(2023-07-13). Cuba and Venezuela Condemn EU's Unilateralism Ahead of CELAC-EU Summit. libya360.wordpress.com Zoe Alexandra The VI Summit of the Heads of State of CELAC in Mexico in September 2021. The regional integration mechanism has grown in importance and strength in recent years with the victories of progressive governments in the region. Photo: CELAC Authorities from the countries have condemned that both the agenda and the format of…
(2023-07-13). Cuba rejects presence of U.S. nuclear submarine in Guantanamo Bay. mronline.org 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically rejects the entry into Guantanamo Bay, on July 5, 2023, of a nuclear-powered submarine that remained until July 8 at the U.S. military base located there, which constitutes a provocative escalation by the United States, whose political or strategic motives are unknown.
(2023-07-13). Cuba y Venezuela condenan el unilateralismo de la UE frente a la Cumbre CELAC-UE. peoplesdispatch.org Autoridades de los países han denunciado que tanto la agenda como el formato de la Cumbre han sido dictados por la UE sin la debida consulta con sus homólogos latinoamericanos…
(2023-07-13). Cuban youth with a lot to say in Brussels forum. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban youth has much to say and contribute here at the European Union (EU)-Latin America and the Caribbean civil society forum, despite the limitations imposed, said today the island's delegate Grettel Gomez.
(2023-07-12). Belarus ambassador describes relations with Cuba as very good. plenglish.com At the political level we are two sister nations that exchange similar criteria and on the economic field we have common challenges with important logistical aspects that are being improved, the diplomat said. | Baranovsky explained that in 2021 Belarus exported 156 tractors to Cuba in order to boost the development of agriculture, one of the sectors in which there are major agreements between the European and Caribbean nations. | The ambassador said that the start of flights from Moscow to Varadero is a great opportunity to boost the arrival of tourists from his country to Cuba, although he noted that there are…
(2023-07-12). MEP slams EP resolution against Cuba. plenglish.com Despite the infamous insulting resolution, the peoples of the world are with you (Cuba), he said in a message of fraternal greetings to Cuba. | According to the Left Group member, the European Parliament (EP) has become a loudspeaker for the most reactionary and extreme right-wingers. | Regarding the adopted document, Pineda asserted that it contaminates and stains what should be the house of Europe's sovereignty. | The text used the human rights issue to attack Cuba, with the clear intention of affecting the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement signed by the European Union (EU) and Cuba in 2016. | Pineda…
(2023-07-12). Cuba reports 7 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is nowadays maintaining a too much favorable epidemiological situation in its control over Covid-19, where just seven cases were reported on Wednesday in three provinces, as informed by Public Health Ministry (MINSAP).
(2023-07-12). Cuba Condemns US Nuclear Submarine in Guantánamo. orinocotribune.com Cuba condemned the presence of a US nuclear submarine at the Guantánamo naval base in Cuba earlier this month. Cuban authorities labeled the move a military provocation. | On Tuesday, July 11, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez stated via social media, "We categorically condemn the presence between July 5 and 8 of a nuclear submarine at the Guantánamo naval base. It constitutes a provocative escalation by the US, which forces us to question what strategic purpose it is pursuing in our region, declared a Zone of Peace." | According to the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS), the submarine tha…
(2023-07-12). Today Solidarity Aid to Cuba Is Not Just a Symbolic Act to Challenge the Blockade. orinocotribune.com 
By Bill Hackwell — Jul 10, 2023 | I was part of a team of Cuban solidarity activists who just delivered several tons of medical aid here that was purchased and collected by IFCO Pastors for Peace. The duffel bags with needed pharmaceuticals will be taken to the island with their delegation that is going for the July 26 commemoration to celebrate with the Cuban people the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks, that culminated in the 1959 Revolution. | Medical aid for Cuba. Photo: Bill Hackwell. | In the miles that our truck traveled I was able to reflect on all those Pastors' caravans that be…
(2023-07-12). Onetime child symbol of the U.S. blockade Elián González elected to Cuba's congress. peoplesworld.org 
