Monthly Archives: June 2023

2023-06-16: News Headlines

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-16). Cuban overseas residents start 6th Regional Meeting. plenglish.com La Guaira, Venezuela, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) The 6th Regional Meeting of Cubans residing in Latin America and the Caribbean began here on Friday by a warm welcome of Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel who sent fraternal greetings to its participants.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-16). Cuban president highlights meeting of Cubans living in Venezuela. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent a fraternal embrace to the participants in the VI Regional Meeting of Cubans living in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held in Venezuela until next Sunday.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-16). Argentine journalists congratulate Prensa Latina on its anniversary. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) The Argentine Journalists Club of Friends of Cuba (Capac) congratulated Prensa Latina on its 64th anniversary, which it described as the agency of truth, not only in Cuba, but also in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-16). President of Cuba's parliament recognizes the work of Prensa Latina. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) The president of the National People's Power Assembly (parliament) of Cuba, Esteban Lazo, recognized the work of the Latin American news agency Prensa Latina, which celebrates today its 64th anniversary.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-16). Cuban FM welcomes meeting of Cuban residents in Latin America. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez welcomed to hold the Sixth Regional Meeting of Cuban Residents in Latin America and the Caribbean in Venezuela on Friday.

teleSUR -dcdc, DRL (2023-06-16). Venezuela y Cuba rechazan listado unilateral hecho por EE.UU. telesurtv.net El comunicado venezolano denunció que las sanciones implementadas contra Venezuela "constituyen un incentivo para la migración de personas vulnerables al flagelo de la trata".

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-06-16). Vaticano anuncia encuentro entre el papa y presidentes de Cuba y Brasil. telesurtv.net Ambos mandatarios viajarán posteriormente a Francia donde participarán en una cumbre mundial impulsada por el presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-16). Venezuela y Cuba rechazan lista unilateral hecha por EE.UU. telesurtv.net El comunicado venezolano denunció que las sanciones implementadas contra Venezuela "constituyen un incentivo para la migración de personas vulnerables al flagelo de la trata".

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-16). Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi concludes visit to three Latin American countries with renewed focus on South-South cooperation. peoplesdispatch.org Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to three Latin American countries — Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua — was aimed at fostering multipolarity and strengthening the anti-hegemonic and anti-imperialist struggle in world politics…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-16). Mexico's MORENA Party congrats Prensa Latina on its 64th anniversary. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) The MORENA Party, founded by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, congratulated Cuba's Prensa Latina News Agency on its 64th anniversary on Friday.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-16). In Brazil, La Colmenita showed children's art of Cuban values. plenglish.com Brasilia, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Following the principle that today in every child, humanity is born and grows, La Colmenita, a Cuban children's theater company directed by Carlos Alberto Cremata, showed for the first time in Brazil its love and artistic magic.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-16). Politicization of Culture Against Cuban Poet Rejected in France. orinocotribune.com Christian Rodríguez, responsible for international relations of the La France Insoumise (LFI) party, questioned the censorship against Cuban poet Nancy Morejón—made due to her political stance in support of the Cuban revolution—in the recently concluded Paris Poetry Market. | "No one has the right to suppress an artist or intellectual's talent because of their political thinking," Rodríguez told Prensa Latina this Monday, June 12, commenting on the decision adopted by the event, held from June 7 to 11, to withdraw her honorary president status. | He reiterated that Morejón—a winner of the 2001 N…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-16). Presidentes de Cuba e Irán fortalecen cooperación bilateral. telesurtv.net El presidente iraní visitó antes Venezuela y Nicaragua, desde donde viajó a Cuba la noche del miércoles.

teleSUR, nama, YSM (2023-06-16). Líder cubano Raúl Castro recibe a presidente de Irán. telesurtv.net En el encuentro se reafirmó la voluntad de Cuba e Irán de continuar fortaleciendo el diálogo político al más alto nivel.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-06-16). Presidente iraní resalta cooperación económica con Cuba. telesurtv.net El mandatario destacó que la industria de la biotecnología constituye un ejemplo de la cooperación entre ambos países.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-06-16). Premier cubano participa en Foro Económico de San Petersburgo. telesurtv.net Según el Gobierno cubano, Marrero trató el desarrollo sostenible en sus tres dimensiones: económica, social y ambiental.

