Monthly Archives: November 2023

2023-11-19: News Headlines

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). Cuba mourns the death of essayist Natalia Bolívar. plenglish.com The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industries (ICAIC) today mourned the death of Natalia Bolívar in social networks. The ICAIC regretted her demise and says the documentary that bears her name, made by Ernesto Daranas in 2019 is a tribute from Cuban cinema. | The Palomas Project also expressed its condolences on social networks for the death of the writer, painter, anthropologist and ethnologist, dead at 89 years of age. | This project highlighted her contributions to the research of African roots and their influence on national culture and history and noted that "they will remain an essential legacy…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). Cubans abroad for contributing to national development. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) Cubans residing abroad expressed here today their interest in contributing to the economic development of their country of origin through the implementation of commercial and investment projects.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). International workshop on sustainability in the province of Cuba. plenglish.com Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) Directors and specialists from the José Martí University (Uniss), of this central province of Cuba, with its counterparts of Germany, concluded today a Regional Workshop on Sustainability in academic training .

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). Peru highlights the validity of human rights in Cuba. plenglish.com Lima, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) The recent election of Cuba as a member of the UN Human Rights Council is due to the validity of these on the Island, Peruvian analysts agreed in pointing out in a forum on the matter.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). You are children of Cuba, VP affirmed to Ethiopian graduates. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) You are also children of Cuba even if you were not born there and I am grateful that you have brought together other friends to the solidarity movement in Ethiopia, said today the Cuban vice president, Salvador Valdés Mesa.

mforinoco (2023-11-19). Dancing in The Streets: When Salsa's Clave Was The Pulse of The Movement (Pt. 1). orinocotribune.com By Javier Guerrero — Nov 12, 2023 | Note: This is the first in a two-part series on the history and politics of Salsa in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the famous Fania All-Stars concert, "Live at Yankee Stadium." | Introduction | A crowd of 40,000 fans rushed onto the field of old Yankee Stadium in August 1973, but it wasn't caused by a Yankee win (the team had a horrible season that year and could barely sell seats). No, what propelled the crowd across the carefully-drawn baseball diamond and immaculate grass, up to the vibrating stage, was a world-historic conga duel between Afro-Cuban percussioni…

mforinoco (2023-11-19). The Other War: Why Israel is Desperate to Crush Resistance in The West Bank. orinocotribune.com By Fayha Shalash — Nov 14, 2023 | With the intensification of its aggression against the Gaza Strip for nearly a month and a half, Israel is also escalating its attacks against the Palestinian refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank. | Every week, the Israeli army storms the Jenin camp under the pretext of targeting Palestinian fighters. In the process, however, it deliberately sabotages the infrastructure and destroys its landmarks in an attempt to pressure the popular incubator of the resistance there. | What is also striking is that Israel targets armed fighters through drone bombing, a method th…

midwesternmarx (2023-11-19). From Gaza and Cuba, they ask—are you human like us?: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2023). By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com Rachid Koraichi (Algeria), One Plate, from A Nation in Exile, c. 1981. ​Dear friends,Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli armed forces in Gaza since 7 October, nearly half of them children, according to the most recent report by spokesperson for the Gaza Ministry of Health Dr Ashraf Al-Qudra. Over 25,000 others have been injured, with thousands still buried under the ru …

teleSUR, JGN (2023-11-19). Cubanos realizan Cantata por Palestina ante genocidio israelí. telesurtv.net En forma previa, Díaz-Canel se reunió en el Palacio de la Revolución con 144 jóvenes de Palestina que estudian Medicina en esta nación caribeña.

