Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-24). Cuba makes progress in connecting water pumps to solar panels. plenglish.com Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Santi Spiritus is among the Cuban territories that have increased efficiency in pumping drinking water to communities, especially rural ones, with the use of solar panels.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-24). Popular Spanish chef living in Cuba will publish book. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Spanish chef Migue Angel Jimenez, known as Chefarandula, said on social networks that his book "Cuba en mi cocina" (Cuba in my Kitchen) will be available to the public in a digital format on June 30.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-24). Bolivia sends food shipment to Cuba in solidarity. plenglish.com La Paz, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Luis Arce confirmed in a tweet the shipment of 65 tons of food for those affected by rains and floods in the eastern region of Cuba.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-24). Defense of Humanity members denounced call to use force against Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The Network in Defense of Humanity (REDH) has denounced the pronouncement made by the representative of the first congressional district of the state of Florida, Matt Gaetz, urging the use of military force against Cuba.

Martin Hacthoun (2023-06-24). President Díaz-Canel in Cuba after finishing tour of Europe. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel has returned to Cuba in the early hour of Saturday after finishing an European tour that took him to Vatican City, Italy, Serbia and France.

Martin Hacthoun (2023-06-24). Spanish artist rejects US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Spanish singer Cristina del Valle, who together with Alberto Comesaña make up Amistades Peligrosas duo, reject the US Government's hostile policy, hardened in the past years, against Cuba.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-23). Activists detained in US ratify will to fight for Cuba. plenglish.com Washington, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The US activists detained on Thursday as they tried to meet with Senator Bob Menendez peacefully to denounce the cruel policies implemented against Cuba ratified, after being released, their commitment to fighting for the Cuban people's rights.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-23). Rep. Gaetz Wants to Give Biden Military Authorization to Take Out 'Chinese Assets' in Cuba. news.antiwar.com Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday told the House Armed Services Committee that he wants to give President Biden the authority to intervene militarily in Cuba to "take out" Chinese assets that are allegedly on the island. "I support an Authorization for Use of Military Force to take out the Chinese assets in Cuba," Gaetz …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-23). Cuban artist Kcho attends audience with Pope Francis. plenglish.com Rome, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuban painter Alexis Leiva (Kcho) participated in an audience that His Holiness Pope Francis offered at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel in Rome on Friday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-23). Iran in America's Backyard: Raisi's Defiant Latin America Tour. libya360.wordpress.com Zafar Mehdi The Iranian president's visit to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba sought to challenge Washington's global hegemony, by stripping it bare in its own backyard. On 21 June, the US House Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee conducted a hearing on "countering threats posed by nation-state actors" in Latin America to US homeland security. Congressman and subcommittee…

Jacob Buckner (2023-06-23). NYC Council has passed a resolution calling for an end to the US Blockade on Cuba. peoplesdispatch.org The city council vote comes ahead of a weekend of action calling for US President Joe Biden to take Cuba of the State Sponsors of Terrorism list…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-06-23). Cuban leader assesses Prensa Latina's challenges and projections. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The member of the Political Bureau and organization secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, on Friday assessed Prensa Latina's challenges and projections.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-23). Iran Joins Forces With Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua To Blow Back US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell — Jun 19, 2023 | The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded this Friday in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions and imperialist policy suffered by the four countries, and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples. The tour succeeded in uniting forces between these countries, which are under heavy unilateral sanctions at a time of economic hardship. | Raisi was received with honors in Caracas by President Nicolás Maduro. This was the starting point of the leader…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-23). Cuban FM thanks New York resolution against U.S. blockade. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Friday thanked the Resolution adopted by the New York City Council (NYCC) urging the Congress and President Joe Biden to lift the hostile and unjust blockade imposed on Cuba.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-23). Cuban FM wishes success to commission for Colombia ¥s peace talks. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Friday wished success to a new commission of the peace talks between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN).

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-23). Cuban President describes European tour as gainful. plenglish.com Meetings with local authorities, presidents, leaders of multilateral organizations, businessmen, representatives of solidarity and Cuban residents marked a tour whose objectives the Cuban leader considered fulfilled for his country. | Díaz-Canel closed his tour with a meeting at the Cuban embassy in Paris, where he shared with diplomats the results of each stage of his tour. | Regarding his attendance to the France-organized summit, Díaz-Canel noted that he spoke on behalf of the G-77 + China, of which Cuba holds the pro tempore presidency, in order to call for a new global financial order to overcome current unj…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-23). French communists reaffirm support to Cuba against U.S. blockade. plenglish.com Paris, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The deputy and leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) André Chassaigne on Friday supported the Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel ¥s visit to France and also reaffirmed their strong support to Cuba in opposition to the unjust and hostile U.S. blockade.

teleSUR, nbb (2023-06-23). Disciplina de boxeo inicia en Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net La delegación cubana cuenta con otros dos boxeadores en su plantel, Erislán Romero, de la categoría de 51 kg, y Saidel Horta, de 57 kg.