HAVANA (AP)—Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States. Now 29, González is stepping into Cuban politics. He was recently elected to his country's legislature with hopes of helping his …
(2023-07-12). Símbolo del bloqueo de EE.UU. Elián González elegido para el Congreso de Cuba. peoplesworld.org LA HABANA (AP) — Elián González tiene los mismos ojos grandes y expresivos que tenía hace 23 años cuando una batalla internacional por la custodia lo transformó en el rostro de las tensas relaciones entre Cuba y Estados Unidos. Ahora con 29 años, González está incursionando en la política cubana. Recientemente fue elegido miembro de …
(2023-07-12). Russia-Cuba: a new beginning. thealtworld.com In the current geopolitical turbulence, not many countries continue to maintain an unambiguous and friendly stance towards Russia. Even among its neighbours there are states whose leaders prefer to keep silent or use the situation to improve their own position. But among old friends, the Republic of Cuba maintains a clear course. At the UN, Cuba always votes in favour of Russia (or against anti-Russian resolutions pushed by the collective West). Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has expressed some support for Moscow's special military operation and condemned NATO countries. Cuban media, primarily those with inter…
(2023-07-12). Cuba Rejects European Parliament Interference. telesurenglish.net The International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) on Wednesday rejected a resolution adopted by the European Parliament (EP) calling for sanctions against Cuban officials for alleged "human rights violations." | RELATED: | The Assembly points out that the European document shows highly interfering content, defaming not only the Cuban reality, its legal system, and the rule of law b…
(2023-07-13). Miembros de Caricom viajan a Haití por ayudar en crisis social. telesurtv.net Los miembros del Grupo de Personalidades Eminentes de la Caricom estarán en la capital haitiana para intentar negociar con las partes en conflicto.
(2023-07-12). Haiti — CARICOM Caves In To US Pressure. popularresistance.org As had been widely predicted, CARICOM caved in to the intense and relentless US pressure on it that the regional body threw its support behind the planned US military attack on Haiti. | Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, from 3-5 July, in its 45th Heads of Government conference, which also marked the 50th anniversary of the organisation, CARICOM abandoned its months long opposition to the US assault on its fellow member state and issued a statement in support of the "immediate creation of a Humanitarian and Security Stabilization Corridor under the mandate of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution, and…
(2023-07-12). Símbolo del bloqueo de EE.UU. Elián González elegido para el Congreso de Cuba. peoplesworld.org LA HABANA (AP) — Elián González tiene los mismos ojos grandes y expresivos que tenía hace 23 años cuando una batalla internacional por la custodia lo transformó en el rostro de las tensas relaciones entre Cuba y Estados Unidos. Ahora con 29 años, González está incursionando en la política cubana. Recientemente fue elegido miembro de …
(2023-07-12). Russia-Cuba: a new beginning. thealtworld.com In the current geopolitical turbulence, not many countries continue to maintain an unambiguous and friendly stance towards Russia. Even among its neighbours there are states whose leaders prefer to keep silent or use the situation to improve their own position. But among old friends, the Republic of Cuba maintains a clear course. At the UN, Cuba always votes in favour of Russia (or against anti-Russian resolutions pushed by the collective West). Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has expressed some support for Moscow's special military operation and condemned NATO countries. Cuban media, primarily those with inter…
(2023-07-12). Cuba Rejects European Parliament Interference. telesurenglish.net The International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) on Wednesday rejected a resolution adopted by the European Parliament (EP) calling for sanctions against Cuban officials for alleged "human rights violations." | RELATED: | The Assembly points out that the European document shows highly interfering content, defaming not only the Cuban reality, its legal system, and the rule of law b…
(2023-07-13). Miembros de Caricom viajan a Haití por ayudar en crisis social. telesurtv.net Los miembros del Grupo de Personalidades Eminentes de la Caricom estarán en la capital haitiana para intentar negociar con las partes en conflicto.