teleSUR (2023-06-15). Cuba and Iran Sign Six Cooperation Agreements. telesurenglish.net During a ceremony in Havana on Thursday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel signed six cooperation agreements, including comprehensive government cooperation, political consultations between foreign ministries, and cooperation in telecommunications, information technology, and portable information and services. | RELATED: | Additionally, they signed two memorandums of understanding regard…

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-06-16). Unos 3 millones de niños necesitan ayuda en Haití, dice Unicef. telesurtv.net Menores de edad en dicho territorio sufren desnutrición con riesgo de muerte.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-06-16). Caricom descarta intención de enviar fuerzas militares a Haití. telesurtv.net Representantes haitianos acuerdan establecer un Gobierno de unidad nacional con el fin de combatir de manera efectiva la actual crisis de seguridad…

teleSUR (2023-06-15). Caribbean Countries Not to Send Military Forces to Haiti. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Philip Davis, the president of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and Prime Minister of the Bahamas, said that the Caribbean countries have no intention of sending forces to Haiti, despite recent requests to restore security. | RELATED: | "Boots on the ground are not the issue at this time," Davis said a week after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris renewed the call for a multinational security force i…

teleSUR (2023-06-16). EVP Delcy Rodriguez Calls for Oil Market De-Dollarization. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, at the XXVI International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2023, Delcy Rodríguez, Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, questioned the current international energy trade and called for the de-dollarization of the market. | Related: | During her speech at the forum, Rodríguez recalled the proposal of the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "to have inter-regional trade in local currencies at the s…

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Venezuela: A New International Economic Order Key for WT. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, in Russia, on the XXVI ST. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2023, Delcy Rodríguez, Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, said that the construction of a new international economic order is part of the key to the regionalization of world trade. | Related: | "The call is to de-dollarize international trade, the crude oil trade (…), we are already beginning to see Arab countries and Gulf countri…

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-16). Venezuela: Far-Right María Corina Machado vs. Opposition Primaries Commission. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan far-right opposition leader of the Vente Venezuela party, María Corina Machado, began bickering with the far-right opposition commission for primaries, the self-styled "National Primaries Commission" (CNP). The opposition leader attacked the fact that the participation of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in the internal opposition elections—as a technical tool—had been requested by the CNP. | The campaign command of María Corina Machado questioned the CNP with a new statement made this Tuesday, June 14. According to the text, "there is no clarity" about what the technical specifications…

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-16). Iran and Venezuela Sign 25 Agreements in Caracas (+Trump Confession). orinocotribune.com

Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-16). Alex Saab's Illegal Detention Reaches Three Years. popularresistance.org This Monday marked three years of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's illegal detention in a United States prison, in a case in which violations of international law and diplomatic conventions by the US regime stand out. | On June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was traveling to Iran on a diplomatic mission for the Venezuelan government to negotiate medical supplies and food for the Venezuelan people amid the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the strengthening of illegal US and European sanctions. | The Venezuelan government plane Saab was traveling in stopped on Sal island in Cape Verde, an archipelago country off t…

scorinoco (2023-06-16). Venezuela Strengthens Financial Ties with Russia Through Interbank Connections and Mir Card Integration. orinocotribune.com The president of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), Calixto Ortega Sánchez, has announced that the Venezuelan financial system has made significant progress in interbank connections between Russian and Venezuelan banks, as well as in the use of Russian Mir cards. | In statements to the Russian media Sputnik, the BCV chief explained that Venezuela has already completed the necessary technological modifications in order to be connected to the interbank messaging system of the Central Bank of Russia. | "This will allow a fluid communication to facilitate import and export transactions in our currencies: the bolíva…

Staff (2023-06-16). Venezuela's CNE Board Resigns; National Assembly Works on Nomination Committee. orinocotribune.com The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla, led a press conference announcing that he and seven other principal and substitute rectors of the electoral body had presented their resignation letters to the board. The officials involved in this collective resignation include principal rectors Pedro Calzadilla and Alexis Corredor, alongside substitute rectors Carlos Quintero, Leonel Parica, Gustavo Vizcaíno, Saúl Bernal, Rafael Chacón, and Francisco Garcés. | Principal rectors Enrique Márquez and Roberto Picón, and substitute rectors Griselda Colina and León Arismendi, who are considered…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-16). Rectores del CNE de Venezuela renuncian a sus cargos. telesurtv.net Continuarán ejerciendo sus funciones hasta que la Asamblea Nacional designe a nueva junta directiva del Poder Electoral.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-16). Venezuela destaca construcción de nuevo orden económico internacional. telesurtv.net "El llamado es a desdolarizar el comercio internacional, el comercio del crudo", precisó en el XXVI Foro Económico Internacional (SPIEF).