teleSUR, lfb, JDO (2023-11-19). Sesiona en Cuba conferencia sobre nación y emigración. telesurtv.net Los delegados de la reunión reflexionan e intercambian sobre importantes temas de la nación, basados en el respeto irrestricto a la soberanía e independencia de la patria.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-18). Cuba shows progress in the fight against lung cancer. plenglish.com Cuba has already registered the first therapeutic vaccine against advanced lung cancer in the world, named CIMAVAX-EGF, with which more than 1,000 patients have been treated in the country. | Experts from the Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) assure that the vaccine allows turning advanced cancer into a controllable chronic disease. | CIMAVAX-EGF, which is the result of more than fifteen years of research, targets the tumor-related system and does not cause severe adverse effects. | It is based on a protein that is skin growth factor and related to cell proliferation processes. | It is administered at the ti…

Ana Hurtado, Resumen English. (2023-11-18). Tribunal Against The Blockade Of Cuba In Brussels. popularresistance.org Today and tomorrow, an international tribunal is being held in the Belgian capital to denounce the damages suffered by the Cuban people as a result of the U.S. blockade that the island has been experiencing for more than six decades. | This tribunal was convened last July 18 at the parallel summit of the peoples that took place in Brussels and from the very first moment it was a call to debate in the European Parliament, in a political and legal way, the effect of the blockade and the denunciation of its extraterritoriality. The violation of the sovereignty not only of the Cuban people, but also of the European p…

anonimo (2023-11-18). Cuban FM praises relevance of Conference on the Nation and Emigration. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez stated on Saturday that the 4th Conference on the Nation and Emigration is an unequivocal example of the continuous and irreversible strengthening of ties between Cuba and its nationals abroad.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-18). President Díaz-Canel attends cantata for a free Palestine. plenglish.com At the foot of the monument to the Cuban national hero at "Plaza de la Revolución" (Revolution Square), renowned Cuban artists sang "For a Free Palestine" and peace and justice for the people of Gaza. | The Cuban president, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, and Palestinian Ambassador to Cuba Akram Samhan presided over the cultural gala. | Also present in the cantata were some 144 young Palestinians who are studying medicine in Cuba, who had met previously with Díaz-Canel at the Palace of the Revolution. | Cuba has repeatedly expressed its unconditional support for Palestine's right to be a free and sovereign State,…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-18). Sri Lankan television broadcasts gala in Cuba in support of Palestine. plenglish.com Colombo, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lankan television broadcast the meeting between Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and some 144 young Palestinians who are studying medicine in Cuba, 53 of whom are from the massacred Gaza Strip.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-18). Cuban residents abroad raise their voices in defense of Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) For Vivian Paneque, a Cuban writer who lives in France, raising her voice in defense of her country is an imperative amid the smear campaigns against the process of transformations being done in Cuba.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-18). Cuban Vice President arrives in Ethiopia on an official visit. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday night on an official visit, the third stopover in a tour of several African countries, the local Foreign Ministry reported.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-18). Heavy rains reported in eastern Cuba. plenglish.com The INSMET has reported several showers, rains and thunderstorms in eastern Cuba, some of which have been locally intense. | The network of meteorological stations and the rain gauges of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources have showed significant precipitations, over 50 millimeters of rains in 44 areas, exceeding 100 millimeters in some locations. | Precipitations are caused by unstable conditions in an area of low pressure that passed over the eastern region of Cuba, in interaction with a frontal trough that extends over the Bahamas. | During the next few hours, the area of unstable weather will be mo…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-18). The 4th Conference on the Nation and Emigration opens in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) The 4th Conference on the Nation and Emigration opened at Havana's International Conference Center on Saturday, with the presence of more than 400 Cuban residents abroad.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-11-18). Cuban province to host workshop on occupational health and security. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban western province of Matanzas will host the 4th Workshop on Ergonomics and Occupational Health and Safety from November 28 to 30, to raise awareness on good labor practices.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-11-18). Cubanos realizan Cantata por Palestina ante genocidio israelí. telesurtv.net En forma previa, Díaz-Canel se reunió en el Palacio de la Revolución con 144 jóvenes de Palestina que estudian Medicina en esta nación caribeña.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-11-18). Tribunal falla a favor del cese del bloqueo de EE.UU. contra Cuba. telesurtv.net Este veredicto no es vinculante, sin embargo constituye una herramienta útil para sensibilizar a la opinión pública mundial en el tema sobre justicia y dignidad de los cubanos y las cubanas.

