Monthly Archives: August 2023

2023-08-29: News Headlines

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-28). Cuban dams are ready for possible rains due to Idalia. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Due to the possibility of heavy rains in Cuba, as a result of Tropical Storm Idalia, the reservoirs in Matanzas province are ready for heavy rains and monitored on Monday.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-28). Cuba commemorates World Turner Syndrome Day. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Humanity is on Monday celebrating the World Turner Syndrome Day, a genetic disease that affects only women with an incidence of one out of 2,500 girls.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-08-28). Cuban President winds up official visit to Namibia and African tour. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Sunday ended his visit to Namibia and his tour of Africa, during which he visited three other nations from that continent, official sources reported on Monday.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-08-28). Hurricane warning for Cuba's western provinces. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The General Staff of Cuba's Civil Defense (DC) issued a hurricane warning for Pinar del Río, Artemisa, and the Isla de la Juventud special municipality, due to the proximity of Tropical Storm Idalia.

Unitarian Universalists of SF (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/24: The Cuba Embargo Must End, by Mark Ginsburg. indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 or via Zoom…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-08-28). Decretan Alerta Ciclónica para provincias occidentales en Cuba. telesurtv.net Las provincias de Mayabeque y La Habana, donde ya han comenzado las primeras lluvias, siguen en Fase Informativa.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-08-28). Tormenta tropical Idalia descarga intensas lluvias sobre Cuba. telesurtv.net El Centro Nacional de Huracanes de EE.UU. indicó que se prevé que Idalia se convierta en huracán más tarde este lunes.

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). Cuban President Arrives in Namibia, Last Stop in Africa. orinocotribune.com

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-28). Tropical Storm Idalia slow and erratic over northwestern Caribbean. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) reported today in its warning number five that Tropical Storm Idalia continues with a slow and erratic movement over the northwest of the Caribbean Sea.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-28). Cuba for the third time is Caribbean Cultural Leading Destination. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 28, (Prensa Latina) Cuba received for the third consecutive time the award as the Caribbean's Leading Cultural Destination by the World Travel Awards, the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) reported today.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-28). Tourists expressed admiration for Cuban music in Varadero Josone. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The level and quality of music in Cuba is high, enjoying so many artists at the Varadero Josone Rumba, Jazz & Son Festival was a true honor and at the same time a pleasure, confessed Spanish tourist Tatiana Melo.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-28). Presidente cubano culmina en Namibia su gira por àÅfrica. telesurtv.net Al hacer uso de la palabra, el presidente de Cuba expresó al Gobierno de Namibia su gratitud "por promover cada año, en la Unión Africana, la adopción de resoluciones contra el bloqueo a Cuba".

teleSUR, JGN (2023-08-28). Presidente Díaz-Canel sostiene reunión con cubanos residentes en Namibia. telesurtv.net Díaz-Canel convocó a los colaboradores cubanos "a mantener el prestigio alcanzado y seguir aportando al avance social de este pueblo hermano" de Namibia.

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). Cuban President Arrives in Namibia, Last Stop in Africa. orinocotribune.com The Cuban president met this Sunday with his Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob, during his official visit to Namibia, the last stop of his African tour. | Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel landed yesterday August 27 in Windhoek, the Namibian capital, after previously visiting Mozambique, Angola, and attending the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, held from August 22 to 24. | Díaz-Canel expressed his gratitude to the Namibian government for consistently promoting in the African Union the adoption of resolutions against the blockade against Cuba, and for making its voice heard from the podium of the UN General Assembl…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-28). Haitian police neutralize a dozen alleged gang members. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Haitian Police neutralized a dozen alleged gang members on Monday, during an operation in Carrefour Feuilles, an area south of this capital that has been besieged for weeks by armed groups.