teleSUR (2023-06-23). Colombia and ELN Prepare Protocols for Ceasefire. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the negotiating delegations of the Colombian Government and the guerrilla of the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced that two commissions are preparing the protocols for the bilateral ceasefire and the participation of society in the peace process. | RELATED: | Since June 20, the commission in charge of drafting the protocols has been in session in Havana, Cuba, where the "bilateral, national, and…

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-24). Deadline Passes: Who Registered for Venezuela's Opposition Primaries? orinocotribune.com The deadline to register candidacy for the Venezuelan opposition primary elections has almost ended. Still, some candidates have not registered. This caused the National Primary Commission (CNP) to extend the deadline, generating discomfort in some opposition politicians. | The internal elections to elect the sole opposition presidential candidate are increasingly facing more obstacles. Not only are almost half the leaders banned from running for public office, but they do not even know who will actually participate. On Monday, CNP will report who officially registered their candidacy. | Initially, candidates cou…

Editor (2023-06-24). Argentina: Repression against indigenous people in Jujuy (+human rights in Venezuela). mronline.org Police repression of mass protests regarding provincial constitution reforms—threatening the right to protest and land workers' rights—have led to at least 68 people being arrested and 170 injured this Tuesday, June 20.

Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean. (2023-06-24). Alex Saab, Three Years As A Kidnapped Diplomat. popularresistance.org June 12, 2023 was the third anniversary of the illegal kidnapping and imprisonment by the US of Alex Saab. | Because the brutality and cruelty of the US blockade was wreaking havoc on the economy and millions of the most vulnerable in Venezuela were being deliberately denied their human rights to the most basic necessities of daily life, President Nicolas Maduro tasked Saab with traveling around the world procuring food, medicines and fuel for his country. | Breaking every treaty, protocol, law and norm of international diplomacy, the US plotted to have Saab arrested while in transit to Iran to fulfill his diplom…

Ben Norton (2023-06-23). Trump Boasts He Wanted to Take Venezuela's Oil After Overthrowing Its Government. globalresearch.ca

Misión Verdad (2023-06-23). The Visit That Could Reignite Talks Between Washington and Caracas. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 22, 2023 | This week, various Venezuelan news outlets have The plane was reportedly carrying Roger Carstens, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department and current…

Staff (2023-06-23). Tension Rises Between Opposition Parties & National Primary Commission. orinocotribune.com With only one day to go before the closing of the nomination process for Venezuela's opposition primaries, the back and forth between the political parties and those responsible for the organization of the event is intensifying. | On this occasion, as of this Wednesday, June 21, the Justice First (PJ) and Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) parties are at the center of the controversy, having proposed an extension to the deadline for the nominations of candidates for these elections. The opposition primaries themselves are scheduled to take place on October 22 of this year. | Although there is no official explanation as to the…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-23). Panama hosts film workshops in Central America and the Caribbean. plenglish.com Panama, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The 2nd edition of Panama's learning workshops for young filmmakers from Central America and the Caribbean promotes several projects for this year.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-23). Tropical Storm Bret pulling away from the Windward Islands. plenglish.com According to the NHC in its latest weather bulletin at 8.00 am, the centre of Tropical Storm Bret is located near latitude 13.4 North, longitude 63.6 West. | "Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph with higher gusts. Weakening is forecast during the next couple of days, and Bret is expected to dissipate over the central Caribbean Sea by Saturday night or Sunday," the NHC said. | The Windward Islands border the eastern basin of the Caribbean Sea, which comprises the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles. Some of the main ones are Trinidad, Martinique, Basse Terre, Grande Terre, Dominica, Saint Lucia and Barbado…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-06-24). Inaugurarán Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe en El Salvador. telesurtv.net El acto inaugural de la cita deportiva regional más antigua del orbe será a partir de las 19H00 (hora local).

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-06-24). Ciclón Bret afecta con fuertes lluvias a islas del Caribe. telesurtv.net San Vicente, Santa Lucía, Dominica y Martinica suspendieron actividades en aeropuertos, negocios, escuelas y oficinas.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-06-24). Colombia declarará en emergencia socio-económica a La Guajira. telesurtv.net El presidente Gustavo Petro anunció que visitará la región del Caribe colombiano para atender las principales necesidades de los pobladores de la zona.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-06-24). Inauguran XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net La ceremonia inició poco después de las 19H00 (hora local), con la entonación del Himno Nacional salvadoreño.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-23). República Dominicana se prepara ante tormenta tropical Bret. telesurtv.net "En las próximas 24 a 48 horas podríamos emitir distintos niveles de alertas", dijo el COE.

teleSUR (2023-06-23). 2 Foreigners Arrested for Cross-Border Trafficking in Cambodia. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Cambodia's Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP) reported the arrest of two foreigners for trafficking 1.59 kg of cocaine across borders. | Related: | According to the ADP report, the suspects are identified as Knights Joel Isiah, a Trinidad and Tobago man, and Arthan Thatsanee, a Thai woman; | Both foreigners were arrested at the Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday. | The ADP also stated that Isiah had smuggled the drug hidden…