ecns.cn (2023-11-19). (W.E. Talk) Pedro Antonio Valdes-Sosa:'Coming to China as though I had increased my life for many years'. ecns.cn As one of the most famous scientists in Cuba, Professor Valdes-Sosa is continuously making contributions to brain science by a joint group of global scientists sharing data of brain under the BRI.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). Resistance in Yemen will continue until aggression on Gaza ends. plenglish.com Beirut, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) The member of the Political Bureau of the Ansar Allah movement of Yemen, Muhammad Al-Bukhaiti, reaffirmed today the continuity of actions until the end of Israeli aggression, the pan-Arab channel Al Mayadeen reported here.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-19). US Sponsored Coup d'État: The Destabilization of Haiti. globalresearch.ca This article was written in the last days of February 2004, completed and published on February 29th, on the day of President Jean Bertrand Aristide's kidnapping and deportation by the US, Canada and France. . | Today, almost 20 years …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-18). Kenyan High Court Blocks Parliamentary Authorization of Police Mission to Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch UN forces stationed in Haiti. Photo Gov.uk The high court in Nairobi will issue a ruling on a legal challenge to the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police forces to Haiti as part of a "multinational force." The US and UN-backed mission has been condemned as yet another attempt to undermine the sovereignty of…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-11-18). Kenyan High Court blocks parliamentary authorization of police mission to Haiti. peoplesdispatch.org The high court in Nairobi will issue a ruling on a legal challenge to the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police forces to Haiti as part of a "multinational force." The US and UN-backed mission has been condemned as yet another attempt to undermine the sovereignty of the Haitian people.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-18). US Sponsored Coup d'État: The Destabilization of Haiti. globalresearch.ca This article written in the last days of February 2004, completed and published on February 29th, on the day of President Jean Bertrand Aristide's kidnapping and deportation by the US, Canada and France. . | Today, almost 20 years later, …

teleSUR, lfb, YSM (2023-11-18). Aumenta conflicto de las pandillas en Haití. telesurtv.net El grupo G-Pep recientemente encabezó los enfrentamientos que dejó aislado al hospital de Fontaine.

People's Dispatch. (2023-11-18). Solidarity Activists Stage Mass Shutdowns For Palestine. popularresistance.org On November 17, Palestinian and anti-imperialist organizations including the Palestinian Youth Movement, the People's Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, and National Students for Justice in Palestine have called on the Palestine solidarity movement to stage shut downs of "business as usual" in solidarity with Palestine. Across the globe, students will be walking out or occupying their universities, businesses will shutter, and activists will directly target the centers of power which enable Israeli genocide in Gaza. | Actions will be taking place around the world including in Zambia, Puerto Rico, Canada, South Africa,…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). CNE of Venezuela extends voting hours in electoral simulation. plenglish.com Caracas, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela extended the voting hours in the electoral simulation of the consultative referendum on December 3 for the defense of Guayana Esequiba.

Misión Verdad (2023-11-19). US Escalates Essequibo Dispute by Militarizing Guyana. orinocotribune.com The government of Guyana is trying to militarize the country with the help of the United States. This escalation serves the interests of oil company ExxonMobil which intends to appropriate the oil and gas resources of the Essequibo region disputed between Venezuela and Guyana. | The Guyanese press recently

