Daily Archives: March 14, 2024

2024-03-14: News Headlines

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-03-14). Cuban residents in Europe to meet in Madrid. plenglish.com Madrid, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) The Meeting of Cuban Residents in Europe (ECRE) will be held in Madrid from May 17 to 19 to strengthen ties with their country of origin.

teleSUR (2024-03-13). Baseball, from the US To Cuba and Latin America. telesurenglish.net Baseball is a very popular sport in Latin America, with a long history dating back to the late 19th century. Although it has its roots in the U.S., its influence quickly spread to the Caribbean and Latin America, where it became a national pastime in many countries in the region. | RELATED: | The first officially regulated baseball team known to exist was formed in New York in 1842 as the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club. The sport soon spread to the Caribbean…

People's Dispatch. (2024-03-14). Haiti's Acting Prime Minister And President Ariel Henry Resigns. popularresistance.org Ariel Henry, Haiti's acting prime minister and president since July 2021, resigned from his post on Monday, March 11. The resignation of Henry was announced by Irfaan Ali, Guyanese President and Chair of CARICOM, in a press conference in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday. Ali also announced that a "transitional governance arrangement" had been achieved in order to restore "rule of law" and ensure a peaceful transition of power, security, and eventual elections. | The announcement came as a result of an urgent meeting on the "multidimensional crisis in Haiti" convened by CARICOM.

Steve Lalla (2024-03-14). US Suffers Humiliating Defeat in Haiti. orinocotribune.com (OrinocoTribune.com)—With the resignation of interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the US has suffered another humiliating foreign policy defeat. | Henry was never elected, yet was recognized as prime minister and de facto leader of Haiti by the US and its vassals since July 2021, when he was encouraged to take power by the Core Group. The Core Group is a shadowy imperialist cabal composed of representatives from the US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the European Union, Brazil, and the Organization of American States (OAS) that has attempted to run Haiti since 2004, when democratically elected and hugely po…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-03-14). Venezuela muestra preocupación por ola de violencia en Haití. telesurtv.net Venezuela reiteró su voluntad política en la promoción "de iniciativas de diálogo inclusivo y la participación de todos los sectores".

WSWS (2024-03-14). US and Canada oust the prime minister they imposed on the Haitian people—A case study in imperialist gangsterism. wsws.org Henry's swift dismissal as Haiti's head of government proves yet again that Washington views Haiti's political leaders, whether elected or unelected, as valets to be dismissed at its convenience, and treats the impoverished Haitian people with criminal indifference and hostility.

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-14). US Suffers Humiliating Defeat in Haiti. orinocotribune.com

teleSUR, JDO (2024-03-14). Kenia ratifica compromiso con misión de seguridad en Haití. telesurtv.net Presidente keniano dejó claro que previo al despliegue de un contingente policial de su país ha de instalarse en la nación caribeña un Consejo Presidencial de Transición.

teleSUR (2024-03-13). Kenya Puts Police Deployment in Haiti on Hold. telesurenglish.net Kenya asked to be paid in advance, but UN rules require that the funds it administers be used only to reimburse costs already incurred, the newspaper pointed out. | "Police cannot be deployed on the streets of Port-au-Prince without an administration in place," underlined the chief spokesman of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Salim Swaleh. Mar. 13, 2024.

teleSUR (2024-03-13). Venezuela Expresses Concern for Foreign Interference in Haiti. telesurenglish.net The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Yvan Gil, published in his X account a statement expressing concern about the interference by foreign forces in the conflict in Haiti, where criminal gangs have control of the country. | RELATED: | In the communiqué Caracas stated: "Venezuela expresses its deep concern at the events that have been unfolding in the sister Republic of Haiti, and the risks tha…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-03-14). Venezuela inaugura primera expo metalúrgica en estado Bolívar. telesurtv.net Con más de 300 empresas nacionales y locales que expondrán sus inversiones y desarrollo de la producción nacional hasta el 16 de marzo tendrá lugar este espacio.

teleSUR, SH (2024-03-13). Presidente venezolano lidera octavo aniversario de los CLAP. telesurtv.net El presidente Maduro destacó que ante las acciones de la oposición, su gobierno garantizó el acceso a los alimentos de la mayoría de los venezolanos.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-03-14). Fiscalía de Venezuela denuncia nuevo intento de magnicidio. telesurtv.net En rueda de prensa, el Fiscal General Tarek William Saab, anunció que se detuvieron a dos personas que amenazaron con asesinar al presidente Nicolás Maduro.

teleSUR (2024-03-13). Venezuelan FM Denounces US Involvement in Assassination Plans. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil criticized U.S. support for citizens involved in plans to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | Through his social media account, the Venezuelan diplomate reacted to statements by Brian Nichols, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, who openly defends opposition politicians in…

teleSUR (2024-03-13). Venezuelan Production Committees Defeated Imperialist Blackmail. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and social leaders celebrated the eighth anniversary of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP). | RELATED: | At an event held in the state of Guarico, the Bolivarian leader recalled that this social program was established in 2015, when the United States intensified its arbitrary sanctions against the South American country. | "Initially, the CLAPs were born…

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-03-14). More Sanctions On Nicaragua Will Deepen US Migration Crisis. popularresistance.org For Barbara Larcom and Jill Clark-Gollub, increased US economic warfare waged against Nicaragua will only translate into a worsening of the already delicate migration problem in the US and affect supply chains in Central American and Caribbean countries that trade with Nicaragua. The two activists from the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition were interviewed by Orinoco Tribune last Wednesday, March 6. | Barbara Larcom is the current chair of the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, an international alliance of organizations and individuals that support Nicaragua's sovereignty.

Ana Luisa Brown (2024-03-14). Dominican prisons overcrowded by 116 percent, report says. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) Dominican prisons are overpopulated by 116 percent with about 26,000 inmates concentrated in all 46 prisons nationwide, with capacity for about 12,000 prisoners, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) reported.

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