(2023-07-15). Cuban PM receives St. Petersburg leader Dmitrievich Grigoriev. plenglish.com "During the meeting, we gave continuity to conversations held during my visit to St. Petersburg and reaffirmed our commitment to continue strengthening relations," Marrero live-tweeted. | Marrero stressed that Cuba and Russia share historic friendship ties which have always characterized the development of bilateral relations in all spheres of common interest.
(2023-07-15). Cuba reports 10 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com According to MINSAP ¥s latest report, 67 patients remained hospitalized, 36 of them reported as suspected cases and 31 as confirmed active cases with a stable clinical progress. | Since the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020), Cuba has carried out as many as 14,377,912 tests, 1,114,996 of them came back positive. | Out of total contagion toll, eight of them were reported as contact of already confirmed cases and other two with no confirmed source of infection. | Cuba ¥s overall death toll remains at 8,530, for a lethality rate of 0,77% compared to 1% worldwide and to 1,53% in the Americas.
(2023-07-15). Gobierno de Colombia y ELN revelan protocolos de cese al fuego. telesurtv.net Este sábado 15 de julio conluyó en La Habana la sesión plenaria de la Mesa de Diálogos de Paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y el Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN).
(2023-07-15). Presidente Díaz-Canel se reúne con cubanos residentes en Portugal. telesurtv.net Posteriormente, Díaz-Canel dialogó con cerca de una treintena de empresarios, algunos con presencia en Cuba y otros en vías de estarlo.
(2023-07-15). Provocations Escalate: US Nuclear Submarine Docks in Cuban Territory. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia — Jul 13, 2023 | It is no coincidence that just days before Cuba marked two years since the July 11 riots, a nuclear-powered US submarine crossed Cuban waters and docked at the illegal base at Guantanamo Bay. From July 5-8, it remained afloat in that Cuban territory usurped and illegally occupied by Washington 121 years ago as a clear threat to peace in the region. | On July 11, the Cuban Foreign Ministry formally denounced this provocative escalation by the United States, "whose political or strategic motives are unknown. The presence of a nuclear submarine at this time forces us to ques…
(2023-07-15). Presidente cubano aboga por impulsar cooperación con Portugal. telesurtv.net "En nombre de Cuba reiteramos la voluntad de profundizar las relaciones económico comerciales", afirmó Díaz-Canel.
(2023-07-15). Cuban Prime Minister calls to boost recovery in provinces. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero urged to give more dynamism to the recovery of damage caused to houses and infrastructures by recent pelting rains and hurricanes in several provinces.
(2023-07-14). Cuba To Attend the EU-CELAC Summit. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed his country's participation in the summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). This event will take place in Brussels on July 17 and 18. | RELATED: | "Cuba will attend to actively and constructively engage in the relations between the EU and Latin America," he said in Lisbon, where he met with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de…
(2023-07-14). Cuba Rejects Presence of U.S. Nuclear Submarine in Guantanamo Bay. Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-14). Takeaways from the UN Special Rapporteur report on Guantanamo. mronline.org 
On June 26—the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture—the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, released the final report of her technical visit to the United States, which included unprecedented access to the Guantanamo detention facility.
(2023-07-14). ®Blockade against Cuba ® is top-priority issue at EU-CELAC Summit. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) The U.S. blockade against Cuba will be an important issue to discuss at the EU-CELAC Summit, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcenas said Friday in a meeting with journalists.
(2023-07-14). Chileans to arrive in Cuba to join solidarity brigade. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) In front of the Salvador Allende monument, Chileans who will travel to Havana to join the 28th Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of Volunteer Work and Solidarity with Cuba, were sent off on Friday.
(2023-07-14). Cuba celebrates UPEC ¥s 60th foundation anniversary. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC) held on Friday a commemorative ceremony for its 60th foundation anniversary, an activity that will be attended by the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) President Esteban Lazo, Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Roberto Morales, Deputy Prime Minister Inés María Chapman, as well as other high-ranking officials and leaders.