(2023-07-12). Haiti — CARICOM Caves In To US Pressure. popularresistance.org As had been widely predicted, CARICOM caved in to the intense and relentless US pressure on it that the regional body threw its support behind the planned US military attack on Haiti. | Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, from 3-5 July, in its 45th Heads of Government conference, which also marked the 50th anniversary of the organisation, CARICOM abandoned its months long opposition to the US assault on its fellow member state and issued a statement in support of the "immediate creation of a Humanitarian and Security Stabilization Corridor under the mandate of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution, and…
(2023-07-13). Opposition Debate: Exclusion & María Corina Machado's New Performance. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—A debate with opposition pre-candidates running for the primaries has been held in the exclusive private university of Caracas, the Catholic University Andres Bello, in an auditorium filled with many sympathetic journalists and few ordinary voters. The debate, held this Wednesday, July 12, is not a very common occurrence within the Venezuelan opposition due to its constant infighting. | This occurrence, too, was not exempt of controversies, due to the unexplained absence of six out of the total of 14 pre-candidates that registered for the primaries. The absence of Henrique Capri…
(2023-07-12). Venezuela 'Hikes' Diesel Price to $0.32 per Liter. orinocotribune.com 
An adjustment to the price of diesel fuel for the industrial sector was made official in Venezuela after being published in the government gazette. The new price is equivalent to 32 US cents per liter. In addition, Article 2 of the resolution states that the government may evaluate the use of different prices for sectors considered to be a priority. | The new price is a necessary adjustment after the US restricted, under illegal sanctions, exports of diesel to Venezuela in 2021, while President Maduro's administration retained a subsidized price equivalent to slightly less than half a cent per liter in US dollars…
(2023-07-12). The EU Must Get its House in Order Before Meddling in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Oliver Vargas — Jul 10, 2023 | Even as rioters are trashing French cities, Brussels is more concerned with lecturing foreign countries. | Whether it's fires raging through the streets of France, or runaway inflation across the continent, one would think that the multiple internal crises engulfing the European Union would be more than enough to occupy the time of bureaucrats in Brussels. One would be wrong. | It seems that Western Europe's neocolonial aspirations abroad do not rest even as bricks fly through windows back home. This week, the EU released a formal condemnation of Venezuela's Comptroller Gen…
(2023-07-12). Venezuela's Communist Party Members Request Supreme Court to Appoint Special Board for Party Restructuring. orinocotribune.com A group of Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) members requested the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to appoint a special board for restructuring the party. | The group's spokesperson, Victor Parra, spoke to the media outside the court. He explained that they went to the court to "ask for justice regarding the administration of the party." | Parra reported that the group filed an appeal before the Constitutional Chamber of the TSJ asking for a special board because they consider the current PCV leadership illegitimate and illegal for having been elected in a party congress where "more than 80% of the party members…
(2023-07-12). Venezuela and Suriname Sign Agreements to Strengthen Relations. orinocotribune.com On Monday, in Caracas, Venezuelan Minister of for Foreign Affairs Yván Gil and his counterpart from Suriname, Albert Ramdin, signed a joint declaration at the fifth meeting for the Mechanism for Political Consultations between both countries. | The activity took place in the Salvador Allende hall of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry and represents an example of the actions carried out by both countries to strengthen the ties of cooperation and mutual fr…
(2023-07-13). Uruguay: Construction Work to Mitigate Drought, CAF Bank. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean signed an agreement with the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) to finance in order to finance, with US$ 250,000, a series of construction of works to mitigate the impact of drought and water crisis in Uruguay. | Related: | According to official statements, the bank will finance 19 collective solutions that will include the con…
(2023-07-12). Unacceptable: We are lagging in the fight against hunger, as people pay the highest costs. actionaidusa.org The recent launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report confirms the alarming reality of increased hunger in some regions of the world, namely the Caribbean, Western Asia, and all regions of Africa, with women and people living in rural areas being the groups most affected. This is not…
(2023-07-12). ALBA-TCP Urges Celac-EU Summit Respect Biregional Partnership. telesurenglish.net The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) called Wednesday for a Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac)-European Union (EU) that promotes respect, inclusion, and bi-regional partnership. | RELATED: | "The ALBA-TCP Member States consider it fundamental that the Summit promote a transparent, respectful, participatory, and plural…
(2023-07-12). Covid-19 positive cases on the rise in Jamaica. plenglish.com Kingston, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) Jamaica's Health and Welfare Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton on Wednesday informed the country is currently experiencing a surge in positive coronavirus case rate, according to a news source.