a detener deportación masiva de haitianos. telesurtv.net Un total de 176.777 migrantes haitianos fueron repatriados de enero a diciembre de 2022.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-30). Unicef insta a comunidad internacional a asistir a Haití. telesurtv.net Un total de 5.2 millones de personas, cerca de la mitad de la población, necesitan ayuda humanitaria.

teleSUR, rzr, JGN (2023-06-30). Puertorriqueños protestan contra aumento de factura eléctrica. telesurtv.net Los precios del servicio eléctrico residencial en Puerto Rico son doblemente más caros que en el territorio continental estadounidense.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-30). Trade Between Colombia and Venezuela Soars by 76%: Venezuelan Exports More than Double. orinocotribune.com According to the Venezuelan-Colombian Chamber of Economic Integration (CAVECOL), trade between Colombia and Venezuela saw a significant boost, with a 76% increase compared to last year. Moreover, Venezuelan exports to Colombia more than doubled during the same period. | CAVECOL president Luis Alberto Russián stated in a recent interview that trade between Colombia and Venezuela increased from $106 million to $187 million in 2023, which represents an increase of 76% with respect to 2022. | "Trade grew by 76%, and in the same period, exports grew 150%, but we have to keep working," Russián stated. He added that the…

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-30). Venezuela: Opposition Politician María Corina Machado to Unveil Economic Plan in New York Amidst Presidential Aspirations and Legal Uncertainties. orinocotribune.com

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-30). Venezuelan foreign minister arrives in Colombia for joint meeting. plenglish.com Bogotá, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil arrived in this capital on Friday to participate in the opening ceremony of the Commission for Good Neighborliness and Integration between the two countries.

Staff (2023-06-30). Ron DeSantis Tricks Venezuelan Migrants, Sending Them Far From Florida. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan migrants in the United States are once again in the news, having These migrants had entered through the US-México border and were subsequently taken fr…

Staff (2023-06-30). Venezuela's Anti-Blockade Observatory: US Flight Ban Has Not Been Lifted. orinocotribune.com

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-30). Parlamento venezolano juramenta comité que elegirá a CNE. telesurtv.net En la sesión ordinaria de este jueves se conoció a los integrantes del Comité de Postulaciones Electorales, encargados de renovar a las autoridades del poder Electoral venezolano.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-06-30). México y Barbados cierran con oro en el surf de los Centroamericanos. telesurtv.net La competencia de Surf en la modalidad de tabla corta masculina obtuvo el mexicano Sebastián Williams 16.83 puntos para atribuirse la presea dorada.

Roselena Ramirez (2023-06-30). Climate Change Threatens Life on Colombia's San Andres Island. america.cgtn.com San Andres and Providencia are two Colombian Islands in the Caribbean Sea. Tourists travel from around the world…to experience this tropical paradise. But in November 2020, Hurricanes Eta and Iota destroyed or damaged most of their infrastructure. And it's been challenging to recover. Michelle Begue …

teleSUR (2023-06-30). Latin American Leaders Reject Zelenski at EU-CELAC Meeting. telesurenglish.net Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky will not participate in the summit between the European Union (EU) and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to be held in July in Brussels. | RELATED: | Although Spanish President Pedro Sanchez invited the Ukrainian president to be at that high-level event, some Latin American leaders opposed his presence. | "He invited me but some Latin American leaders blocked the invitation," Zelensky sai…

Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean. (2023-06-30). Mexico: Expanding Democracy And Defending Sovereignty. popularresistance.org The international press is again bludgeoning Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, this time accusing him of attacking the country's democratic institutions. It's a baseless charge intended to undermine a government that refuses total obedience to US hegemony. | On February 23, an electoral reform bill received its final approval in the Mexican Senate en route to being signed into law. | The National Electoral Institute (INE) is widely recognized to be riddled with excess expenditure and a top-heavy bureaucracy. The new law simply mandates similar cost-saving measures to those that the administration of…

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-06-30). Petrocaribe: 18 años de integración y cooperación regional. telesurtv.net Desde su creación, Petrocaribe ha contribuido en proyectos sociales ayudando significativamente a la reducción de la pobreza.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-30). Dan a conocer cronograma de comicios generales en R. Dominicana. telesurtv.net La precampaña para las elecciones de 2024 empezará el 2 de julio. Comicios presidenciales y legislativos serán el 19 de mayo del año próximo.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-29). Cuba promotes shift in energy matrix to stabilize water supply. plenglish.com Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Shifts of Cuban energy matrix to water pumping stations in remote communities is currently advancing in central Ciego de Avila province to guarantee more stability in supplying and saving energy.

teleSUR, nama, YSM (2023-06-29). Inauguran en Cuba proyecto mexicano Sembrando Vidas. telesurtv.net La iniciativa permitirá incrementar la producción agrícola y fortalecer la soberanía alimentaria en tres provincias.

teleSUR, nama, YSM (2023-06-29). Presidente de Cuba lamenta muerte de una familia en incendio. telesurtv.net Las principales autoridades del Partido Comunista de Cuba, el Estado y el Gobierno lamentaron el incidente.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-28). U.S. Intelligence Agencies Advance Disinformation About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba to Gain Support for Cruel Embargo Costing Cubans $455 Million Per Month. globalresearch.ca

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-28). Cuban FM thanks China's donation for provinces affected by pelting rains. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday thanked the Chinese government for its ,000 donation to contribute to the recovery actions in provinces hard-hit by heavy rains and floods.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-06-28). México lidera medallero en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net Colombia, Cuba y Venezuela se mantienen en la lucha en los XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023.