(2023-07-14). Venezuela condemns EP ¥s resolution against Cuba. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Parliamentarians' Friendship Group with Cuba on Friday strongly rejected and condemned the European Parliament (EP)'s resolution against Cuba, by considering it casts aspersion on Cuba ¥s reality.
(2023-07-14). Cuba makes progress in Alzheimer's NeuralCIM drug clinical trial. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is nowadays showing remarkable progress in the clinical trial of the drug NeuralCIM (NeuroEPO) to fight off Alzheimer's disease, a saddening ailment that really affects thousands of people around the globe.
(2023-07-14). Cuba reports 6 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com According to MINSAP ¥s latest report, 61 patients remained hospitalized, 35 of them reported as suspected cases and 26 as confirmed active cases, all with stable clinical progress. | Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, Cuba has conducted as many as 14,377,656 tests, of which 1,114,986 came back positive. | All coronavirus-infected people aged under 20 and have been contact of already confirmed cases. | So far, Cuba ¥s overall death toll remains at 8,530, for a lethality rate of 0.77% compared to 1% worldwide and 1.53% in the Americas.
(2023-07-14). Haiti: Political Leaders Meet With CARICOM. telesurenglish.net A delegation from CARICOM visited Port-au-Prince to try to rescue the Inter-Haitian Summit, held last June in Jamaica, from failure. The international organization called this meeting "consultation." The euphemism seems to have the purpose of avoiding the predispositions and skepticism that exist in the country with regard to external political initiatives. | Related: | Government representatives, activists, traditional politicians, so…
(2023-07-14). CARICOM delegation to meet with Haitian political platform. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) A fringe of the Democratic and Popular Sector, a structure allied with the Haitian Government, met with the delegation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), spokesman André Michel confirmed on Friday.
(2023-07-14). Puerto Rico: Status of Cleanup and Decontamination Accepted. telesurenglish.net A proposal requesting a General Accountability Office (GAO) report on the status of cleanup and decontamination processes in Vieques and Culebra advances in the U.S. House of Representatives. | Related: | The amendment proposed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez was accepted by the Rules Committee and on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. | The institution in charge of carrying out the study…
(2023-07-15). Venezuela: Chavista Groups Deliver Writ to Demand Salary Measures. venezuelanalysis.com The legal document relies on the Venezuelan Constitution and labor legislation to argue for wage raises and the conversion of bonuses into salaries.
(2023-07-15). Venezuela continúa movilizándose en respaldo a la Revolución. telesurtv.net Asimismo el jefe de Estado, Nicolás Maduro refirió que Cariaco, Sucre se desbordó de alegría y revolución.
(2023-07-15). Data vs Reality: What Is Happening With Venezuela's Economy? orinocotribune.com
(2023-07-15). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Meets With President of Serbia. orinocotribune.com The foreign affairs minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá and signed several bilateral cooperation agreements during his official visit to the Republic of Serbia. | On Friday, July 14, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Gil also met with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic, "with whom we reviewed the bilateral agenda and discussed ways to expand and strengthen the agreements that have already been signed." | Durante nuestra visita oficial a Serbia, sostuvimos un grato encuentro con el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Ivica Dacic, con quien pudimos revisar…
(2023-07-15). Venezuela: María Corina Machado Not Welcome in La Guaira State. orinocotribune.com
(2023-07-14). Venezuelan President Maduro Gets Massive Support in La Guaira. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, thousands of citizens took to the streets of La Guaira to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and reject the U.S. sanctions against their nation. | RELATED: | "The Bolivarian Revolution will continue to resist and fight in the face of adversity," the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice president Diosdado Cabello, said from the Maiquetia. | "We are not going to surrender to Imperi…
(2023-07-14). The inevitable de-dollarization (I). workers.org 
A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodríguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua, and an advisor on international politics for TELESUR. You can follow him on Twitter: @sergioro0701 In previous articles we have said that [U.S.] . . . |
(2023-07-14). Venezuela's abandoned oil industry. america.cgtn.com 
Once one of the wealthiest oil nations in the world, Venezuela's oil industry is now broken. But the government is initiating efforts to fix it. CGTN correspondent Mary Triny Mena traveled to Zulia state, where Venezuela's oil industry first started, to see how that plan could work.