Staff (2023-11-19). Venezuela and Colombia To Work Together on Migration and Illegal Mining Issues. orinocotribune.com Venezuela and Colombia reach a number of agreements on various issues of common interest, including combating illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest and how to attend to migration. The agreements were reached on Saturday, November 18, during the bilateral meeting between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro in Miraflores Palace, Caracas. This is the fourth bilateral meeting between the two leaders since Petro took office in August last year. | "Now much more can be done at the level of economy, trade, integration and tourism," President Maduro said after the meeting, no…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-11-19). Presidente de Venezuela recibe a su homólogo colombiano Gustavo Petro. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano se reunirá con su colega venezolano Nicolás Maduro para tratar temas de migración, transición energética y cambio climático.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-11-19). Presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, recibe a su homólogo colombiano Gustavo Petro. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano se reunirá con su colega venezolano Nicolás Maduro para tratar temas de migración, transición energética y cambio climático.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-11-19). Venezuela y México pasaron a octavos de final del Mundial Sub 17. telesurtv.net Los octavos de final se jugarán desde el lunes 20 de noviembre al miércoles 22 del mismo mes.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-11-19). Simulacro de consulta sobre el Esequibo supera expectativas. telesurtv.net Esta jornada contará con 2.322 mesas habilitadas y se desarrollará para que los ciudadanos se familiaricen con el proceso.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-11-19). Venezuela y Colombia fortalecen sus lazos de paz y fraternidad. telesurtv.net Concluye reunión de trabajo entre los presidentes Nicolás Maduro y Gustavo Petro. Venezuela ofrecerá a Colombia el apoyo necesario para el proceso de paz.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-11-19). Llaman a participar en simulacro de referendo sobre el Esequibo en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela (CNE) anunció el 3 noviembre que el día 19 se realizaría el simulacro del referéndum consultivo.

Staff (2023-11-18). Washington Eases Sanctions on PDVSA and Conviasa. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the issuance of two new licenses authorizing some transactions with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and publically owned airline Conviasa. | According to OFAC,

Staff (2023-11-18). Washington Eases Sanctions on PDVSA and Conviasa. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the issuance of two new licenses authorizing some transactions with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the publicly-owned airline Conviasa. | According to OFAC,

teleSUR, lfb, JDO, YSM (2023-11-18). TSJ de Venezuela ampara realización de referendo sobre Esequibo. telesurtv.net Alta corte ratifica el desconocimiento por parte de Venezuela del Laudo Arbitral de París de 1899. Subraya que solo reconocen con valor legal en cuanto a derecho internacional el Acuerdo de Ginebra de 1966.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-11-18). Venezuela instala 99 % de máquinas para simulacro de referéndum. telesurtv.net El CNE informó que se respetará la decisión del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ).

Staff (2023-11-19). Venezuela and Colombia Sign Agreements on Migration and Illegal Mining Issues. orinocotribune.com Venezuela and Colombia signed a number of agreements on various issues of common interest, including combating illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest and how to attend to migration. The agreements were signed on Saturday, November 18, during the bilateral meeting between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro in Miraflores Palace, Caracas. This is the fourth bilateral meeting between the two leaders since Petro took office in August last year. | "Now much more can be done at the level of economy, trade, integration and tourism," President Maduro said after the meeting, no…

teleSUR, JCM, MER (2023-11-19). CNE venezolano extiende horario del simulacro del referéndum sobre el Esequibo. telesurtv.net Esta jornada cuenta con 2.322 mesas habilitadas y se desarrolla para que los ciudadanos se familiaricen con el proceso.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-11-18). Presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, recibe a su homólogo colombiano Gustavo Petro. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano se reunirá con su colega venezolano Nicolás Maduro para tratar temas de migración, transición energética y cambio climático.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-11-18). Venezuela y México pasaron a octavos de final del Mundial Sub 17. telesurtv.net Los octavos de final se jugarán desde el lunes 20 de noviembre al miércoles 22 del mismo mes.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-18). Tribute to Generalissimo Máximo Gómez in Dom. Rep. on his birthday. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Dominican Professor Luis de León, coordinator of the José Martí extracurricular Chair, called on Saturday for Latin American and Caribbean unity on the 187th anniversary of the Generalissimo Máximo Gómez's birthday.