Dante O'Hara (2023-06-28). Bill is passed re-naming street for alleged pro-democracy Cuban. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Since 2015, extreme-right Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has introduced multiple bills to designate the street in front of the Embassy of Cuba in Washington as "Oswaldo PayaÃÅ Way," in honor of Oswaldo PayaÃÅ SardinÃÉas, an opponent of the Cuban government who died in a car crash in 2012. Payá was a conservative and religious political …

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-29). Consejo de la Judicatura haitiana expulsa a siete jueces. telesurtv.net Esta nueva renovación es posible luego que el primer ministro, Ariel Henry, mantuviera conversaciones desde hace varias semanas con actores del Poder judicial.

Jake Johnston (2023-06-28). Haiti News Round-up: Calls for Foreign Intervention Continue. cepr.net In the aftermath of Kingston meeting, no political agreement reached Following up on the previous round-up's lead story, no official agreement was reached between stakeholders at the Kingston meeting earlier this month. Competing visions for Haiti's future were put forward by the de facto government and its allies in the December 21 accord on the …

teleSUR, rzr, JGN (2023-06-29). Puertorriqueños protestan contra aumento de factura eléctrica. telesurtv.net Los precios del servicio eléctrico residencial en Puerto Rico son doblemente más caros que en el territorio continental estadounidense.

Jim McIlroy (2023-06-29). Venezuela shows Australia the way on housing. greenleft.org.au Four million low-cost homes were delivered to Venezuelan citizens in April last year, as part of a national social housing program, despite attempts by the United States to cripple the country's economy, reports Jim McIlroy.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-28). UNT Party Considers Registering Manuel Rosales in Venezuelan Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com After registering a wild card candidate for the primary elections, Venezuelan political party Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) stated that the primaries do not yet have the conditions to register the current governor of Zulia State, Manuel Rosales, as its candidate. | The vice-president of UNT, Luis Emilio Rondón, stated that Manuel Rosales' candidacy would be subject to the fulfillment of the primary elections' conditions. For this reason, they registered a wild card candidate while they decide whether to make the Zulia state governor the official candidate. | On Saturday, UNT registered a candidate at the last minute to k…

Ricardo Vaz (2023-06-28). Venezuela: Campesino Organization Welcomes Gov't Pledges to Support Production. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro promised a new credit line and larger crop purchases from the state.

Staff (2023-06-28). Reports: US Lifts Flight Ban on Venezuela (+LATAM). orinocotribune.com The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cancelled its flight ban on Venezuela, according to the Air Navigation Services Directorate of the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC), quoted by the outlet La Tabla. To date, neither the FAA or the INAC have issued official statements on the subject. | In May 2019, the US government imposed a unilateral restriction on commercial flights to and from Venezuela connecting with the United States. The ban was issued as part of the US's failed attempt to oust the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro. Ironically, those affected the most by the decision…

Staff (2023-06-28). Venezuela Repudiates International Criminal Court as Tool of US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber noted that while it sees that the Venezuelan government has taken "some investigative steps," it considers that Vene…

teleSUR, nama, YSM (2023-06-29). Panamá conquista dos oros en el surf de los Juegos Centroamericanos. telesurtv.net La delegación panameña se mantiene octava en el medallero de la cita multideportiva centrocaribeña con 11 medallas.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-06-29). México sigue al frente del medallero de los XXIV JCC. telesurtv.net El país latinoamericano cuenta hasta ahora con un total de 136 medallas, de las cuales 52 son de oro, 47 de plata y 37 de bronce.

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-06-29). Petrocaribe: 18 años de integración y cooperación regional. telesurtv.net Desde su creación, Petrocaribe ha contribuido en proyectos sociales ayudando significativamente a la reducción de la pobreza.

Staff (2023-06-28). Hondurans Fight Private Cities Run by U.S. Companies as Gov't Sued for Outlawing "Neocolonial Project" democracynow.org In Honduras, communities are fighting back against privatization and foreign exploitation after Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Congress repealed a law that established so-called Economic Development and Employment Zones, where private companies have "functional and administrative autonomy" from the national government. Now a Delaware-based company called Próspera has launched a case to challenge the repeal of the law under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement and is seeking almost $11 billion, which amounts to nearly two-thirds of the country's entire…