(2023-07-14). Black Resistance and Afro-Venezuelan Feminism. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Merlyn Pirela Hegemonic feminist currents focus on patriarchal oppression, but racialized forms of oppression seldom enter their discourse. Merlyn Pirela is a Venezuelan Afrofeminist activist and organizer, and a member of the Afro-Venezuelan Women's Cumbe. In Part I of this two-part interview, Pirela explores the historical forms of oppression and domination,…
(2023-07-14). Venezuela and Sanctions: The Long Game. libya360.wordpress.com Ricardo Vaz Economic coercive measures have Venezuela negotiating in very unfavorable positions with corporations. (Shutterstock/Anton_Medvedev) In the past six years, US foreign policy towards Venezuela can be encapsulated in one word: sanctions. There have been other aspects to it, like the propping up of a self-proclaimed "interim government." But economic coercive measures have been front…
(2023-07-14). Venezuelan, Serbian FMs to ink cooperation agreements. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela and Serbia on Friday reached in Belgrade several cooperation agreements for the benefit of trade relations between both countries, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry informed.
(2023-07-14). Venezuela's National Assembly: European Union Observers Won't Set Foot in Venezuela Again. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, announced during an ordinary session of parliament that they will not allow an Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union (EUOM) in 2024, stating in no uncertain terms that "the future of Venezuela is decided by Venezuelans alone." | The statement made by Rodríguez this Thursday, July 13, directly repudiated the fifth Resolution No.
(2023-07-14). Conozca diez curiosidades sobre el prócer Francisco de Miranda. telesurtv.net Francisco de Miranda participó en la Guerra de Independencia de Estados Unidos, la Revolución francesa y la Guerra de Independencia Hispanoamericana.
(2023-07-14). Bahamian Minister signs MOU to create Nassau Animal Sanctuary. plenglish.com Agriculture Minister Clay Sweeting signed the Memorandum of Understanding between Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs and the Bahamas Alliance of Animals in a ceremony at the ministry. | "This sanctuary will serve as a refuge for animals that have been neglected, abused, abandoned, or have special needs. It will provide them with a loving and caring environment, along with food, the necessary medical attention and rehabilitation," he said. | Mr Sweeting said BAARK's efforts will contribute to the welfare of animals in The Bahamas and raise awareness about the importance of kindness and compassion towards a…
(2023-07-15). Latin American Presidents Will Speak in Defense of Sovereignty and Equality at CELAC-EU Summit. orinocotribune.com The upcoming summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) is attracting the attention of global public opinion due to the positions taken by some Latin American governments in defense against abusive actions by European countries. | Among the leaders expected to raise the most controversial topics is Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who confirmed his attendance at the summit to the prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, who holds the pro tempore presidency of the European Union. | Lula described as "unacceptable" the EU's latest proposal on the…
(2023-07-15). Sandinistas Speak: Nicaraguans Defend Their Revolution. popularresistance.org Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19. While on assignment, each week we will share with you segments of the documentary Nicaragua Against Empire. The film journals our March 2021 Sanctions Kill / Friends of the ATC, Nicaragua delegation. | In this episode, you hear directly from working-class Nicaraguans who support their socialist government. You also hear their thoughts about U.S. sanctions and regime change. These are perspectives rarely…
(2023-07-15). MEP Marc Botenga urges to maintain equal relations with Latin America. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Belgian MEP Marc Botenga on Saturday called on the European Union (EU) to develop equal relations with Latin America and the Caribbean, before the bi-regional summit to be held here on July 17 and 18.
(2023-07-14). Colombia to Propose Debt-for-Climate Swap in EU-CELAC Summit. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed his participation in the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which will take place in Brussels on July 17 and 18. | RELATED: | In this high-level meeting, he will present his main government proposals, such as the achievement of total peace, the use of clean energy, the fight against poverty, and the debt swap for…
(2023-07-14). Unauthorized Disclosure: Zoe Alexandra. thedissenter.org In this week's "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola speak with Zoe Alexandra, a contributor with We caught Zoe right before her trip to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and European…