Lorraine Caputo (2023-11-18). Here Comes the Rain Again. dissidentvoice.org The rain has been almost constant these early months of 1996. Great storms from the US have arrived even to here, the Caribbean coast of Honduras, thousands of kilometers to the south. At times in Tela, the run-off courses thigh-deep. And every day, it seems, some piece of news about those Northern-owned Fruit Companies has …

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). Dominican President regrets loss of human life due to rains. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) Dominican President Luis Abinader today expressed dismay at the loss of human life due to the heavy rainfall that hit the national territory, with accumulation of up to 400 millimeters in 24 hours.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-11-19). Lluvias en República Dominicana dejan varios muertos y daños. telesurtv.net Al menos 1,795,232 personas han quedado sin servicio de agua potable, 377,782 sin energía eléctrica, 1,583 viviendas afectadas y 17 completamente destruidas.

teleSUR, lfb, JDO (2023-11-19). Reportan intensas lluvias en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Ante el empeoramiento del clima, el Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias elevó a 11 las provincias en alerta roja, 14 en amarilla y 5 en verde, para un total de 30 territorios en vigilancia.

teleSUR, lfb, JDO (2023-11-19). Se reportan intensas lluvias en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Ante el empeoramiento del clima, el Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias elevó a 11 las provincias en alerta roja, 14 en amarilla y 5 en verde, para un total de 30 territorios en vigilancia.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-11-19). Confirman nueve muertos en República Dominicana por fuertes lluvias. telesurtv.net Según el jefe del Cuerpo de Bomberos del Distrito Nacional, José Luis Frómeta, la operación para recuperar los cuerpos en los vehículos aplastados llevó más de siete horas.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-11-18). Establecen siete provincias dominicanas en alerta roja por ciclón. telesurtv.net Las provincias de Pedernales, Barahona, Elías Piña, Independencia, San Juan, Azua y Bahoruco están en alerta roja (máxima).

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2023-11-17: News Headlines

Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. (2023-11-17). US Blows Off The Whole World To Punish Cuba. popularresistance.org On November 2, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a resolution calling on the US to lift the trade embargo against Cuba that President John Kennedy imposed in 1962. The US and Israel were the only two nations to vote no, with Ukraine abstaining. Total dependence creates total compliance. | The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control records complex specifics of sanctions on Cuba. There are so many that they amount to a virtual blockade. | "You talk about sanctions," says Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández, "you think 'OK, maybe the United States has one, two, or three sanctions on Cuba,' bu…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-17). Canada: Gusanos Cheer on Israel's Genocide and Police Repression at Home. libya360.wordpress.com Jack Dempster Millions of Canadian workers, young people, Arabs, and oppressed peoples have taken to the streets in opposition to this barbaric slaughter. There is a political synergy and harmony between various right-wing elements of diasporas within the Canadian state. The Israeli Zionists, Ukrainian Banderites, Iranian Pahlavists and anti-communist Cubans, Chinese and Vietnamese have common…

W. T. Whitney (2023-11-17). US Restricts Food Supplies in Dirty War on Cuba. counterpunch.org The U.S. economic blockade of Cuba promotes food shortages and puts lives at risk. The U.S. public needs to know about, understand, and reject this blockade, its operation and impact. It's no small task. The blockade proceeds automatically and quietly; human suffering is hidden. Economic embargos are a form of war, writes commentator Nicholas Mulder, who adds that "voters

Zoe Alexandra (2023-11-17). International tribunal finds US blockade of Cuba in violation of international law. peoplesdispatch.org The International Tribunal Against the Blockade of Cuba took place in the Belgian capital on November 16 and 17 and heard from dozens of witnesses from European and Cuban civil society…

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-11-17). Brazilian university launches book ®Che Guevara the Minister ® (+Photo). plenglish.com Brasilia, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Under the premise that his revolutionary thought remains today the seed of actions, the book El Ministro Che Guevara, authored by Cuban professor Tirso Saenz, was presented at the University of Brasilia (UNB).