Andreína Chávez Alava (2023-06-15). Venezuela: Metalworkers Demand Labor Rights, No More Protest Criminalization. venezuelanalysis.com Workers from Venezuela's industries are rallying for better pay and calling for the release of detained union leaders.

teleSUR (2023-06-15). Conviasa's Caracas-Havana-Moscow Route Begins June 16. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan Minister of Transport, Ramón Celestino Velázquez, affirmed this Friday that the new Caracas-Havana-Moscow air route of Venezuelan airline Conviasa will contribute to a greater strengthening of tourism ties in the region. | RELATED: | At the Russia-Latin America session of the 26th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the minister said that "now we are going to have weekly flights, which are going to connect so many sister co…

teleSUR (2023-06-15). Venezuelan CNE Rectors Step Down Their Posts. telesurenglish.net The president of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla, announced Thursday that, together with another group of rectors and alternates, they were placing their positions at the order of the National Assembly. | RELATED: | The resignation of the group of rectors of the Electoral Power comes in the framework of the "national political dialogue" that has focused on the "conditions that should…

teleSUR (2023-06-15). Venezuelans Hold Forum in Solidarity With Diplomat Alex Saab. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, social activists held the forum "Lawfare against Venezuela: Three years of the kidnapping of diplomat Alex Saab" in Caracas. Attendees at the event were able to listen to an audio message sent by the Venezuelan diplomat who is currently imprisoned in Miami. Here is his message: | RELATED: | I want to read you a letter that I sent you on today's forum. I thank you for honoring us with your presence he…

teleSUR (2023-06-15). World Leaders Congratulate Chinese President Xi on His Birthday. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping received congratulations from various world leaders on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Some of those messages are presented below. | RELATED: | VENEZUELA: President Nicolas Maduro sent a "message of affection and respect to Xi Jinping, the Chinese people's president and leader, in celebration of his birthday. Dear brother, receive the sincere and fraternal embrace of the Bolivar…

Luis Andres Henao (2023-06-15). El activista LGBTQ que desafió la ley anti-gay de su nación caribeña y ganó. peoplesworld.org CALLE. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP)—Durante años, la Orden David fue perseguida en su natal Antigua y Barbuda, una queja frecuente de muchas personas LGBTQ que temen por su seguridad en el Caribe conservador y mayoritariamente cristiano, donde la hostilidad contra los homosexuales es generalizada. David fue intimidado y ridiculizado. Una vez, un hombre salió de un …

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-16). Dominicans urge to collect sargassum through a regional project. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Authorities, local and international experts proposed on Friday in the Dominican Republic to defuse the vast spread of sargassum by means of a regional project based on major researches and financial strategies.

Lyannaj Pou Depolye Matinik (2023-06-16). Mobilizations against effects of chlordecone poisoning gain momentum in Martinique and Guadeloupe. peoplesdispatch.org The people of Martinique and Guadeloupe have been facing the consequences of chlordecone poisoning for decades. A new initiative has announced it is ready to take forward the struggle for justice…

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2023-06-15: News Headlines

Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-15). US Imperialist Gangsterism And Cuba. popularresistance.org The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a Rogue State as "a nation or state regarded as breaking international law and posing a threat to the security of other nations." This simple and neat definition not only perfectly captures the character of the relationship between Cuba and the United States, but also the character of U.S. policies toward the nations and peoples of our region and the world since its ascendancy as a global power at the end of the second imperialist war in 1945. And what was the driving interest for much of U.S. policies during the period since 1945? To prevent authentic decolonization in the…

José Carlos Llerena (2023-06-15). The Amauta Mariátegui and the Commander Che. peoplesdispatch.org June 14 marks the birth of two of the most important revolutionaries and Marxist thinkers in Latin America: José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (1894-1930) and Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967). The Peruvian forefather of Indo-American Socialism and the Argentine internationalist of the Cuban Revolution may have not known each other personally, but they had a special relationship, proving themselves necessary and essential to each other. | The relationship between Mariátegui and Che Guevara is an ongoing one. It is thanks to Mariátegui's work we remember, in the way that we do, the revolutionary Che Guevara. And thanks…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-15). Presidente cubano convoca a Cumbre del Grupo de los 77 + China. telesurtv.net El evento tendrá como tema "Retos actuales del desarrollo: Papel de la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación".