Tanya Wadhwa, People's Dispatch. (2023-08-28). Haitians Reject Kenya's Plan For Armed Intervention. popularresistance.org A Kenyan assessment mission arrived in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on August 20 to evaluate the security situation in the Caribbean country. The 10-member mission met with senior officials of the de-facto government led by Ariel Henry, the police, and the diplomatic corps of other nations during its three-day visit, which concluded on August 23. The visit and the plan was condemned by progressive organizations and rights groups which strongly opposed foreign intervention. | The delegation's visit came weeks after Kenya offered to lead a multinational police force in Haiti to help improve its security and stem…

Ajamu Baraka (2023-08-28). War in Africa and the Americas: Accelerating the end of White world supremacy. mronline.org he U.S. recently deployed troops to Peru to shore-up the coup in that country, followed by the deployment of troops to Ecuador and the bizarre AFRICOM plan to insert Kenya and Rwanda forces all the way from Africa to Haiti to support the illegitimate Ariel Henry puppet government in that nation. White supremacy in Black face.

Staff (2023-08-28). Headlines for August 28, 2023. democracynow.org White Supremacist Shooter Kills 3 Black People in Jacksonville; DOJ Investigating as Hate Crime, Rallygoers, Rights Leaders Gather in D.C. on 60th Anniversary of March on Washington, Mnangagwa Declares Victory in Zimbabwe Presidential Election as Challenger Chamisa Calls Fraud, Gabon Shuts Down Internet, Imposes Curfew Following Voting Delays in Nationwide Elections, Niger's Coup Leaders Order Troops to Be on Maximum Alert, Expel French Ambassador, 7 People Shot Dead at Church Rally in Haiti as Gang Violence Spirals, Russian Officials Say DNA Analysis Confirms Yevgeny Prigozhin Died in Plane Crash, Ex-Guate…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Al menos diez muertos deja tiroteo de pandilla en Canaan, Haití. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, no hay todavía cifras oficiales de decesos y tampoco las autoridades se han pronunciado en relación a estos hechos violentos.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-29). March against gang violence in Haiti ends in massacre. peoplesdispatch.org More than 20 people were ruthlessly massacred in Haiti after an armed criminal gang opened fire against protesters during a march in Canaan, a makeshift neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Presidente de Venezuela realiza varios nombramientos en su Gobierno. telesurtv.net Este lunes fue publicada en Gaceta Oficial Extraordinaria la nueva Junta directiva de la empresa estatal Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., (Pdvsa).

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-08-28). Continúa desalojo de mineros ilegales en Amazonas, Venezuela. telesurtv.net Hernández Lárez apuntó que los efectivos "canalizan la evacuación de la cresta superior del Parque Nacional Yapacana".

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). Venezuela Rejects Sanctions & Supports Maduro's Government. orinocotribune.com

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-29). Venezuelan Military Demolishes 350 Illegal Mining Facilities in Amazonas State. orinocotribune.com

Rick Sterling (2023-08-28). "Mexico should be our example of what is possible" dissidentvoice.org Teri Mattson is producer and host of the weekly podcast "WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean?" broadcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, CODEPINK, as well as popularresistance.org/wtf-is-going-on-in-latin-america-the-caribbean/ Rick Sterling: How did you wind up living in Mexico City? Teri Mattson: I went to Mexico City in September of 2020 in response to …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-29). BRICS and the English-Speaking Caribbean. orinocotribune.com By Wayne Kublalsingh — Aug 25, 2023 | August 24, 2023, marked a dramatic shift in the course of global history. BRICS, the nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, announced that they were admitting Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into its fold. | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has calculated that the larger BRICS Plus formation is worth roughly 30 per cent of the globally economy, that is US$30.7 trillion. BRICS Plus is home to 46 per cent of the global population, 3.7 billion citizens. Its share of oil production is now 43.1 per cent; and…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-28). Dominican Republic: Literature and colloquiums at the Book Fair. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Multiple cultural activities today welcome visitors to the XXV Santo Domingo 2023 International Book Fair, which takes place in the Juan Pablo Duarte Plaza de la Cultura, in this capital.

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