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-11-17). Judgment against the blockade of Cuba opens a new stage (+Photos). plenglish.com Brussels, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) The ruling against the U.S. blockade of Cuba issued in the European Parliament by an international court opens a new stage of struggle against that policy, Cuban leader Fernando Gonzalez affirmed today.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-17). Cuban film wins award at US festival. plenglish.com Washington, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban fiction film "Cuentos de un día más" (Tales of One More Day, 2021), directed by several independent filmmakers under the general direction of renowned film director Fernando Pérez, was awarded Best Acting in the United States.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-11-17). Cuban table tennis player Yunier Fernandez is close to a medal (+Photos). plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Yunier Fernandez took another important step towards the medals today by defeating Fernando Eberhardt from Argentina 3-0, in the second day of table tennis of the VII Parapan American Games Santiago 2023.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-17). Court rules that blockade on Cuba violates International Law. plenglish.com Brussels, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) An international court, that for two days analyzed in this capital, the U.S. blockade against Cuba ruled that this policy violates International Law and universal norms for peaceful coexistence.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-17). Cuba to host World Meeting of Dancers and Dance Academies. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The 17th World Meeting of Casino and Salsa Dancers and Dance Academies will be held in this capital from November 19 to 24, and will be dedicated to Enrique Jorrín.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-17). Cuban music celebrates another Grammy for Omara Portuondo. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Famous Cuban singer Omara Portuondo has just won a Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album and the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM) proclaimed that Cuban music is celebrating today.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-17). Italian Culture Week begins in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The 25th Week of Italian Culture in Cuba begins in this capital with a tribute to the centenary of the birth of journalist and writer Italo Calvino, and the 120th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-11-17). Cuba: Microscope installed to study pollution by microplastics. plenglish.com Cienfuegos, Cuba, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Professionals from the Center for Environmental Studies (CEAC) in Cienfuegos, 250 kilometers east of Havana, have installed a Confocal Raman Microscopy, and are training the personnel who will operate it.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-17). Omara Portuondo wins Latin Grammy in Traditional Tropical category. plenglish.com Seville, Spain, Nov 17 (Prensa Laina) The Diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, Cuban performer Omara Portuondo, won the Latin Grammy 2023 in the category of Best Traditional Tropical Album for her album "Vida", produced by Guatemalan Gaby Moreno.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-17). Cuban Supreme Court president visits Luang Prabang province. plenglish.com Vientiane, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban People's Supreme Court (TSP) President Rubén Remigio Ferro continues his three-day visit to Laos on Friday with a working visit to the Luang Prabang province.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-17). Heavy rains to persist until Saturday in eastern Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The National Forecast Center of the Cuban Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) informed that the heavy rains hitting Cuba's eastern region will continue on Friday and Saturday.

krish-rad_ind (2023-11-17). US Blows Off the Whole World to Punish Cuba. blackagendareport.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-11-17). Cuba Demanded The Cessation Of Aggression Against Palestine. popularresistance.org

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-11-17). Kenyan Police Deployment to Haiti Remains Uncertain. globalresearch.ca

Jeff Abbott (2023-11-17). United Nations Approves New Militarized Force in Haiti. progressive.org As the nation suffers from rampant gang violence, a new police force is being created in spite of concerns.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-11-17). Solidarity activists to stage mass shutdowns for Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org On November 17, Palestinian and anti-imperialist organizations including the Palestinian Youth Movement, the People's Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, and National Students for Justice in Palestine have called on the Palestine solidarity movement to stage shut downs of "business as usual" in solidarity with Palestine. Across the globe, students will be walking out or occupying their universities, businesses will shutter, and activists will directly target the centers of power which enable Israeli genocide in Gaza. | Actions will be taking place around the world including in Zambia, Puerto Rico, Canada, South Africa,…