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-15). Rusia y Cuba acuerdan agenda de cooperación antibloqueo. telesurtv.net Antes, los jefes de Gobierno de ambos países acordaron que la petrolera rusa Rosneft suministre 1,64 millones de toneladas de petróleo e hidrocarburos anuales a la isla.

teleSUR, SH (2023-06-15). Presidente iraní llega a Cuba para cerrar gira latinoamericana. telesurtv.net Desde la cancillería cubana indicaron que el presidente Ebrahim Raisi, mantendrá reuniones con autoridades locales y realizará otras actividades de interés.

Outra Saude (2023-06-14). Access, equity and solidarity: the foundations of Cuba's health system. peoplesdispatch.org In the second part of an interview with Outra Saúde, Ileana Morales from the Cuban Ministry of Public Health talks about the how the country is resisting the US blockade and the secret of the country's renowned medical system…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-14). Cuba reports 30 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com According to MINSAP ¥s latest report, 31 patients were discharged from hospital, so the country ¥s overall recovery toll jumped to 1,105,892. | Since the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020), as many as 1,114,579 Cubans have been infected with coronavirus. | MINSAP ¥s report also stated that no deaths have been reported so far, so Cuba ¥s total death toll remains at 8,530. | 90.8% of the Cuban population has been fully vaccinated, while 8,748,952 have received booster doses.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-14). DTM Castillo confirms Cuba as dynamic tourist destination. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Deputy Tourism Minister (DTM) Abelardo Castillo on Wednesday confirmed his country as respectful for the environment amid of dynamic projects and environmental facilities.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-14). Helms-Burton Act violates international law, says Cuban FM. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) The Helms-Burton Act, enacted by the United States in 1996, is a flagrant violation of international law and has the audacity to regulate the future of a sovereign State, the Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said Wednesday during a master conference at the opening of the 2nd International Seminar "Legal Implications of the Helms-Burton Act in the US legal system and its impact in the light of International Law".

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). Otro "cuento de terror" de los EE.UU. que busca ahuyentar la normalización de las relaciones con China y Cuba. peoplesdispatch.org

teleSUR (2023-06-14). Iranian President Arrives in Cuba on His Tour of Latin America. telesurenglish.net Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived Wednesday in Cuba, the last stop on his first Latin American tour since taking office in 2021. | RELATED: | The Persian head of state was received by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at Havana's José Martí International Airport. He is accompanied by his wife, Jamileh Alamolhoda, and a high-level delegation composed of several members of his cabinet. | During his official visit,…

teleSUR (2023-06-14). Russia and Cuba Agree on Anti-Blockade Cooperation Agenda. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero agreed on a bilateral cooperation agenda that will allow Cuba to overcome the economic difficulties caused by the U.S. blockade. | RELATED: | "We will do everything possible so that our economic cooperation helps to overcome the difficulties caused from abroad," Putin said, specifying that bilateral cooperation prioritize issues related to energy and tourism. | "You know that we hav…

teleSUR (2023-06-14). Iranian First Lady Alamolhoda Talks Exclusively With TeleSUR. telesurenglish.net As part of a Latin American tour that includes Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his wife Jamileh Alamolhoda were in Caracas on Tuesday. Below is an interview granted by the Iranian First Lady to teleSUR. | RELATED: | – A few months ago, you had a meeting with women leaders from many parts of our Latin America. How was that meeting, which you have announced here in Venezuela as a second…

Toni Arenstein (2023-06-15). NYC protest says: 'Water and energy are human rights!'. workers.org The Puerto Rico Not For Sale campaign held a very successful and militant demonstration June 9 in Manhattan, New York City, to condemn the Puerto Rican Day Parade board for honoring Ivan Baez, the Vice President of Genera Puerto Rico, during their scholarship gala. Genera Puerto Rico (GeneraPR) has been . . . |