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-17). President of Colombia Will Travel to Venezuela on Official Visit. orinocotribune.com The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, will be in Venezuela on an official visit this weekend, and will meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro. | Upon the completion og the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Summit, held in San Francisco, USA, the Colombian president will travel to Venezuela. This was announced on Wednesday, November 15, in an official statement of the Colombian government. | Petro is expected to arrive in Caracas on Friday, November 17. On Saturday he will meet with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as well as other authorities of the Venezuelan government. | "On…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-11-17). Venezuela Rejects Israeli Entity's Position Against Latin American Countries Opposing Genocide. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has issued a condemnation of the statements and actions made by the president of the Israeli settler colonial entity, Isaac Herzog, who has made verbal attacks against different nations in Latin America and the Caribbean for their positions against the genocidal Israeli entity's attacks against Palestinians in Gaza. | During an

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-16). ExxonMobil Extracting Oil from Disputed Venezuelan Waters (+Statement). orinocotribune.com US transnational oil corporation ExxonMobil began extracting oil in Payara, an oil field located in waters that have yet to be delimited between Venezuela and Guyana. Payara is the third-largest producing oil field in Guyana, with a maximum capacity that amounts to approximately 620,000 barrels per day. | For this activity, Exxon is using Singapore-made Prosperity FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) unit. During the first half of next year, Payara will be producing approximately 220 barrels of oil per day. | To date, about 30 world-class oil fields, containing some 11 billion barrels of oil, have be…

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-16). Venezuela's VP Rodríguez at The Hague: Guyana has Shown its True Colors as an Aggressor State. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez stated this Wednesday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, that Guyana has become an aggressor state that de facto occupies a territory that does not belong to it. | Rodríguez issued her statement during the public hearing before the ICJ in which Venezuela presented its arguments to defend the holding of the consultative referendum throughout Venezuela regarding the Essequibo territory dispute. | In her speech, the vice president confirmed that the government of Mohamed Irfaan Ali in Guyana has become an aggressor state. At the same t…

Staff (2023-11-16). Venezuela and Paraguay Resume Diplomatic and Consular Relations (+Petropar). orinocotribune.com The foreign minister for Venezuela, Yván Gil, has reported that the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, have made an agreement on resuming diplomatic and consular relations between both nations. | The announcement was made this Wednesday, November 15, through a statement published via Gil's social media reporting that Venezuela and Paraguay, following talks between the nations' presidents, are resuming ties and will proceed to share the accreditations of their respective ambassadors in the coming days. | The Venezuelan statement notes "both parties have committed…

Staff (2023-11-16). Venezuela Repatriates 180 Migrants From Iceland (+Vuelta a la Patria). orinocotribune.com A total of 180 Venezuelans will return to their home country on a direct flight from the remote country of Iceland, on the edge of the Arctic Circle. | This is a group of people who have taken advantage of a voluntary return initiative, choosing to abandon their attempt to migrate to the Nordic country. The flight leaves Iceland as the country expects a large volcanic eruption to follow thousands of earthquakes that have occurred in the last few days. The authorities have declared a state of emergency and evacuated the populations in the southeast of the island, where the lives of thousands of people are consider…

teleSUR, lfb, JDO (2023-11-17). TSJ de Venezuela ampara realización de referendo sobre Esequibo. telesurtv.net Alta corte ratifica el desconocimiento por parte de Venezuela del Laudo Arbitral de París de 1899. Subraya que solo reconocen con valor legal en cuanto a derecho internacional el Acuerdo de Ginebra de 1966.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-11-17). EE.UU. ha deportado a más de 380.000 migrantes en siete meses. telesurtv.net El gobierno estadounidense reanudó recientemente las deportaciones directas a Venezuela, para frenar la migración irregular.

krish-rad_ind (2023-11-17). Venezuela Rejects Israeli Entity's Position Against Latin American Countries Opposing Genocide. orinocotribune.com

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