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2023-06-15). Lawfare contra Venezuela: 3 años del secuestro de Alex Saab. telesurtv.net "Un llamado a la humanidad de los Gobiernos y sus contrapartes a que prioricen realmente nuestras vidas, a que no sean más pacientes con nuestro dolor", dijo Saab,…

teleSUR, nama, DRL, MER (2023-06-15). Foro "Lawfare contra Venezuela" se solidariza con Alex Saab. telesurtv.net El diplomático venezolano cumple tres años secuestrado a instancias del Gobierno de Estados Unidos, primero de Donald Trump y luego de Joe Biden.

teleSUR, nama, SH (2023-06-15). Lista delegación venezolana para Centroamericanos y del Caribe. telesurtv.net La presidenta del Comité Olímpico Venezolano destacó la voluntad de las autoridades y el compromiso del mandatario Nicolás Maduro de apoyar a los deportistas.

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-06-15). Significado del Decreto de Guerra a Muerte de Simón Bolívar. telesurtv.net Mediante este decreto, Simón Bolívar solicita a sus compatriotas a dar una respuesta a los crímenes cometidos por los españoles contra el pueblo, tras la caída de la Primera República.

teleSUR (2023-06-15). Venezuelans Hold Forum in Solidarity With Diplomat Alex Saab. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, social activists held the forum "Lawfare against Venezuela: Three years of the kidnapping of diplomat Alex Saab" in Caracas. Attendees at the event were able to listen to an audio message sent by the Venezuelan diplomat who is currently imprisoned in Miami. Here is his message: | RELATED: | I want to read you a letter that I sent you on today's forum. I thank you for honoring us with your presence he…

Staff (2023-06-14). Alex Saab's Illegal Detention Reaches 3 Years. orinocotribune.com This Monday marked three years of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's illegal detention in a United States prison, in a case in which violations of international law and diplomatic conventions by the US regime stand out. | On June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was traveling to Iran on a diplomatic mission for the Venezuelan government to negotiate medical supplies and food for the Venezuelan people amid the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the strengthening of illegal US and European sanctions. | The Venezuelan government plane Saab was traveling in stopped on Sal island in Cape Verde, an archipelago country off t…

Staff (2023-06-14). Iran and Venezuela Sign 25 Agreements in Caracas (+Trump Confession). orinocotribune.com This Monday, June 12, Venezuela and the Islamic Republic of Iran signed 25 new cooperation agreements in different areas and announced the goal of increasing the value of their bilateral trade to $10 billion. This was announced by the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, after a meeting held at Miraflores Palace with his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, who is making his first official visit to Venezuela. | President Maduro described the presence of the Iranian president in Venezuela as an unprecedented event. "This visit marks a new milestone in a relationship that has been built from the brotherhood, from…

Staff (2023-06-14). Iran's President in Caracas: 'Imperialism Is in Decline'. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, June 13, a meeting of Venezuelan youth in solidarity with the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, was held in the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas. The Iranian president called for building the new world that empowers independent and sovereign nations. "Imperialism is in decline," he said. | President Ebrahim Raisi explained, that conditions must be created to ensure that all countries can create their own economic models. | The Iranian head of state congratulated the Venezuelan people for heroically resisting the difficulties that world imperialism has imposed on them. Accordin…

Cira Pascual Marquina, Resumen English. (2023-06-14). Chávez, UNASUR And The End Of Unipolarity. popularresistance.org A pivotal event that would push Chávez to proclaim the Bolivarian Process anti-imperialist (and later frame our project as "Socialism of the 21st Century") was the April 11, 2002 coup d'état — which involved imperialist interference — and also the popular mobilization to rescue him and bring him back to the presidency on April 12 and 13. From that moment on, he began to purge his government of the conservative and anti-popular elements in it. He did all this because he was listening and learning from the people. | In 2004 Chávez declared the Venezuelan process to be anti-imperialist.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-14). PAHO calls for stepped-up actions to protect SIDS from NCDs threats. plenglish.com Bridgetown, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) The Pan American Health Organization Director (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has urged small island developing states (SIDS) of the Caribbean to ensure political leadership at the highest levels in order to tackle the issue of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health in the Region.

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